Roses

The white one looks to me like White Flower Carpet, which I have here. A amazingly tough little rose with a very long flowering season - April through till Christmas, usually. Sold to me as ground cover but is now about 3 feet high. There is a pink Flower Carpet too, could this be what the...

Maybe it fades badly in too much sun? I'm in Wales, so normally not much chance of that!

I agree that it's new growth. Some of my roses are like that. I find that in spring growth starts and the bottom but in autumn there are higher shoots like that. I don't do anything until pruning time in late winter/early spring.

Many thanks, yes I think I need to make more effort with them! Will try harder next year!

I don't grow roses @tuxiow , but I grow other climbers, and I think a big part of the problem is those fan shaped trellis supports. They're not much use for anything that wants to be a decent size - more suited to smaller plants in containers, and annuals are a better fit for that.If that's...

Normally I would cut them right down to the base pretty much bar a few inches but unfortunately family matters has meant I still haven't had the chance and some are still in flower so think it's best I leave until February this time