Black Spot thoughts

To be honest, Oakapple, if your soil conditions are right then Roses don't need more care than other plant, You didn't say whether you planted your Rose as a bare root or as potted plant, although I suspect it was bare root, either way it can take two or 3 years before the Rose is flowering and growing to it's best so patience, as in all gardening, is needed. Roses are long term investments and if you remember that like every living thing it needs care and food it will repay you. There aren't many plants in a garden which we can plant and forget and looking after plants, learning more about them and seeing them thrive is one of the pleasures of gardening.

 

Good morning @Oakapple my friend Roses will grow in any soil and in many positions just care for your Rose and enjoy it

Light pink Shrub.
Registration name:AUSrimini
Exhibition name: Strawberry Hill
Bred by David C Austin(1926-2018 (United Kingdom, 2001).
Introduced in United Kingdom by David Austin Roses Limited(UK)in 2006 as 'Strawberry Hill'.
Shrub. English Rose Collection.
Light pink. Strong, myrrh fragrance. 80 to 120 petals. Average diameter 3.5". Large, very full (41+ petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, cupped, old-fashioned bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Medium, pointed, ovoid buds.
Medium, bushy, upright. Medium, glossy, dark green foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.
Height of up to 47" (up to 120 cm). Width of up to 47" (up to 120 cm).

 

@Oakapple

Well, I have Climbing Rose "Bathsheba" planted under my Lilac "Madame Lemoine" which I'm training to climb through the Lilac. Is that the sort of colour and type you're thinking of??

 

Join the Club, Oakapple, we're all in the same situation

 

@Sandy Ground

What's the mixture, SG, of Roses? Modern?, Old Fashioned? Climbing?, Rambling?, Shrub?, Repeat flowering?, and which one, (hard question) is your favourite and why?
I've just done a mental count of my Roses and got to 25 of different varieties if I count Rose "The Pilgrim" which is on order but I was notified about a delay in the delivery

 

@Sandy Ground

Indeed I do, Sandy, it's just outside Knutsford in Cheshire about 12 miles from me. I often have a look around when I'm heading for the gardens of Arley Hall nearby but, on the proper country road to Arley, there are at least 6 or 7 commercial Rose growers, so getting there can take time

 

@Sandy Ground

 

That would give my Bank Manager a Heart Attack He already threatens to come and garden for me as I have invested so much money into the garden

 

@Sandy Ground

Our Banks are increasingly going in that direction, Sandy, but lot's of customers, like me, prefer the use of Cash when needed. I have no real faith in what is now happening i.e Digital Money