Roses

Thanks Nigel - will leave the Triffids alone

Oh prune the roots a la the bonsai treatment, good idea @wiseowl, cunning plan. I am reluctant to "bin" them as that would seem rather unfair as they are doing their best to give a great show but overdoing it. Lots of hard work to replant them in the barrels this Autumn but think this could...

Hi @Joolz I will put my head on the block and say that it is in my opinion it is Robin's Pincushion and caused by the Gall Wasp it causes no detectable harm and can be retained as a curiosity or cut off and burnThey look like a tangle of red and yellowy green filaments making a brightly...

Totally understand and I am most grateful

I think I'll steer clear of "Rose " questions for a bit lol.

Good morning @nickp my friend here is a little information on your lovely RoseDark red Hybrid Multiflora. Registration name: Chevy Chase Bred by Niels J Hansen (United States, 1939). Introduced in United States by Bobbink & Atkins in 1939 as 'Chevy Chase'. Hybrid Soulieana, Rambler. ...

Good afternoon @Sandy Ground thanks for sharing the photos with us

Good evening @Andrew Fielding I respectfully suggest that you wait until November and prune them down as below, If you train your canes horizontally this will give you blooms at the base of your Rose.

You're welcome Music.

Oh , it looks so beautiful, thanks for sharing your photos, I've very much enjoyed looking at them .@Anthony Rogers have you see these lovely photos?

This bed of 'Golden Jubilee' is looking good despite the rain.

Not a rose grower myself but until someone else comes along all I can say is that they appear to be standards. So they are budded onto stems at the height that the head tends to form.Just wondering if the white flowers might be growing from the rootstock, whereas the pink are the variety that...

Thanks for your advice, It's more likely to have happened due to my lack of knowledge watering the plants than Thrips as I haven't noticed any wildlife living on my roses.

My neighbour bought 1, a few years ago, came home triumphant, "I bought a Rose can you pot it for me" had a cursory look pronounced life extinct, she went back to shop and got her £1 back.

Thanks @Redwing and @wiseowlI meant to type, I don't like open petal roses.I've found this which is a upright growth rose,Would something like this be suitable for what I want, but can you point me in direction for something cheaper please?I've another idea. Azaleas, they are...

I'll post photos later once I've planted it. I just need to nip up to the shop for a couple of things, so will get my rose planted as soon as I'm back. It's sitting in water at the moment but will be in the ground within the next hour or so

Thank you for your reply @Sheal .

Think you'r right. 2 of the bushes on closer inspection are camellias . And the third, photo I've put on , be fair , I certainly had that down as a rose bush. There are 3/4 different colours ! You live and learn ! I will now go and quietly prune mine .

Thank you @wiseowl

Gertrude Jekyll - strongly scented, repeat flowering and tough as old boots.