I'm glad about that @Marlorena, I'm only using MF for the yellow rose as I'm planting in the same spot in the garden. I dug the area out two months ago and will refill with new topsoil I'm buying tomorrow - haven't got room to dig some out elsewhere!
@Mr. Vine Eye, That's what I usually do, mix whatever I've got handy. Fortunately this year our home made compost looks good - it's taken 10 years but I think we've finally cracked it!
Hi @edhelka, I think @B3 is a fan of rosa glauca and may have some some autumn foliage photos?
I see I have a few admirers of my wall, thank you! The big rocky south-facing cliff opposite is known as the wall of death as it’s like asking plants to grow in a furnace. The little wall gets more shade from the honeysuckle hedge. I could try to grow some cascading plants over it, but they wouldn’t really be seen much, apart from the back of them from the seating area, as that narrow passage between the hedge and the wall is dead space really, no reason to go there...
@Marlorena, when you grew your Moyesii Geranium, did you need to train or support it in any way?
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
@Nollie ... no, not at all... it's a bit unruly but suited to wilder areas.. freestanding... I can't remember how thorny it was... going back 20 years or so...
...I had a delight this morning... just noticed a small party of Long Tailed Tits - about a dozen - fluttering their way through the tops of my rose bushes and other shrubs... before moving on to the next garden.... these are not birds I see too often for some reason...
@Nollie - I planted a Rosa moyesii Geranium in my W.Yorks garden, in a gap in the fence which was being used by the local youth as a short cut, because of its vigour and the size of its thorns... which are indeed vicious. It was a bit too close to the blueberry bushes, and more than once I stood up without thinking when fruit picking, stabbing myself in the head... but it was beautiful, much admired in flower and fruit. Though probably not by the local youth...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
.. tomorrow would be ok … not a problem for this rose... how much of that cane will you lose? if it was damaged when you received it then I would send a photo to DA and see if they might send you another.... they cost enough... and you appear to only have 2 canes from what I can see...
@Marlorena and @Liriodendron thanks for the info on Moyesii Geranium. Hopefully I can leave it to do it’s own thing then, since that high spot is tricky to reach. Best wsy to water it is from the terrace above, where there is a pyracantha hedge, so I’m sure I will be got more by the thorns on that than the rose!
If your rose came like that, just two canes and one damaged I too would complain, @Mr. Vine Eye given the price of them. You could send a photo to DA customer services. They replaced one of mine twice plus gave me a free bonus rose when one of mine wasn’t what it should have been - in my case a red rambler turned out white, twice! They blamed it on a bad case of thrips they had in their growing fields that year. They ended up paying for postage to Spain twice more on top of the cost of the roses.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Good sunny day today so I nipped out and planted the last of the 5 roses I bought recently. Can't wait to see how they turn out. Actually when I thought about it, I had to buy 3 bags of Topsoil at £3.95 per bag and Rootgrow at £4.95 just for this one rose - which was only £3 to start with! Am I barmy or what?
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@Mr. Vine Eye, That's what I usually do, mix whatever I've got handy. Fortunately this year our home made compost looks good - it's taken 10 years but I think we've finally cracked it!
I see I have a few admirers of my wall, thank you! The big rocky south-facing cliff opposite is known as the wall of death as it’s like asking plants to grow in a furnace. The little wall gets more shade from the honeysuckle hedge. I could try to grow some cascading plants over it, but they wouldn’t really be seen much, apart from the back of them from the seating area, as that narrow passage between the hedge and the wall is dead space really, no reason to go there...
@Marlorena, when you grew your Moyesii Geranium, did you need to train or support it in any way?
...I had a delight this morning... just noticed a small party of Long Tailed Tits - about a dozen - fluttering their way through the tops of my rose bushes and other shrubs... before moving on to the next garden.... these are not birds I see too often for some reason...
Spotted this on Desdemona earlier. Top piece above the wound is wobbly.
Is it best to cut it off below the damage NOW or is it best left until late winter/early spring?
If your rose came like that, just two canes and one damaged I too would complain, @Mr. Vine Eye given the price of them. You could send a photo to DA customer services. They replaced one of mine twice plus gave me a free bonus rose when one of mine wasn’t what it should have been - in my case a red rambler turned out white, twice! They blamed it on a bad case of thrips they had in their growing fields that year. They ended up paying for postage to Spain twice more on top of the cost of the roses.