I have DA's Heathcliff. On the upside the blooms are very large and stand upright with quite a good scent. On the downside a very stingy bloomer and flowers go over really quickly and crisp in hot weather. Not sure why I haven't dug it out yet. One more chance this year.
@Marlorena any idea what is wrong with my desdemona rose?
it started growing in February at same time as all my other roses which were planted last summer but stopped after a few cms of growth and has barely grew at all since!!
i thought it would be more advanced especially as a lot of people have said it’s one of first Austin’s to flower!!
looks healthy in my opinion, just don’t understand why it’s not putting on much growth!!
Daniel, what fertilizers have you used please? both on the surface and if you used any at planting time, when you put the rose in the ground, did you apply any then? I'm asking because your rose has fertilizer burn, you can see it on the dried up ends of the leaves in various places.. this has stunted the roots somewhat, and it will just take a little while to recover from that - not a huge problem, so don't worry... I've done it myself...
Have you used composted manure there around the base?.. all that black stuff?.. it's best practice to keep it off the stems...
@Marlorena when planting I just used microrizzal fungi that was all but in March I used David Austin rose feed and the black stuff on top which is farmyard manure bought from Homebase on all roses!!
and is their anything I can do to help it or is it best to just let it recover on it’s own?
@Marlorena I’ve just remembered I used 2 other fertilisers that I use every year on the borders with perennials and I tried not to sprinkle any near the roses but unless some got too near this rose perhaps!
the two i used were chicken manure pellets and miracle gro all purpose continuous release plant food.
ok, Daniel, tomorrow go out there and remove all that farmyard manure from around the base of your rose, it's too strong and far too much... I have learnt the hard way, and it should not be touching those canes... at the same time, use a small tool like a hand rake, or your hands even if you wear gloves, and mix in the manure with the soil, keeping it off and away from the canes..
In future, I recommend not using it like that, but instead for a surface mulch, use a multi purpose compost mulch around your roses... if you soil is alkaline then use ericaceous compost, if your soil is acid [rhododendrons grow well] then just use ordinary multi purpose... it won't matter if this material touches the canes..
Manure of any sort should not be touching rose canes...
Thats interesting, Marlorena, I thought it was just fresh manure you should keep well away from the canes and if its bagged, composted manure it was ok... I used the latter in Winter, not too much, the roses were dormant at the time and maybe it got mixed in by the worms before it did any harm. Everything including the roses was then blanket mulched with ericaceous compost in Spring (I have alkaline soil).
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it started growing in February at same time as all my other roses which were planted last summer but stopped after a few cms of growth and has barely grew at all since!!
i thought it would be more advanced especially as a lot of people have said it’s one of first Austin’s to flower!!
looks healthy in my opinion, just don’t understand why it’s not putting on much growth!!
Daniel, what fertilizers have you used please? both on the surface and if you used any at planting time, when you put the rose in the ground, did you apply any then? I'm asking because your rose has fertilizer burn, you can see it on the dried up ends of the leaves in various places.. this has stunted the roots somewhat, and it will just take a little while to recover from that - not a huge problem, so don't worry... I've done it myself...
Have you used composted manure there around the base?.. all that black stuff?.. it's best practice to keep it off the stems...
and is their anything I can do to help it or is it best to just let it recover on it’s own?
the two i used were chicken manure pellets and miracle gro all purpose continuous release plant food.
so maybe one or both of them were the problem.
ok, Daniel, tomorrow go out there and remove all that farmyard manure from around the base of your rose, it's too strong and far too much... I have learnt the hard way, and it should not be touching those canes... at the same time, use a small tool like a hand rake, or your hands even if you wear gloves, and mix in the manure with the soil, keeping it off and away from the canes..
In future, I recommend not using it like that, but instead for a surface mulch, use a multi purpose compost mulch around your roses... if you soil is alkaline then use ericaceous compost, if your soil is acid [rhododendrons grow well] then just use ordinary multi purpose... it won't matter if this material touches the canes..
Manure of any sort should not be touching rose canes...