Mine are on a go-slow too, a bout of cold weather, a couple of light frosts... all those fat buds refusing to open. Its ridiculous, I’m getting obsessed, checking them every day. Is there a name for this condition? Roseitis?
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
I planted 2 desdemona bare roots roses in pots. In a realy nice John innes /rotted manure mix .they arrived quite small poor specimens on march 3rd ( yes late for bare roots)
They have been fed with organic feed and we'll watered. One is showing one eye bud. The other nothing whatsoever. How much longer would people wait before I request a refund/exchange ?
Yes they will open out more as the rose ages, from the 2nd year... I found they didn't open up much in the first season.. it's all due to lack of moisture at the roots.. once they get to work properly you see the blooms open out more and yes the bees will get in there then... but some do remain globular also.. you get this mixture..
After 2 years the blooms get larger and fuller even.. sometimes taking on a different shape with a button eye and a quartered look, which is common in old fashioned roses..
@Jason-3 .. Desdemona is a great variety.. it's been rather cold since March so things are a bit slow... I might wait until next week when it'll be warmer and see what happens then, but if still no sign then yes I would complain about that.. if you show a photo of the roses I might be able to advise further on its prospects.. I have 4 of these roses..
Here is a photo of my roses growing as a hedge on the right hand side.. on 22 March.. they're much bigger now already and Desdemona will be one of my first roses off the mark, it always is.. obviously these are several years old..
@Nollie when you start checking 5 times a day, then it's rose insanity... join the crowd... there are quite a few of us about.. we like company, it makes us feel a whole lot better...
I pruned my Shropshire Lad climbing rose last Autumn, and it is now growing like mad. I presume I just let these long shoots grow, and don’t need to prune it again till next Autumn? TIA
I've not grown this rose so far but David Austin recommended summer pruning for it.. after the first main flush of blooms... so I would review it then, about early July I imagine, and perhaps reduce it to whatever looks about right to you, so that it's manageable... I'd probably prune it back by about one third if it was mine.. in winter I might remove dead bits of wood only and a little tidy up in Spring..
If you wanted to leave the main framework in place, that is the cane you've tied to the wire, what I do is when deadheading the spent blooms on lateral growth, I prune it then, and taking this upright lateral, I would cut it back to where I've arrowed it...
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They have been fed with organic feed and we'll watered. One is showing one eye bud. The other nothing whatsoever. How much longer would people wait before I request a refund/exchange ?
Yes they will open out more as the rose ages, from the 2nd year... I found they didn't open up much in the first season.. it's all due to lack of moisture at the roots.. once they get to work properly you see the blooms open out more and yes the bees will get in there then... but some do remain globular also.. you get this mixture..
After 2 years the blooms get larger and fuller even.. sometimes taking on a different shape with a button eye and a quartered look, which is common in old fashioned roses..
Here is a photo of my roses growing as a hedge on the right hand side.. on 22 March.. they're much bigger now already and Desdemona will be one of my first roses off the mark, it always is.. obviously these are several years old..