Thanks, @Marlorena. I guess the alternative would be to train it on, along the top of the wall, so that it forms a higher framework branch for next year...? The plant is not too old, and has not really finished forming its framework yet...
You could Janie yes, but it just wants to go higher and higher that one, and bending it down towards horizontal could cause it to snap off.. so one has to take care with that... what I would do is train that leading shoot on the right by tying it down to the wire and increasing the framework that way too... that one looks good to tie down carefully..
...you know Janie sometimes people like to make an exact science out of pruning, and I'm not one for that.. I treat each rose individually according to what I want to do with it, and I also think that speaking roughly along gender lines, men prefer precision, lady gardeners tend to prefer a more relaxed approach I notice.. I sort of go in the middle.. perfectionists would throw their arms up in horror at the way I grow some of my roses..
Hi all, just wondering if anyone knows what these spots/ holes are on my patio rose, please?
I've had a quick Google and been initially horrified at the "black spot" fungul infection...but it doesn't look typical of that to me?
Wondering if any more experienced gardeners than I (a complete novice) can help diagnose and let me know if I should be worried? Is this just caterpillars, or something more serious?
Cercospora leaf spot.... if you want to spray then you will need a fungus control but I don't spray roses.. no need in my opinion.. so I would just pick off all those infected leaves and discard them, and allow it to grow fresh leafage... however, it looks as though your rose is pot bound.. how long have you had it in that container? some of those leaves look like last years too... they could be removed and only leave on the healthy leaves...
I would suggest you plant your rose in the ground as soon as you can, or pot into a larger container... it is not happy in that pot any longer...
Has someone been spraying weed killer anywhere near your garden? that looks like spray damage but even if it's something else, it's nothing to worry about and will correct itself very shortly... trust me on that... however Olivia Rose Austin like so many other roses, is so much better from the 2nd season, but looking at yours, it should make a decent plant this summer...
Well having had a bet with myself that Golden Celebration would be the first to bloom (discounting the freak early ones on Lady Em and Kew Gardens) I think LD Braithwaite will be the first:
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..any day now I would think for that one... you don't see LD Braithwaite too often, I think they no longer sell it here unfortunately.. I'm not certain.. ….we're getting warmer weather at the end of this week so I'm expecting a first bloom or two on mine then...
oh ok.. must be something else then, maybe mite damage or even the weather.. I've seen it before, but you can never be sure what causes these things.. enjoy your rose, everyone I know who has it says how wonderful it is, once established..
Hi @Marlorena, LDB is still available on David Austin’s website, but you last time I looked, you had to put in the name in the search box, it didn’t come up if you searched for red shrub roses, for example, but I do find odd things like that on their website. I think Daniel has it...
It is a really good, strong shrub and the truest red I have, not at all pinky. Do you know why its fallen out of favour? Overtaken by something more scented, maybe?
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...you know Janie sometimes people like to make an exact science out of pruning, and I'm not one for that.. I treat each rose individually according to what I want to do with it, and I also think that speaking roughly along gender lines, men prefer precision, lady gardeners tend to prefer a more relaxed approach I notice.. I sort of go in the middle.. perfectionists would throw their arms up in horror at the way I grow some of my roses..
I've had a quick Google and been initially horrified at the "black spot" fungul infection...but it doesn't look typical of that to me?
Wondering if any more experienced gardeners than I (a complete novice) can help diagnose and let me know if I should be worried? Is this just caterpillars, or something more serious?
I would suggest you plant your rose in the ground as soon as you can, or pot into a larger container... it is not happy in that pot any longer...
'Jubilee Papa Meilland'.. a hybrid tea rose, also new for me.. has rich deep plum coloured canes... seems to be quite thorny..
Has someone been spraying weed killer anywhere near your garden? that looks like spray damage but even if it's something else, it's nothing to worry about and will correct itself very shortly... trust me on that... however Olivia Rose Austin like so many other roses, is so much better from the 2nd season, but looking at yours, it should make a decent plant this summer...
….we're getting warmer weather at the end of this week so I'm expecting a first bloom or two on mine then...
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oh ok.. must be something else then, maybe mite damage or even the weather.. I've seen it before, but you can never be sure what causes these things.. enjoy your rose, everyone I know who has it says how wonderful it is, once established..
https://www.davidaustinroses.co.uk/l-d-braithwaite
It is a really good, strong shrub and the truest red I have, not at all pinky. Do you know why its fallen out of favour? Overtaken by something more scented, maybe?