I'll share the roses I have in my garden, but am not positive on ID's as they were planted by former owners of this property. This one I believe may be a Julia Child. The bush is large (sprawls 4-5') and produces a LOT of blooms in spring, but once the last one falls, that's it!
Also planted by former owners is what I'm fairly certain is a Don Juan, as I used to own one at my previous house and the color and scent (very sweet, candy scent)is as I remember it. They build a pagoda arch into my smallest garden to support it. It's in a fairly shady garden under oak tree shade and is prone to black spot, as you can see there.
I love roses, but don't plant them much as my husband really doesn't like thorny bushes. I have another pink Bonica rose bush in the back garden that gets way out of control and I just pruned it severely after its first bloom phase as it was overtaking the pathway. I'll post that one next season when it "recovers".
Oh, I almost forgot my Jackson & Perkins "Sun Flare" in the front garden. Doesn't produce a LOT of blooms, but the ones it produces are brilliant in the morning sun.
@Peggy in Texas … nice roses Peggy.. I'm not sure that's Julia Child... it should repeat well for you, it's a more or less continuous bloomer for most people,... is it scented of licorice or aniseed?... the bloom form doesn't look quite right either for JC...
I did wonder if we had the same rose, Peggy. Here, Julia Child has flowered non-stop since early spring and right throughout the heatwave. She is on a short break at the moment, but is now smothered in new buds again-plus a cheeky new bloom already peeking out from the bottom:
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@celcius_kkw ...Adrian... your yellow rose does look like a young 'The Poet's Wife'... although the blooms you are showing are not typical of an older plant... they should have a strong lemony fragrance.... and the pale bloom is also common for this rose, it sometimes produces them like that.. it's not a sucker.. it becomes quite large and gangly as a mature plant... mine was about 5 x 6 foot before I pruned it recently...and needs staking..
..here you can see a paler bloom... .. a more typical flower..
...just to continue answering your questions on potted roses Adrian... no they don't die in smaller pots, but they will deteriorate somewhat.. yellowing leaves and poor growth... time for root pruning and repotting at that stage... very easy to do..
..for roses in pots I use a 50/50 mix of John Innes no. 3 and Multi Purpose... there is no harm and it's beneficial if you also include a spade full of ordinary garden soil into this mix.. but this can make the pot quite heavy..
...for the first year I only use liquid feed... I prefer Tomorite liquid tomato fertilizer as I like the NPK of 4-3-8...
...from 2nd year I will sprinkle over some inorganic fertilizer [like Toprose or similar], about one handful [not two which is recommended for roses in the ground]… once in March and again in July...
..I will continue with the tomato feed in between, a little and often, … I just put a small amount into the watering can every few days or so, depends on weather.. sometimes I just use the hose of course on hot days...
@Marlorena Thanks so much for the information. To be frank I have been fertilising my potted roses every week with the liquid fertiliser despite the instruction saying to do so every 4-6 weeks. I guess it’s my over enthusiastic beginner gardener syndrome. I’m pleased to know that my roses would be fine in their current pots for a few years and that I have the option of root pruning when they start becoming unhealthy due to restricted pot size.
Has anyone tried growing a climbing rose in a roughly 14" tall x 14" wide pot. The rose will be trained to grow up a trellis on a south facing wall, so plenty of summer sunshine. I am hesitating as I am not sure if the pot will be big enough, any thoughts and experiences will be helpful, thanks.
@Peggy in Texas … nice roses Peggy.. I'm not sure that's Julia Child... it should repeat well for you, it's a more or less continuous bloomer for most people,... is it scented of licorice or aniseed?... the bloom form doesn't look quite right either for JC...
Thank you Marlorena. Yes, the leaf on the top rose doesn't have quite as "saw-toothed) edges as the Julia Childs I see on Google. Scent is very mild, neither candy-like, not like licorice, not a spice scent like some roses. Just a soft nice rose smell to me, not very noticeable unless put to your nose close. It repeat blooms from mid-March through mid early June. Once our oppressive heat sets in, it pretty much stops each year (maybe it is precisely BECAUSE of the heat it stops blooming?). Whatever rose it may be, it's loaded with hundreds of blooms for that 4 months. As soon as I go deadhead, it fills right up again promptly. Quite a show at the the front edge of the garden out front, facing the street for passersby to enjoy.
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...Adrian... your yellow rose does look like a young 'The Poet's Wife'... although the blooms you are showing are not typical of an older plant... they should have a strong lemony fragrance.... and the pale bloom is also common for this rose, it sometimes produces them like that.. it's not a sucker.. it becomes quite large and gangly as a mature plant... mine was about 5 x 6 foot before I pruned it recently...and needs staking..
..here you can see a paler bloom...
.. a more typical flower..
..for roses in pots I use a 50/50 mix of John Innes no. 3 and Multi Purpose... there is no harm and it's beneficial if you also include a spade full of ordinary garden soil into this mix.. but this can make the pot quite heavy..
...for the first year I only use liquid feed... I prefer Tomorite liquid tomato fertilizer as I like the NPK of 4-3-8...
...from 2nd year I will sprinkle over some inorganic fertilizer [like Toprose or similar], about one handful [not two which is recommended for roses in the ground]… once in March and again in July...
..I will continue with the tomato feed in between, a little and often, … I just put a small amount into the watering can every few days or so, depends on weather.. sometimes I just use the hose of course on hot days...