...I've moved a white rose and yellow hypericum close by so next season I hope they brighten it up a bit... and make happy companions.. perhaps I'll get to like it more next summer when everything else is blooming... it's not the greatest of times right now...
Horses for courses, as always with plants @Marlorena. I love Salvia Amistad, it glows in my bright sunshine, here against paler/lime green shrubs, but (not shown in the photo) is Warm Welcome rose on an Obelisk in front of it and the two dazzle together...
On the rose front, a few additions appeared in my TCL basket, the first two had been on and off my earlier burgundy/pink rose list. The last two were, er, unplanned!
The Prince, which should cope with my heat, but will need afternoon shade Astronomia, a replacement for Kew Gardens that is sadly unhappy here The Prince’s Trust, last ditch, probably futile attempt to find a climbing red that works Moyesii Geranium, request from OH who wanted a rose with hips - no idea if it will thrive or where on earth I am going to put it!!
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
...very nice... does your rose have carmine pink edging on the back of the petals by any chance? it will be rather feint.... I see it in the photo on the TW site....
….like a summer's day today in East Anglia... 'Blythe Spirit' opening late blooms..
...as it's the bare root season coming up... I thought to mention this although I'm not trying to tell anyone what to do, but those newer to roses might be interested.... ...when planting a rose in a pot and often in the ground too, I root prune before I plant it... I know it seems a shame because one is paying for all those big roots and to cut them back seems like sacrilege... you also need to perhaps be a little bold with it, and not everyone would want to do this... I root prune by at least half, snipping off the roots so I am left with a short rootstock.. the top growth I leave as is, until Spring..
...it makes planting so much easier with shorter roots, especially for pot culture if using smaller pots, and as I've always maintained, it reinvigorates them... here's an example of one I did earlier... I planted this little polyantha rose in February, root pruned, and placed in a 15 x 15 inch pot... I have today removed it from said pot in order to plant in the ground, having established through the summer that I like the rose, it's disease resistance is first class and continuous bloom.. ...the roots almost filled the pot after just 8 months and this is a small rose... it's now planted in permanent position...
..a little damaged but all those feeder roots...
...root pruning works.. but of course you don't have to do it...but if the roots are so massive you have trouble accommodating it in the pot, it's worth considering...
....is anyone growing 'Jude The Obscure' please? if so, how well does it repeat? do you have any blooms on it this autumn? thanks... I've heard the repeat is poor and I was thinking of getting one...
That's an interesting point about root pruning @Marlorena and very timely as I expect my 5 bare root roses to arrive in the next few weeks. I do have some large pots but probably not enough so to know I could root prune is good news for me!
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On the rose front, a few additions appeared in my TCL basket, the first two had been on and off my earlier burgundy/pink rose list. The last two were, er, unplanned!
The Prince, which should cope with my heat, but will need afternoon shade
Astronomia, a replacement for Kew Gardens that is sadly unhappy here
The Prince’s Trust, last ditch, probably futile attempt to find a climbing red that works
Moyesii Geranium, request from OH who wanted a rose with hips - no idea if it will thrive or where on earth I am going to put it!!
...I like the way you've got it with all the silver stuff...
….like a summer's day today in East Anglia... 'Blythe Spirit' opening late blooms..
...when planting a rose in a pot and often in the ground too, I root prune before I plant it... I know it seems a shame because one is paying for all those big roots and to cut them back seems like sacrilege... you also need to perhaps be a little bold with it, and not everyone would want to do this... I root prune by at least half, snipping off the roots so I am left with a short rootstock.. the top growth I leave as is, until Spring..
...it makes planting so much easier with shorter roots, especially for pot culture if using smaller pots, and as I've always maintained, it reinvigorates them... here's an example of one I did earlier... I planted this little polyantha rose in February, root pruned, and placed in a 15 x 15 inch pot... I have today removed it from said pot in order to plant in the ground, having established through the summer that I like the rose, it's disease resistance is first class and continuous bloom..
...the roots almost filled the pot after just 8 months and this is a small rose... it's now planted in permanent position...
..a little damaged but all those feeder roots...
...root pruning works.. but of course you don't have to do it...but if the roots are so massive you have trouble accommodating it in the pot, it's worth considering...