I grew Shropshire Lad in my last garden and it was a lovely rose, hardly any thorns, scent and colour great too. Once I get this garden sorted out, I will be buying it again.
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Seems we are all having a weird weather-related rose season, my summer rains came very early, so I now seem to be over the battered plant and oddly formed/coloured bloom stage currently affecting everyone else. However, it does mean blackspot is already rampant here, especially on the DA’s. Even my newbie DA’s missed the honeymoon phase. I have been giving them acid feeds and watering with weak tea but they ares still looking poorly. Ones with glossy foliage seem to fare better.
@edhelka I don’t think I have thrips (but wouldn’t surprise me) but I do have white spotted rose beetle and earwig damage to buds/blooms. Also, a few buds have been shrivelled and brown, then dropping off when still small, no idea what is causing that.
As for rose petals, I try to catch and deadhead the blooms before the petals fall as I like to keep the area underneath clean. Petal drop can hide fallen blackspotted leaves and I need to clear those up asap and re-mulch fairly regularly in a probably futile attempt to control BS spread.
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@Nanniemo ... no. they're not suckers, don't remove those..
@ElizaRose .. I'd like to see a fully open bloom, and more of the foliage... also to know what the growth habit is like.. is it showing signs of climbing or not? thanks..
Royal Jubilee - this one is great, the scent is really strong and sweet - the best of any of the roses that have bloomed for me so far. Like summer berries.
Think it's my favourite at the moment, thanks for recommending it @Marlorena !
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@edhelka I don’t think I have thrips (but wouldn’t surprise me) but I do have white spotted rose beetle and earwig damage to buds/blooms. Also, a few buds have been shrivelled and brown, then dropping off when still small, no idea what is causing that.
As for rose petals, I try to catch and deadhead the blooms before the petals fall as I like to keep the area underneath clean. Petal drop can hide fallen blackspotted leaves and I need to clear those up asap and re-mulch fairly regularly in a probably futile attempt to control BS spread.
@ElizaRose .. I'd like to see a fully open bloom, and more of the foliage... also to know what the growth habit is like.. is it showing signs of climbing or not? thanks..
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Royal Jubilee - this one is great, the scent is really strong and sweet - the best of any of the roses that have bloomed for me so far. Like summer berries.
Think it's my favourite at the moment, thanks for recommending it @Marlorena !