..thank you Ffoxglove… the purple rose there is 'Forever Royal'... which I think is a better rose than Midnight Blue, which I also have but it's not quite ready to flower just yet.. so I'll show that later..
This looks to be the right thread to ask a few questions about a rose purchased in December. It's 'Lady of the Lake', a rambler with lots of small single blooms. It was doing very well in the spring, lots of new shoots and healthy buds but now has some yellow leaves. I rubbed off quite a lot of aphids and gave it a good watering, today I bought some 'Westland rose food with horse manure'. I'm no expert on roses but hopefully the rose food will give it a boost?
@Fishy65 ...thank you Fishy, and for stopping by here... I also use that Westland fertilizer, amongst a few others... I buy the biggest box of it I can get .. You shouldn't expect too much of your rambling rose in the first year... I presume your rose is in the ground and not in a pot... the watering is always worth doing.. expect it to put out more shoots this autumn...
Hi Marlorena, thank you for your advice, that's reassuring. Yes it's in the ground, I dug a fairly big hole and added well rotted garden compost, also some bone meal. That was in December though I probably haven't watered it as much as I should. I gave it a good soaking about a week ago and now we've had all this rain. My aim is to train it around an archway.
@Fishy65 … it will look great in time, although I hope you have a sturdy arch, it's one vigorous rose when it takes off.. I don't know if you're familiar with Instagram, but Michael Marriott has posted a photo of that rose on his page... it's on this link, but you have to use the arrow key within the photo of A Shropshire Lad, arrow on the right… and it's the 5th photo of the group.. it's trained against a wall.. https://www.instagram.com/p/ByaII4ngY1m/
Yep that looks just like mine, lots of small blooms. The arch is metal but fixed to posts that are holding up trellises. At the opposite end I have Clematis Montana 'Freda' which is growing at a rate of knots. My Dad is nearly 90 and has always been a lover of roses and vegetable gardening. He suggested growing a rose and we chose it together at the GC, that makes it special on a personal level. Thank you for the link, gorgeous roses
..very special Fishy... you will always have to keep that one I think... I have one or two sentimentals… ...enduring 48 hours of heavy rainfall, making up for what I've not had these past 12 months... I don't like extremes of weather... I get a little scared by it, but dull wet weather can be good for taking pictures of our roses, as the low light brings out the colours I think.. Let's just hope we're all not flooded by the end of it.. best of luck with that..
...taken in the downpour.. 'Boscobel' propped up with 'Blush Noisette'.. 'Ghislaine de Feligonde'..
I like pots of French lavender... these have been out all winter unprotected and I've done nothing to them really. Lavender stoechas 'Helmsdale'... I like the rich tones on this one..
..for front of border I think there's little to beat these Hebe's... this one is 'Porlock'... they flower all summer ... 'Avalanche'...
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'Blush Noisette'...
Delphinium 'Summer Skies'...
Delphinium x belladonna 'Moerhemii'..
Lovely pictures by the way
You shouldn't expect too much of your rambling rose in the first year... I presume your rose is in the ground and not in a pot... the watering is always worth doing.. expect it to put out more shoots this autumn...
I don't know if you're familiar with Instagram, but Michael Marriott has posted a photo of that rose on his page... it's on this link, but you have to use the arrow key within the photo of A Shropshire Lad, arrow on the right… and it's the 5th photo of the group.. it's trained against a wall..
https://www.instagram.com/p/ByaII4ngY1m/
...enduring 48 hours of heavy rainfall, making up for what I've not had these past 12 months... I don't like extremes of weather... I get a little scared by it, but dull wet weather can be good for taking pictures of our roses, as the low light brings out the colours I think.. Let's just hope we're all not flooded by the end of it.. best of luck with that..
...taken in the downpour..
'Boscobel' propped up with 'Blush Noisette'..
'Ghislaine de Feligonde'..
Lavender stoechas 'Helmsdale'... I like the rich tones on this one..
..for front of border I think there's little to beat these Hebe's... this one is 'Porlock'...
they flower all summer ...
'Avalanche'...