I would only try it on a rose that's been in situ for several years, so a good rootstock has developed... maybe not on a newish one.. I once dug up a big rose, had huge roots, and it divided itself into 4 big pieces.. canes with roots.. the roots were obviously damaged somewhat but they would have recovered...
..'Mme. Antoine Mari'... first bloom ready to open on a beautiful old Tea rose, each flower is usually exquisite and capable of garden performance to match any modern variety.... will bloom during winter in mild times..
'Triomphe des Noisettes' first flower of a short season, about 3 weeks in May, so not terribly garden worthy.. but I keep it for the damask fragrance which is as good as any, and I cut this bloom off and walked around the garden with it for an hour..
..first flower on Delosperma cooperi.. a South African succulent spreader.. needs sharp drainage during winter.. grows well near roses, surprisingly..
..this is only half what it was, a spreader if happy, I cut the rest away but just pulling it out.. makes a nice edging I think..
Quite a nice day here today in East Anglia... so I hope it is also for anyone looking in.. roses need lots of sun usually, to bring them on, and we just never get enough in Spring..
'Blythe Spirit'... I do wish Austins would spell the names correctly... this should be Blithe not Blythe.. unless they meant it that way... but it's just wrong to me.. anyway, a great rose, last summer bloomed non stop despite the drought.. this Spring the recent storm Hannah blew all the little buds off.. just a few remain.. but it will come back..
Halimium 'Sandling' gives an airy touch to a border.. .this Chiastophyllum ready to flower.. quite an unusual plant.. Calif. Poppy..
I'm delighted to see this on one of my roses... if you ever find one of them is suffering from rose replant sickness, which this one has been for 2 years, then this is the sign of recovery... this rose has languished for all that time, barely producing a flower..
No.. not suckers, they're a different colour altogether...
The yellow rose was named after a Noel Coward play which in turn was taken from a poem by Shelley, ''To A Skylark', which had the line ''Hail to thee blithe spirit''...
The late Mr Austin, who himself was a poet so should have known better really, even wrote in one of his rose books ''Blythe Spirit.. from the Noel Coward play''..
..we all make mistakes.. but you would have thought someone would have pointed it out...
Here's another example of a rose in a group of 3.. this is 'The Herbalist' a David Austin rose... I could leave just 1 in and let it grow bigger, but I need to keep them short with pruning, so a group of 3 is needed to make it look bushy and as one, for this position..
This is a lovely rose. Not one I'm familiar with - but I'm taking note. Thank you. 😊
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I once dug up a big rose, had huge roots, and it divided itself into 4 big pieces.. canes with roots.. the roots were obviously damaged somewhat but they would have recovered...
'Triomphe des Noisettes' first flower of a short season, about 3 weeks in May, so not terribly garden worthy.. but I keep it for the damask fragrance which is as good as any, and I cut this bloom off and walked around the garden with it for an hour..
..first flower on Delosperma cooperi.. a South African succulent spreader.. needs sharp drainage during winter.. grows well near roses, surprisingly..
..this is only half what it was, a spreader if happy, I cut the rest away but just pulling it out.. makes a nice edging I think..
'Blythe Spirit'... I do wish Austins would spell the names correctly... this should be Blithe not Blythe.. unless they meant it that way... but it's just wrong to me.. anyway, a great rose, last summer bloomed non stop despite the drought.. this Spring the recent storm Hannah blew all the little buds off.. just a few remain..
but it will come back..
Halimium 'Sandling' gives an airy touch to a border..
.this Chiastophyllum ready to flower.. quite an unusual plant..
Calif. Poppy..
The yellow rose was named after a Noel Coward play which in turn was taken from a poem by Shelley, ''To A Skylark', which had the line ''Hail to thee blithe spirit''...
The late Mr Austin, who himself was a poet so should have known better really, even wrote in one of his rose books ''Blythe Spirit.. from the Noel Coward play''..
..we all make mistakes.. but you would have thought someone would have pointed it out...