The Kew Gardens I got in November had 3 canes and only two are producing leaves. Healthy leaves.
This rose buying is addictive. Not sure if I have room for any more now but I do have a front garden that is overdue an overhaul. It is just pink (weedy) gravel and a tree with a patch or two of persecaria.
^I've done worse... I once drove through a Stop/Go sign, I thought it said Go, but the man was wiggling it around and it was actually STOP... I was then faced with a stream of oncoming traffic right at me, so I moved to the left to let them pass, only to find myself parked on hot freshly laid tarmac... lol..
..some for today....this mat forming evergreen ground cover is Erysimum 'Golden Jubilee'... so easy to grow, just break off bits, push them into the soil and they all root... this was a little cutting from last Spring..
..the Ostrich Feather anemone... Anemone St. Brigid 'Lord Lieutenant'...
Chandos Beauty has lovely dark glossy foliage right now.. ..this is nice to see, especially from an own root rose..
Hello rose lovers, I have a problem. This year I ordered twenty odd bare root roses. Except for two they were all growing beautifully. Another had a spindly little growth ,but it was growing. The two bushes suddenly started to go crispy on the end of the leaves and have now died back. These were among ones growing fine and had not had any different treatment to all the rest. Any ideas please. Valerie
@valerieroberts Are they completely dead all the way down to the graft? What varieties are they and where do you live? Any chance this was frost damage and they are not hardy in your location? How were they planted, the graft buried or above the ground?
hello, I’ve been a lurker for the last year as we’ve only just got our own garden and it’s taken me a while to get it going. So far I’ve learnt so much from this forum, but now I’m taking the leap and joining in as I’m hoping to tap into your expert knowledge.
I’ve got three roses in the garden, DA Boscobel, DA Fighting Temeraire and a yellow patio rose.
Boscobel looks in good shape but I’m not sure about the Fighting Temeraire, it’s got some nice healthy looking growth but it doesn’t look very bushy in the middle, is it too late to prune it into a good shape? I’m new to pruning roses but I do love them so I want to learn how to do it well. Any thoughts/advice would be greatly appreciated.
Hi Edhelka, they are in South Devon very much sheltered. The whole plant has dried leaves from the top to the bottom, about three lots. Everything was planted to growers instructions. I.e leave the graft just above soil level to be within the guarantee guide lines. All watered together every other day. 21 are fine. Valerie
@Amyrosas84 Welcome to Roses, nice to see you here and we look forward to your roses this season, so do take lots of photos..
...the rose you have there, Fighting Temeraire is a large growing shrub rose... I urge you to take a relaxed approach to pruning these types of roses... if you really want to prune it now, you can take it back by about 1/3rd, and don't worry where you cut it... pruning rules that you read about in books and on t.v. really need not apply to these types of roses.. ..if it was mine, I wouldn't prune it at all, but just let it grow and develop in its own way, the aim is to allow it to develop its own character.. you can always catch up with pruning later on when you see how it grows for you... it's really very easy, you just cut off what gets in your way, even cutting the whole plant back by half if it grows too big for you.. the choice is yours..
..remember, David Austin roses take at least 2 to 3 seasons to show their true worth.. at this stage you just want to let them get settled in and leave them alone...
thank you Marlorena for your advice. I’m happy to leave it to it and see what happens. With two little children to look after as well as the garden I’m generally trying to pick plants that require minimal effort, with one or two exceptions along the way that I just can’t live without 🤣
Thanks, @Mr. Vine Eye. All front gardens on our side of the street are on a steep slope, not easily changeable to parking.
This is a completely new border in the front garden, several roses there. It used to be only gravel with some rockery plants, it's a dry narrow strip between the wall, drive and bins, but the soil isn't as bad as I expected. It is overplanted at the moment but some plants are there for one year only, until it fills a bit.
The back garden, my main rose bed. I've been adding dwarf lavenders around the edge (I don't have enough of them yet) and a small number of other plants to intermingle with the roses (verbena b. lollipop and gaura). There are also some new roses, I will post before (2018, 2019) and after (2020) photos in summer.
One of the new roses is the standard, Super Excelsa. At its base (within the support rings), I planted clematis integrifolia. I can't wait to see it flowering (and to see if it looks as I want). Here is the new growth on Super Excelsa.
@valerieroberts Leaves are not too important at the moment if the canes are alive, the leaves will grow back. It could be cold or it could be wind damage. When did it happen? Are these last year leaves (autumn growth) or this year spring growth? And most importantly, are the canes alive (green on the outside, light colour wood inside) or dead (dark brown outside, light brown inside)? If they are dead, are they dead completely to the ground? It's hard to say what caused this without seeing them.
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..some for today....this mat forming evergreen ground cover is Erysimum 'Golden Jubilee'... so easy to grow, just break off bits, push them into the soil and they all root... this was a little cutting from last Spring..
..the Ostrich Feather anemone... Anemone St. Brigid 'Lord Lieutenant'...
Chandos Beauty has lovely dark glossy foliage right now..
..this is nice to see, especially from an own root rose..
I’ve been a lurker for the last year as we’ve only just got our own garden and it’s taken me a while to get it going. So far I’ve learnt so much from this forum, but now I’m taking the leap and joining in as I’m hoping to tap into your expert knowledge.
Welcome to Roses, nice to see you here and we look forward to your roses this season, so do take lots of photos..
...the rose you have there, Fighting Temeraire is a large growing shrub rose... I urge you to take a relaxed approach to pruning these types of roses... if you really want to prune it now, you can take it back by about 1/3rd, and don't worry where you cut it... pruning rules that you read about in books and on t.v. really need not apply to these types of roses..
..if it was mine, I wouldn't prune it at all, but just let it grow and develop in its own way, the aim is to allow it to develop its own character.. you can always catch up with pruning later on when you see how it grows for you... it's really very easy, you just cut off what gets in your way, even cutting the whole plant back by half if it grows too big for you.. the choice is yours..
..remember, David Austin roses take at least 2 to 3 seasons to show their true worth.. at this stage you just want to let them get settled in and leave them alone...
..best wishes for now...