@pianoplayer, I don't think that's a dumb question at all, I have been wondering which bits on a climber are the main stem as when a bare root rose arrives it has obviously been cut across the two or three bare stems it arrives with. As with most things in my life, I operate on a wait and see what happens basis but I would like to know if that's the right thing to do.
So, I've tried to find the really helpful picture that @Marlorena posted of the trough she grows Lichfield Angel in, but I can't find it anywhere. If I did want to grow roses in pots, what's the min size? @celcius_kkw as pot aficionado, are there any that you recommend?
I've found some Elho planters which are tapered that have diameters of 39 x 33 or 47 x 40; or straight with diameters of 47 x 44. Are these too small? I would probably keep the roses in them for 1-2 years before planting out.
Hi @Suesyn exactly! My bare root from DA was a Y-shaped twig, that has produced four new canes, each of which has a cluster of flowers at the end. If I cut off the flowers, then that will surely encourage laterals? I think I am going to adopt your `wait and see` approach, too, and leave them - unless someone advises something different
@pianoplayer, I tried to find YouTube videos on how to treat a newly planted climber but all I could find told you what to do with established plants, helpful when you get to the pruning stage but not so much for new plants. I did see one which said that if you prune a main cane accidently you can just select another cane to be the main cane so presumably when new shoots come up from the base these in effect become the main cane
@Suesyn, indeed, loads of helpful advice on pruning mature climbers, renovating ones that have gone wrong etc but nothing about brand new ones. Marlorena is always saying roses are easy, so I am trying very hard not to worry too much about it, but being a natural worrier, I am not finding it easy...
I snip off the deadheads of my little climbers, although I've never really put too much thought into training them...I tie every long limb down to the sides, rightly or wrongly. I never tried growing around an obelisk or a pillar, that might be a different kettle of fish🤔
A rogue sunbeam in Spongetown today so I ran out to take some pictures as am expecting two days of rain.
Hot Chocolate, a biggish floribunda. Pretty much showing the correct colour here, maybe a bit more pinkish than in reality.
Nostalgia HT, I like the early foliage on this, also has some splendid thornage
Whoop! An upright and fairly normal bloom from Burgundy Ice. Although it's losing it space to the other plants and I might not intervene.
The last to flower this year, but how sweet is it? Flanders, plus a poppy weed in the pot because it's poignant. It has garden space for next year but it looks really nice in a pot. That means I'd need another rose for the garden though, how tiresome😉
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I've found some Elho planters which are tapered that have diameters of 39 x 33 or 47 x 40; or straight with diameters of 47 x 44. Are these too small? I would probably keep the roses in them for 1-2 years before planting out.
I did see one which said that if you prune a main cane accidently you can just select another cane to be the main cane so presumably when new shoots come up from the base these in effect become the main cane
A rogue sunbeam in Spongetown today so I ran out to take some pictures as am expecting two days of rain.
Hot Chocolate, a biggish floribunda. Pretty much showing the correct colour here, maybe a bit more pinkish than in reality.
Nostalgia HT, I like the early foliage on this, also has some splendid thornage
Whoop! An upright and fairly normal bloom from Burgundy Ice. Although it's losing it space to the other plants and I might not intervene.
The last to flower this year, but how sweet is it? Flanders, plus a poppy weed in the pot because it's poignant. It has garden space for next year but it looks really nice in a pot. That means I'd need another rose for the garden though, how tiresome😉
I also picked up Kiss Me Kate and Shropshire Star. One for a trellis and one for the side of an arbour.