This is the first forum I have ever been on and I am blown away by all the knowledge here about roses, my most favourite flower along with dahlias. The photos have me salivating!
I live in the middle of woodland but the garden doesn't have any overhanging trees although it does get very cold in the winter (250m above sea level) and is north facing. After seeing all your beautiful roses I've decided to ditch my vegetable patch which is no hardship as I battle with squirrels, rabbits and slugs, and make it into a rose and flower garden.
I hope it will be okay if I pick all your brains. The first photos are of a rose I planted in 1982 but have no idea what it is but I think it had a foreign sounding name. It has sentimental value to me so I am hoping to try and rejuvenate it. It flowers once, doesn't have much scent and has arching canes about 4-5 ft. Gets awful black spot and I've just bought some Rose Ultra Clear to see if that helps. It seems to have pushed itself out of the ground and I am wondering if I should make a little "wall" around it and fill with compost.
The next photos are of my Gertrude Jekyll that is just getting it's first flush of flowers but this has the same problem of pushing itself out of the ground.
@micmarg ..just to say welcome to Roses and great to see you here... we await your photos in due course... it can be a pain sometimes trying to post pictures... keep at it.. ...sounds as though you live in a nice quiet spot... I've had some nice holidays in Northumberland.. Rothbury, Alnwick, Berwick .. up that way... oh and Keilder and those hills the name I've momentarily forgotten... Cheviots !...
..you need to push that ground with the heel of your foot back in, firming it, it appears to have loosened.. cut away the dead stick with the moss at the bottom.. it's no use to you.. then apply a mulch around the base..
rose photo no 2.
..clear away all the invading moss, stems of other plants and the nearby pot.. the base of your red rose needs to be kept clear and clean... then apply a mulch..
rose photo no. 3
..as per no 1. you could firm that back in a bit.. cut out any dead stems, those that have gone dark brown and hard dry looking.. then apply mulch.. not much more you can do there...
Many thanks Marlorena. I'll do that. I know the red rose is a pitiful specimen but it was given to me by my father who passed away many years ago. I would love to know what it is but after having Googled hundreds of red roses I can't find out. Hopefully next year I can post a pic of it all rejuvinated.
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Thankyou anyway.
It looked nicer than the pictures I've seen.
Next year's plan is to try and find a rose which represent family ties.
If anyone has any suggestions I'm looking for Roses with links to or names for;
Cheshire
Kent
Liverpool
Lancashire
TIA x
https://www.classicroses.co.uk/liverpool-hope-new-rose-introduction-2019
https://www.classicroses.co.uk/liverpool-hope-157059.html
...sounds as though you live in a nice quiet spot... I've had some nice holidays in Northumberland.. Rothbury, Alnwick, Berwick .. up that way... oh and Keilder and those hills the name I've momentarily forgotten... Cheviots !...
Thankyou, I had heard of this one and like the story behind it.
I visited Liverpool Hope Uni whilst at Liverpool John Moore's doing my teacher training.
I wonder if anyone has this so I can see the colour in a garden x