This is the last rose to bloom of the 5 cheap bare root ones I planted last autumn. It was labelled 'red' but is more of a GJ pink. Coincidentally matching the salvia greggi 'Cerro Potto' next door to it!
Salvia
Sorry, chopped the top off a bit.
This was the bud yesterday. I don't know why this was a good 3 weeks or so behind the others.
I'm pretty pleased with all five - at £2.99 each, an interesting experiment. All labelled Old English Shrub roses. The only one (although it did have two blooms) not to flourish is the yellow one I planted in the ground but I think this is suffering rose replant disease. I will wait to see if it survives/improves next year. The others all look really healthy at the moment. However, none have perfume which is the main disadvantage for me.
The apricot rose is my favourite and is winning hands down with the number of blooms and new buds. Now that I've seen the colours, I intend to plant most of them in the ground in the autumn. The red/deep pink rose shown above I will put in a large pot outside the front door as it will look eye-catching against our pale Bath stone.
Your Shropshire Star is a smashing colour @poppyfield64. Mine was more of a salmon colour when it had a short flush of flowers some weeks back, changing to a sort of blood orange...I haven't had a 'proper' orange from it yet but I kind of like the colours it has had so far. It is putting on some brownish new growth at the moment. Think my roses are liking this rain/shine weather.
I like your sunrise photos @edhelka, your Eyes for You border has a sweet mix of colours.
Would scattering pelleted chicken manure underneath my roses be an adequate alternative to using one of the more specific rose fertilisers we are recommended to use for their twice yearly feed.
That's what I use @peteS, I rarely use rose specific feed, but see what the knowledgeable folk on here say.
Most of my roses are on a break at the moment and the youngsters are putting on some lopsided but pleasing new growth.
One of my older roses, Summer Sweetheart, Harkness I think, coming back nicely as I'd chopped it back to put up new trellis. No scent but cheerful enough.
A nice bloom on MW with a new 3' spike behind it. This has got a space in the ground for next year but I haven't found the manner of growth very pleasing so far (as I think others have said). I might try and obscure it with something tall in front.
Nothing spectacular but I'm quite fond of this new one planted last winter, Mrs Oakley Fisher. Flowers are glowing although don't last long but the foliage is nice and everything has had a chew on it but it just pushes past it all without assistance (just the kind of plant for my garden😉)
Flanders again, I've only deadheaded one flower since it started flowering at the beginning of the month. I've decided to put it in the ground after all with Lark Ascending as a backdrop, thought they'd look nice together.
No brand new roses from me since I’ve resisted importing any potted roses - postage costs curbed my impatience! A few new blooms from the spring-planted bare roots:
Soul - extremely healthy, bushy plant, no BS so far, leathery leaves don’t attract the munchers much, big, blowsy blooms but very slow to get there from bud stage:
The Prince, smaller blooms now, about 6-7cm across, but still loving everything it puts out, touch of mildew - a first here - but otherwise fairly healthy so far:
Burgundy Ice, delightful blooms, but the thin canes need propping up, everything loves to munch on the delicate foliage and it’s the first of my newbies to get BS:
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
A lovely lot of roses today from @Victoria Sponge and @Nollie . I love the colours Nollie, Flanders is very appealing too.
@edhelka, the shagginess made me smile, hope it does well for you
I potted up my new Boscobel, with Julia Child in the background. I am very pleased with both
@Marlorena's advice the other day about keeping newly planted roses clear in the border has prompted me to trim back encroaching plants. Thank you Marlorena, I may have run into trouble had I not read that, but Bathsheba is having to battle for ground, pretty thing though.
Still very happy with Diamond Eyes and positively loving The Generous Gardener
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This is the last rose to bloom of the 5 cheap bare root ones I planted last autumn. It was labelled 'red' but is more of a GJ pink. Coincidentally matching the salvia greggi 'Cerro Potto' next door to it!
Sorry, chopped the top off a bit.
This was the bud yesterday. I don't know why this was a good 3 weeks or so behind the others.
I'm pretty pleased with all five - at £2.99 each, an interesting experiment. All labelled Old English Shrub roses. The only one (although it did have two blooms) not to flourish is the yellow one I planted in the ground but I think this is suffering rose replant disease. I will wait to see if it survives/improves next year. The others all look really healthy at the moment. However, none have perfume which is the main disadvantage for me.
The apricot rose is my favourite and is winning hands down with the number of blooms and new buds. Now that I've seen the colours, I intend to plant most of them in the ground in the autumn. The red/deep pink rose shown above I will put in a large pot outside the front door as it will look eye-catching against our pale Bath stone.
I like your sunrise photos @edhelka, your Eyes for You border has a sweet mix of colours.
Most of my roses are on a break at the moment and the youngsters are putting on some lopsided but pleasing new growth.
One of my older roses, Summer Sweetheart, Harkness I think, coming back nicely as I'd chopped it back to put up new trellis. No scent but cheerful enough.
A nice bloom on MW with a new 3' spike behind it. This has got a space in the ground for next year but I haven't found the manner of growth very pleasing so far (as I think others have said). I might try and obscure it with something tall in front.
Nothing spectacular but I'm quite fond of this new one planted last winter, Mrs Oakley Fisher. Flowers are glowing although don't last long but the foliage is nice and everything has had a chew on it but it just pushes past it all without assistance (just the kind of plant for my garden😉)
Flanders again, I've only deadheaded one flower since it started flowering at the beginning of the month. I've decided to put it in the ground after all with Lark Ascending as a backdrop, thought they'd look nice together.
Soul - extremely healthy, bushy plant, no BS so far, leathery leaves don’t attract the munchers much, big, blowsy blooms but very slow to get there from bud stage:
Burgundy Ice, delightful blooms, but the thin canes need propping up, everything loves to munch on the delicate foliage and it’s the first of my newbies to get BS: