that's ok Jason... I've got 3 Desdemonas too …. good luck with KG... I know you've been to DA gardens so you must have seen the hedge of KG bordering the car park? they've updated that recently with a designer border incorporating perennials and other plants with the KG's... it will look fabulous..
I do recall it, I haven't been to DA since mid June last year. I do hope we are safely able to visit this year whilst the rose gardens are at their best
@Nollie ...use the MF in the planting hole on the root system as instructed..... apply fertilizer to the surface area only, not in the hole... it's the phosphorus in the fertilizer that destroys the MF if used together in the bottom of the hole... which is why MF and Bone Meal should not be used together...
Thanks Marlorena, good advice, as always.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
My roses have been growing very slowly compared to everyone else’s but the noticeably warmer weather in the last two weeks have made a huge difference.
My youngest has caught his brothers chicken pox, which was inevitable. At least it's getting it out of the way!
But he hasn't slept the last couple of days at night or during the day.
This afternoon he had a good long nap. So we were able to have a bit of time off! I got a few jobs done in the garden.
Finished feeding the roses (erred on the side of caution with amounts) and also got some planting done.
I planted all of the geranium cuttings that I was growing in small pots. I've got about 15 plants now from the two I bought last year! The ones I just stuck in the ground are all growing too.
I also planted out those two divisions of my Brunnera Jack Frost but I'm pretty sure they're dead! So sad... I loved that plant and won't be able to get a replacement very easily this year.
I’ve got a question to do with my rose cuttings - 2 out of 3 have definitely rooted and are starting to show actual leaf. Third one may have as well but just been a bit slower, although I noticed brown mottling on the cane which wasn’t there before.
I stuck them into a single pot in autumn, but the pot isn’t that deep. I’m wondering when you should separate the cutting plants. Instructions just say to basically leave them for a year - but I think considering the size of the pot and the fact I’ve got two, potentially three, of them growing in there that it might be an idea to carefully take them out and repot individually to grow on until Autumn and then plant them.
@Mr. Vine Eye ...can you see little white roots coming out of the bottom of the pot? you should wait until you see those really... ...even then it's a risk but now the weather is warming you might get away with it.. I was premature a few weeks ago against my own better judgement and the cutting was dead in a fortnight... it's always best to root in the ground in a quiet corner somewhere... I've no idea why I stuck it in a pot.. … choice is yours, so best of luck..
I hope your little ones recover soon... especially during these anxious times we're all in..
Your potted roses are all looking just great Adrian... and where they should be for early April for these kinds of roses... I'm expecting my first bloom in the next day or so...
First blooms! This is Diamond Eyes, bred by Tom Caruth, a miniature/patio rose to 90cm - so not that miniature a plant, but smallish, clusters of blooms. A bare root rose, potted up and destined for my new rose bed. The centres will have more pronounced white and yellow stamens when it opens.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
@Nollie looking great! Is it fragrant? It reminds me of munstead wood’s dark shade of red but in a sort of hybrid tea form.
@Marlorena I follow DA’s Instagram account and they have recently posted a video of their garden and I could see most of their roses are in the same stage as mine.. but a lot of you here have posted pictures of your roses which are way ahead in terms of growth (with buds even at this time of the year). If I were to prune them in December rather than February would it result in a better head start of the season?
Hi @celcius_kkw, it’s described as ‘strongly fragrant’ so I hope so! The growth is already vigorous and the leaves shiny and tough, which I find are better able to cope with my very sunny and often windy garden, plus it’s meant to be pretty disease resistant too. That’s a helluva lot to live up to, so we shall see...
As you garden on a balcony in the northwest, I expect yours will be a bit behind, as I am a bit ahead where I am.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
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My roses have been growing very slowly compared to everyone else’s but the noticeably warmer weather in the last two weeks have made a huge difference.
But he hasn't slept the last couple of days at night or during the day.
This afternoon he had a good long nap. So we were able to have a bit of time off! I got a few jobs done in the garden.
Finished feeding the roses (erred on the side of caution with amounts) and also got some planting done.
I planted all of the geranium cuttings that I was growing in small pots. I've got about 15 plants now from the two I bought last year! The ones I just stuck in the ground are all growing too.
I also planted out those two divisions of my Brunnera Jack Frost but I'm pretty sure they're dead! So sad... I loved that plant and won't be able to get a replacement very easily this year.
I’ve got a question to do with my rose cuttings - 2 out of 3 have definitely rooted and are starting to show actual leaf. Third one may have as well but just been a bit slower, although I noticed brown mottling on the cane which wasn’t there before.
I stuck them into a single pot in autumn, but the pot isn’t that deep. I’m wondering when you should separate the cutting plants. Instructions just say to basically leave them for a year - but I think considering the size of the pot and the fact I’ve got two, potentially three, of them growing in there that it might be an idea to carefully take them out and repot individually to grow on until Autumn and then plant them.
What do you think?
...can you see little white roots coming out of the bottom of the pot? you should wait until you see those really...
...even then it's a risk but now the weather is warming you might get away with it.. I was premature a few weeks ago against my own better judgement and the cutting was dead in a fortnight... it's always best to root in the ground in a quiet corner somewhere... I've no idea why I stuck it in a pot..
… choice is yours, so best of luck..
I hope your little ones recover soon... especially during these anxious times we're all in..
As you garden on a balcony in the northwest, I expect yours will be a bit behind, as I am a bit ahead where I am.