Just caught up with the last 10 pages or so which was very pleasant!
Nothing opened yet at my end but we had some weather going on recently, strong winds and a bit of hail so probably for the best. Nothing got damaged but a piece of Blush Noisette came away and was flailing about. I couldn't figure out where it had come from so I just fixed it back in a slightly awkward way. I don't do much training of it so maybe that cane had just been supporting itself pre winds. Had to stake some other plants that had bent but I probably should have thought to do that anyway.
Welcome to the forum @cats_and_dogs and thank you for sharing your roses🙂
I also like your shady lane/surplus plant hideaway @edhelka, it looks great with the half hidden building at the end.
Your Summer Sweetheart looks great @WorcesterPark, I have an established one but I cut it back heavily so I could put up a trellis over winter. It's coming back nicely though but will take a bit of time.
Also like @B3's picture of the Albertine bud, both elegant and fun🙂
@edhelka I used the powder form, mixed to the recommended strength, and I used a Solo sprayer to mist it on. I think if you’re just lightly misting the foliage it shouldn’t change your soil that much? I’m not sure how acidic the soil is where you are though.
Splotches are very much still evident, particularly on the hybrid tea leaves. On the non-HT roses the fresh foliage is kind of obscuring the splotchy leaves but you can still see it. As the HT are less dense it’s really obvious. I’m not sure if a weak dose would still leave splotches, and if it would still be effective.
I personally would only use SR for non-ornamentals, and in the winter over the base of the rose to kill off ground spores. Maybe as a drench tonic over the soil if the soil would benefit from it pH-wise, but I would need to research that. I suppose if a rose has chronic issues with powdery mildew or blackspot to the point where white splotches are preferable, it’s at least a wildlife safe option.
Gertrude jekyll, her third year and flowering beautifully unfortunately I have lost my sense of smell (nothing to do with the virus) so she's a visual treat only. This is Felicia, a half price bargain in the local garden centre at the end of last summer. I think I will put her in the border in the autumn when I can find a place for her. Pretty little open flowers and lots of buds to come. This rose was here when we bought the house, I don't know what it is but it seems to want to climb so I have been tying it in. It's a very shady corner between the wall on the other side of the drive and the gates, it gets terrible blackspot but the colour works so well against the dark wall. Lots of buds on this, more than previous years.
@Mr. Vine Eye ha what an analogy.. i couldn’t help but to point out 😛
Here are some updates from my garden..
Munstead Wood and my unknown yellow HT are very close.. while Boscobel has somehow stunted..
All of my roses now have plenty of buds on them apart from one of the patio roses I bought last year.. it’s put on plenty of beautiful healthy foliage but somehow it’s growth has completely stopped in the last two weeks.. I have been looking after it the same way as all the other roses but somehow..
I’m not sure what else could be causing this.. I’ve given it good balanced liquid feed regularly, watered regularly (I always check the soil before to avoid overwatering), the foliage is in fact pristine with not a trace of aphids or fungal infection.. and it gets plenty of sun. Could it just be a variety thing.. as in it might be a late flowering one?
Here’s a pic
It’s stayed in this (to me very healthy looking) state for weeks.. all the new shoots have remained as they were.. there’s no dieback either.. just stunted. (The keen eyed may notice the isolated white blotch on one of the leaves.. that’s due to seagull dropping 😏)
I can finally join in this thread as my first flower of the year is now open!
A very pretty Vanessa Bell:
There are lots of buds appearing in my 'rose patch' now though, so hopefully plenty of colour to look forward to soon!
(The big leggy one wasn't planted by me, was here when I moved in but its so healthy and has lovely pink flowers I couldn't bring myself to kill it, so I try to keep it in a tree shape and just go with it! Its actually nice to have the variety in height.)
@Suesyn, I like your deep pink climber, I wonder what it is?
@celcius_kkw, the odd one or two of my roses are very late this year, while most are finishing their first flush, so I wouldn’t worry about Boscobel or your patio rose. Some are more affected, with checked growth, by swings in temperature than others. Your patio rose does look very healthy, nice foliage and all that new growth will bear fruit. Which rose is it?
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
I think if you’re just lightly misting the foliage it shouldn’t change your soil that much?
Yes, I assume that too. As a winter drench, it could be more acidifying but I could also use some garden lime.
I suppose if a rose has chronic issues with powdery mildew or blackspot
to the point where white splotches are preferable, it’s at least a
wildlife safe option.
White splotches are certainly still preferable to no leaves. But maybe if it's used on the worst offenders only, there would be less BS on other bushes too? At the moment, I have some rust on Sandringham and don't want it to spread (I don't normally see rust here) but I also don't want to remove leaves because of a couple of small spots.
Thank you for the photos. Not too bad but not pretty either.
Fighting Temeraire. I love the colour of this rose.
My little yellow patio rose, I keep meaning to look for the label for a name. It always looks lovely in early summer but by the end it looks a sorry sight. Hopefully this year it’ll do better.
@flyd@FlyDragon I have Vanessa Bell but I bought it as a bare root so only had a few shoots at the moment. It looks lovely.
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Nothing opened yet at my end but we had some weather going on recently, strong winds and a bit of hail so probably for the best. Nothing got damaged but a piece of Blush Noisette came away and was flailing about. I couldn't figure out where it had come from so I just fixed it back in a slightly awkward way. I don't do much training of it so maybe that cane had just been supporting itself pre winds. Had to stake some other plants that had bent but I probably should have thought to do that anyway.
Welcome to the forum @cats_and_dogs and thank you for sharing your roses🙂
You have some lovely roses @AlliumPurpleSensation, I like those colours.
I also like your shady lane/surplus plant hideaway @edhelka, it looks great with the half hidden building at the end.
Your Summer Sweetheart looks great @WorcesterPark, I have an established one but I cut it back heavily so I could put up a trellis over winter. It's coming back nicely though but will take a bit of time.
Also like @B3's picture of the Albertine bud, both elegant and fun🙂
This is Felicia, a half price bargain in the local garden centre at the end of last summer. I think I will put her in the border in the autumn when I can find a place for her. Pretty little open flowers and lots of buds to come.
This rose was here when we bought the house, I don't know what it is but it seems to want to climb so I have been tying it in. It's a very shady corner between the wall on the other side of the drive and the gates, it gets terrible blackspot but the colour works so well against the dark wall. Lots of buds on this, more than previous years.
Here are some updates from my garden..
Munstead Wood and my unknown yellow HT are very close.. while Boscobel has somehow stunted..
I’m not sure what else could be causing this.. I’ve given it good balanced liquid feed regularly, watered regularly (I always check the soil before to avoid overwatering), the foliage is in fact pristine with not a trace of aphids or fungal infection.. and it gets plenty of sun. Could it just be a variety thing.. as in it might be a late flowering one?
A very pretty Vanessa Bell:
There are lots of buds appearing in my 'rose patch' now though, so hopefully plenty of colour to look forward to soon!
(The big leggy one wasn't planted by me, was here when I moved in but its so healthy and has lovely pink flowers I couldn't bring myself to kill it, so I try to keep it in a tree shape and just go with it! Its actually nice to have the variety in height.)
@celcius_kkw, the odd one or two of my roses are very late this year, while most are finishing their first flush, so I wouldn’t worry about Boscobel or your patio rose. Some are more affected, with checked growth, by swings in temperature than others. Your patio rose does look very healthy, nice foliage and all that new growth will bear fruit. Which rose is it?
Princess anne
Your four your eyes only is so much pinker than mine, more like what I remember mine being like last year. Mine is definitely more red this year.
It's interesting how environmental factors must impact on colour and I presume scent.