Two of my roses- lady Emma Hamilton and Lady of Shallot have thrown out these disproportionately long canes which don’t look like suckers to me.. and LoS has done that before (perhaps an innate propensity to climb?) - it does mean the plants now look very disproportionate.. I’m in a dilemma as to whether to prune them back to the height of the rest of the plant or leave them be.. I think it will be an eyesore for the rest of the season if I just leave them looking unpleasantly sticking out.. I’ll tag @Marlorena as well but I would appreciate any advice from you all.
And on the other hand my first buds.. including one on a really short new shoot on my munstead wood (literally just three sets of leaves between the cane and the bud! - see second pic below). The other bud belongs to boscobel
I’d leave them be @celcius_kkw but it’s up to you. The whole plant will catch up eventually. Even if you let the canes flower then cut them back a lot, so u don’t miss the flowers. I have lady of shallot and it always throws up new canes which means u will probably struggle to keep it compact!
I agree with Daniel, @celcius_kkw, any wayward canes I let flower then in between flushes I cut them down to size. My LofS is about 5ft tall and supported against a wall. Even though DA says it’s suitable for a pot, I have my doubts! LEH generally keeps more bushy and compact, but again will throw up the occasional long cane. I have a LEH in the ground and one in a pot and it does well in both, but I wouldn't attempt LofS in a pot. My climate is different though...
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Thanks guys! That’s a pretty unanimous decision. I’ll leave them be in that case.
By the way, do you guys trim off any inward growing shoots at all? Like sometimes I see inward growing shoots from lower down that looks as though they will end up growing into the centre of the plant low down and therefore would not be able to get enough sunshine anyway and potentially clog up the air circulation.. it’s tempting to take those off.. even if they do end up producing flowers they will be tucked away in the middle of the plant thus can’t be easily enjoyed I’d have thought..
..lucky you Jonathan... yours is some way ahead of mine, showing the benefit of a potted rose as opposed to a bare root one... I'm looking forward to seeing the first bloom too..
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