@celcius_kkw Yes, I put an Etoile in last year, to go over a shed and an arch. It's been a bit confused this spring, but has just put on a massive growth spurt. My bad habit as a gardener is to not water enough. When I do water properly all the plants leap forward in joy. The lesson is for me to water deeply and regularly
if I want my roses to sing. Even roses six years in the ground. Even in
the spring.
I'm on regular London clay (with lots of organic matter mixed in over eight years) but for some odd reason, my garden seems very well drained. I can never water enough. I use mulches, manure, leaf mulch, all sorts. It might be that the garden is so densely planted that plants are competing more than I imagine. On the upside, the plants that survive in my garden and the strong and hardy types that can look after themselves.
I recently pruned out a few staggly puny canes on my roses and this
seems to have helped the roses a lot - focused their attention. I tend
to be too brutal with pruning, so I have tried to go gently.
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The big purple cane of the left is new - about eight days growth - and what I was hoping for. (After deep watering)
Here’s a picture of mine taken a couple of weeks ago.. it was drowning in the pot over winter but I repotted it in January.. at the moment it seems to be growing more like a shrub somehow.. but it’s early days.. I first potted it in October last year so it’s sort of just in its first/second year..
There are quite a few buds on it though.. and I tried to be clever by underplanting it with sweet peas.. trying to achieve a cascading look over the edge of the pot.
" it was drowning in the pot over winter but I reported it in January."
That seems a little harsh.
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In some ways many of my plants, incl roses, are essentially in pots. The Etoile above is bounded by a (inherited) shed, a path and a patio - which form a pot of sorts; pretty dry, being right under the shed eaves. I serves me well to think of my garden as a series of pots, that need watering like pots and my plants struggle in similar ways.
Ha I’ve edited that.. I meant to say repotted, though if it doesn’t perform this year I may well have to report it to the headmistress equivalent (ie Marlorena) 😛
@celcius_kkw, thats a lot of sweetpeas for that pot let alone with rose. Also they will try to climb up the rose and entangle into branches. They look so delicate but quite hungry thirsty thugs. I would say move them to their own pot.
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Here’s a picture of mine taken a couple of weeks ago.. it was drowning in the pot over winter but I repotted it in January.. at the moment it seems to be growing more like a shrub somehow.. but it’s early days.. I first potted it in October last year so it’s sort of just in its first/second year..
I’m loving seeing everyone’s roses 🌹