@newbie77 I don’t have great photos of The Mill on the Floss, but here is one from shortly after it arrived. Hopefully next year it settles in and performs better. It is scented.
More flowers from my rainy garden. Left vase munstead wood, Vanessa bell. Right vase The poets wife, jubilee celebration, young Lycidas.
I am so disappointed in Grafin Diana. There were two fat buds first time since i planted it last autumn. I have been checking on them for last so many days. And today they were shattered in rain before even opening properly. Oh well, I wished for a large munstead wood in her, but that's not her. Neither is Madam Issac P. I got far many flowers from my two little awkward MW.
I love flowers of jubilee Celebration. He is so wimpy though.
Lovely vases, @newbie77. The Munstead Wood blooms are showstoppers, aren't they? I was mulling over getting one but the internet is full of complaints about their growth habit so I went for Gabriel Oak. Such a lovely hue and flower shape, though.
Stormy weather is another stunner, @Nollie. And @Omori v v pretty
My Gabriel Oak has done very well too for its first year.
Some of my other roses have been planted among perennials and seem to have suffered because of that. I’m trying to find a solution for next year. I really like close planting, but I think that’s not suitable for my roses. Would they do better among the perennials once they’re well established?
Another idea was to plant them in bottomless pots in the borders, in order to give them more height. Has anyone done this with success?
My 4 climbing roses from Kordes has been dispatched, so I’m trying to find suitable positions for them. I keep planting things only to discover they’re not in the right place.
@Sammymummy, I am the biggest hypocrite for saying this as I’m really impatient and grump when roses don’t perform well in the first year, but... old roses especially, like FP, need a couple of years to settle and grow a decent size first before they start performing bloom-wise. On another rose forum, someone else said their FP gave them one puny bloom in the first year, but improved year on year and is now one of their best roses. I am planting a fair number of old roses this autumn, so are girding my loins and determined to give them time!
So long as you give it plenty of space, feed, water and mulch well and only prune it lightly if at all when it’s young, it should reward you in the end. So it’s really up to you and your patience levels whether you keep it or not!
PS - gorgeous @newbie77! How long have you had Mme. Isaac Pereire? I have ordered one too. Most folks seem to grow it as a climber but I’m going to attempt to grow it as a large, arching shrub and see how it goes.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
@Nollie, i planted it last autumn so one year. The flowers were perfect, deep coloured and very nice fragrance. I need to research as what to do about it. It has grown four really tall canes. I can give it an obelisk next year or prune it to make shrub. I would prefer as shrub if it can work.
I suspect it will need some support/something to lean on at least @newbie77 even if grown as a sort of shrub, as I think it will ultimately want to climb as that’s the nature of the beast. I have very limited spaces for climbers so want to try it out first.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
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More flowers from my rainy garden. Left vase munstead wood, Vanessa bell. Right vase The poets wife, jubilee celebration, young Lycidas.
I am so disappointed in Grafin Diana. There were two fat buds first time since i planted it last autumn. I have been checking on them for last so many days. And today they were shattered in rain before even opening properly. Oh well, I wished for a large munstead wood in her, but that's not her. Neither is Madam Issac P. I got far many flowers from my two little awkward MW.
I love flowers of jubilee Celebration. He is so wimpy though.
Stormy weather is another stunner, @Nollie. And @Omori v v pretty
Some of my other roses have been planted among perennials and seem to have suffered because of that. I’m trying to find a solution for next year. I really like close planting, but I think that’s not suitable for my roses. Would they do better among the perennials once they’re well established?
Another idea was to plant them in bottomless pots in the borders, in order to give them more height. Has anyone done this with success?
My 4 climbing roses from Kordes has been dispatched, so I’m trying to find suitable positions for them. I keep planting things only to discover they’re not in the right place.
So long as you give it plenty of space, feed, water and mulch well and only prune it lightly if at all when it’s young, it should reward you in the end. So it’s really up to you and your patience levels whether you keep it or not!
PS - gorgeous @newbie77! How long have you had Mme. Isaac Pereire? I have ordered one too. Most folks seem to grow it as a climber but I’m going to attempt to grow it as a large, arching shrub and see how it goes.