Has the dormant season started...can I dig up and pot up. Got my delivery of bare root Scarborough Fair the other day, so I'll be potting that up today, but I have three roses in the ground which need potting up so it would be useful to know if it is OK to do that now.
Has the dormant season started...can I dig up and pot up. Got my delivery of bare root Scarborough Fair the other day, so I'll be potting that up today, but I have three roses in the ground which need potting up so it would be useful to know if it is OK to do that now.
@peteS - they’ve not gone dormant in my garden. But I’m sure now would be fine for lifting anyway. I moved my Kew Gardens rose twice, once in late September and then again in November the same year but it was fine.
Mine may stop producing blooms much earlier, but often don’t go fully dormant until about January. Even then I sometimes have to defoliate them to force them into dormancy for their own good!
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
I moved a very old floribunda out of a terrible spot into a pot yesterday, a tree had grown very dense over the rose in 30yrs . I took cuttings from the quite severe pruning just in case. I just got too impatient and realised nothing was going dormant any time soon here.
I am not overkeen to get my bareroots till next month, mine certainly aren't dormant. DA know what they're doing though
They will be fine, they have them in cold storage. They take weeks to start growing even if planted in warm spring.
Your other roses - don't expect full dormancy from them in your area. They will grow (and possibly bloom) significantly less over the winter. If there are some leaves left at the pruning time, remove them. If you need to move some of them, don't worry. Even if they aren't completely dormant, they grow very little (mostly because of dropping light levels, not only cold) and take moving well. It's only when they are in full active growth when they dislike it (wilt, lose some leaves or buds etc.). This is also for @peteS
@Tack it is a shame we're not closer. A friend of ours is keeping an eye out for us and in the meantime I've been using lemon grass oil to try to lure them but that hasn't worked so far. Fingers crossed for next season.
Odyssey is definitely going on my list. Yours is such a pretty and delicate bloom.
Gorgeous LEH @Omori. I'm really looking forward to receiving my bare root one soon.
Nice to see more blooms on your RdeR @Nollie I have a large cluster of buds on Rhapsody in Blue, a little colour showing on one of them so I'm hoping they open eventually.
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Rose de Rescht has a bloom today, less full than earlier but pleased the buds are opening:
Odyssey is definitely going on my list. Yours is such a pretty and delicate bloom.
Gorgeous LEH @Omori. I'm really looking forward to receiving my bare root one soon.
Nice to see more blooms on your RdeR @Nollie I have a large cluster of buds on Rhapsody in Blue, a little colour showing on one of them so I'm hoping they open eventually.