I moved both of my MWs, one seems ok, the other one is a bit droopy droppy. Anyway I have taken cuttings too so fingers crossed. After seeing it, I am thinking I wont move many roses unless really necessary. I had tried to dig up all the roots but it broke. I have very sticky clay and not much experience of careful handling.
Has been good to catch up on this thread after the last few stressful weeks at work. I'm really missing time in the garden with it getting dark so early. On a positive note I received my TCL order yesterday. I've potted 4 tonight and will do the other 5 tomorrow as I'm off work until Monday now.
A few of them have hips on which I was surprised by and GJ looks quite spindly in the bottom left pot.
Here is my bare root order from Trevor White The top ones are 'Perle d'Or', 'Marie Pavie' and 'Chartreuse de Parme' and the bottom two are 'Roundelay' and 'Alfred de Dalmas/Mousseline'. They all seem to be really nice plants so I'm delighted. Hoping to get them in at the weekend.
I have just made my first order, for 'Roundelay' from Trevor White's, having been impressed (or sucked in) with recent posts on their bare root quality. It looks an absolutely stunning rose, but has anyone actually grown it in the 'real world' who can comment on it's shortcomings or otherwise.
@newbie77, your MW should recover as long as it’s main graft root wasn’t damaged. The one at the front of my trio was moved and it did take a while to settle in and is still a bit smaller than the other two.
Lovely choices @iaincd, I have two Marie Pavies and a Chartreuse de Parme on order. I am looking forward to sniffing CdeP the fragrance is meant to be really strong.
Interesting, two Roundelays! @Pete.8, I don't have it, but it’s meant to be very vigorous but only a light fragrance. I looked it up as it’s a parent of Ivor’s Rose that I have just potted up, the other being Bonica so IR should be both vigorous and spreading so I have allocated a large space for it! Mostly American photos and reviews of Roundelay on here, but worth a look: https://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.5517&tab=1
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
I was reading the other thread where OP has asked for perennials around yellow rose and that made me think what should I plant around roses which keep the garden interesting while roses are not in flower actually.
I had to remove most of the underplanted perennials due to weeding issue and I need to start fresh. This time I am thinking of some evergreen or out of season edging of small plants. So far I have planted hellebores, wallflowers, sweet williams, spring bulbs as edging/in front of roses. What else would you suggest?
C&K Jones sent me my Ebb Tide within a week of ordering. Pleased!
@newbie77, those are lovely. Pansies are good, creeping thyme, armeria maritima, dwarf aquilegia, little bulbs (hyacinths, narcissus, windflowers...). Also, polyanthus give such a good amount of colour for their tiny size. I can see mine at the end of the garden from my window, and I'm blind as a bat!
@sarinka, thanks for suggesting lots of good plants. Making notes.
I love polyanthus but they stay looking good for me as long as i keep them in same six pack tray in which i have bought them. As soon as i plant, they start to melt and mould. What is the secret of keeping them happy?
You will like ebb tide. Very lovely colour. Mine is blooming currently. Mine hasn't grown too much since i planted last autumn but that was my mistake. A huge sunflower volunteer appeared right next to its base and since my little girl really wanted a huge sunflower, i had to keep it there. Now the sunflower is gone, ebb tide is better.
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I moved both of my MWs, one seems ok, the other one is a bit droopy droppy. Anyway I have taken cuttings too so fingers crossed. After seeing it, I am thinking I wont move many roses unless really necessary. I had tried to dig up all the roots but it broke. I have very sticky clay and not much experience of careful handling.
A few of them have hips on which I was surprised by and GJ looks quite spindly in the bottom left pot.
Here is my bare root order from Trevor White
Lovely choices @iaincd, I have two Marie Pavies and a Chartreuse de Parme on order. I am looking forward to sniffing CdeP the fragrance is meant to be really strong.
Interesting, two Roundelays! @Pete.8, I don't have it, but it’s meant to be very vigorous but only a light fragrance. I looked it up as it’s a parent of Ivor’s Rose that I have just potted up, the other being Bonica so IR should be both vigorous and spreading so I have allocated a large space for it! Mostly American photos and reviews of Roundelay on here, but worth a look: https://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.5517&tab=1
I had to remove most of the underplanted perennials due to weeding issue and I need to start fresh. This time I am thinking of some evergreen or out of season edging of small plants. So far I have planted hellebores, wallflowers, sweet williams, spring bulbs as edging/in front of roses. What else would you suggest?
@newbie77, those are lovely. Pansies are good, creeping thyme, armeria maritima, dwarf aquilegia, little bulbs (hyacinths, narcissus, windflowers...). Also, polyanthus give such a good amount of colour for their tiny size. I can see mine at the end of the garden from my window, and I'm blind as a bat!
I love polyanthus but they stay looking good for me as long as i keep them in same six pack tray in which i have bought them. As soon as i plant, they start to melt and mould. What is the secret of keeping them happy?
You will like ebb tide. Very lovely colour. Mine is blooming currently. Mine hasn't grown too much since i planted last autumn but that was my mistake. A huge sunflower volunteer appeared right next to its base and since my little girl really wanted a huge sunflower, i had to keep it there. Now the sunflower is gone, ebb tide is better.