^nice hips... can I know the name of that one in front please @pitter-patter ..thank you..
@Nollie ...no, not especially slow Nollie.. I've grown it twice and I've just been checking some old photos to compare... ..for those growing 'Mutabilis' for the first time, the thing to remember is that there is no need to prune it as other roses...you can if you want but it's better if you just snip off spent flowers either with scissors or using grass shears, go over the plant shearing them off.. you will lose a few fresh ones with shears but they soon come back again.. this allows the rose to grow larger and develop its own character... ... on a large plant I used to shear off twice during the season... prune out dead wood in winter, and only reduce the size if it starts to outgrow its space.. it can take hard pruning but you don't want to do this unless essential...
..this is a Tea/China... best left to its own devices as much as possible..
@Marlorena Do you recall roughly how wide yours grew? I’ve seen it listed somewhere as 5’ tall x 3’ wide in the U.K., but we all know those numbers can be really off.
@Omori ..yeah, well off... on the south coast, heavy clay, dry summers, it was taller than wide.. about 6-8 foot by about 5 wide... I used to use step ladders to trim it..
..here, different growth on richer soil... about 6 foot high but 10 feet wide, sort of shape you see some Acer trees grow, it used to remind me of that... but this is after 6 or 7 years with minimal pruning.. if it tries to grow too wide for you, just hard prune the width..
@pitter-patter ..thanks.. looks a nice rose, lovely colours.. I had to go look it up..
@pitter-patter Lovely hips. I am in the process of growing from seeds but no germination yet so not really the best person to advise. Everyone uses a slightly different process. You need to clean the seeds from pulp residue because it inhibits germination. But roses germinate in nature with no peroxide, so whatever you do, it's just to get quicker germination or better germination rates but nature should find its own way.
..name the rose that has given you most pleasure this season... performed better than expected? taken you by surprise?...
I am not sure because my roses were taking turns at being good. But as you said "better than expected" and "taken you by surprise", I think it has to be this noID HT. And from newbies, Souvenir de St. Anne's (its beauty, fragrance, and repeating) and Super Excelsa (its long flowering season was very surprising for me).
Thanks also from me, @Marlorena. The slow to flower well bit came from someone on hmf, but, as with size - they state 10ft high and 6ft wide there - I guess that’s down to your growing conditions. I want it to keep it’s natural form so prefer not to do much pruning, hence I think the spot I had for Salita is not big enough. I will probably put it in a pot to begin with to allow for dithering time 😊
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
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@Nollie
...no, not especially slow Nollie.. I've grown it twice and I've just been checking some old photos to compare...
..for those growing 'Mutabilis' for the first time, the thing to remember is that there is no need to prune it as other roses...you can if you want but it's better if you just snip off spent flowers either with scissors or using grass shears, go over the plant shearing them off.. you will lose a few fresh ones with shears but they soon come back again.. this allows the rose to grow larger and develop its own character...
... on a large plant I used to shear off twice during the season... prune out dead wood in winter, and only reduce the size if it starts to outgrow its space.. it can take hard pruning but you don't want to do this unless essential...
..this is a Tea/China... best left to its own devices as much as possible..
..yeah, well off... on the south coast, heavy clay, dry summers, it was taller than wide.. about 6-8 foot by about 5 wide... I used to use step ladders to trim it..
..here, different growth on richer soil... about 6 foot high but 10 feet wide, sort of shape you see some Acer trees grow, it used to remind me of that... but this is after 6 or 7 years with minimal pruning.. if it tries to grow too wide for you, just hard prune the width..
@pitter-patter
..thanks.. looks a nice rose, lovely colours.. I had to go look it up..
And from newbies, Souvenir de St. Anne's (its beauty, fragrance, and repeating) and Super Excelsa (its long flowering season was very surprising for me).
The Generous Gardener has been the most improved this year since last, more blooms and stronger fragrance.
@pi@pitter-patter - I’ve sown a tray of Rugosa seeds which are in my mini greenhouse outside. Waiting to see if they come to life in spring.