Thanks @Lizzie27 Don't worry, it's the building that is three storeys, not the rose but it will certainly pretty up the lower portion! This is a very sheltered walled garden in a dip so that would probably explain why it's a little premature. Your right, the scent is intoxicating. I was watching my rose buds for a fortnight waiting for that moment....
Hi Marlorena, I don’t know how to get the @Marlorena tag, but this is photo of what I thought was Dearest a couple of days on. I also bought a Wendy Cussons around that time, could it be her. Valerie
@valerieroberts … doesn't look anything like Dearest to me... on checking 'climbing Wendy Cussons' I find it's a much better fit... so you've already supplied the answer there Valerie.. I think that's it..
@WonkyWomble ..thanks for showing your lovely new rose.. enjoy it whilst it's young as I think it is capable of 3 stories but we needn't worry about that now.... I hope it repeats well for you..
@Omori, hi I have just been down to have a good sniff, it’s perfume is a strong hybrid tea smell. Not the ponds cold cream smell (if you are old enough to remember it) Valerie
Relieved to know it's not a 3 storey high rose @WonkyWomble! I am planning to fan train mine so it grows sideways not up. It's actually on the outside of our wall/fence to give the neighbours something pretty to look at. I'm hoping it will wave over the top of the fence eventually so I can see it too. Only problem is that I'm also training the overflow from a wisteria alongside it and the colours don't half clash! I just didn't anticipate the two would bloom together.
I moved a 2 year old Mme alfred carriere about 2 months ago. It has seemed happy enough on a West facing wall. I've amended the soil adding a few hanfulls of organic fertiliser and fed with rose feed a couple of weeks ago. The rose however is constantly wilting and today is scorched. I've been watering 3-4 a week with a full can. I'm conscious if I water anymore it will go the other way. I'm wondering if the position is just too hot for the rose? Some pictures below
It does need a little bit of cutting back and I'm not going to start training it as yet due to the stress it's showing
@Jason-3 I don't see too much of concern there Jason...the site is perfect for the rose when it's established - I would pick off those few manky leaves that have gone greyish.. the foliage on this rose has a natural droopy tendency.. the buds look good and are not wilting... that is a good sign.. ... the soil from what I can see looks on the dry side... I would hazard a guess the root system having been moved, cannot totally support the top growth in these conditions... this rose grows quickly and puts on a spurt, and I don't think there's enough support from its roots just now.... not a problem, this will recover... but let me say, it's almost impossible to over water a rose at this time of year in the ground.. it could be flooded and it wouldn't hurt...
I would put the hose over the whole root area... and no more feeding, this is a rose that doesn't actually need feeding, it can thrive off very meagre rations...
..give it a bit of time... I really don't see too much there I would worry about..
Gorgeous bloom @edhelka. I had The Albrighton Rambler for a while, my blooms, few as they were, were nowhere near as attractive as yours. I tried to grow it up a tree, it was miserable, with very poor growth so I got rid of it. It must like your conditions better.
@Marlorena, do you recall a couple of my potted-up bare root roses were not doing much compared to the others? I fed an inorganic fertiliser as you recommended and Burgundy Ice really shot up and is budding up nicely. La Rose de Molinard, on the other hand, is still very small and not putting on much growth at all. Do you know if RdeM is just a slow starter? It may take off when I plant it in the ground, but I was planning to grow it up an obelisk, so now I’m not so sure and wondering if I should grow it as a shrub instead.
@amancalledgeorge, I know you have RdeM, can you tell me how yours grows? I seem to recall you had it on an obelisk, did it take it’s time?
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Don't worry, it's the building that is three storeys, not the rose
This is a very sheltered walled garden in a dip so that would probably explain why it's a little premature.
Your right, the scent is intoxicating. I was watching my rose buds for a fortnight waiting for that moment....
@WonkyWomble
..thanks for showing your lovely new rose.. enjoy it whilst it's young as I think it is capable of 3 stories but we needn't worry about that now.... I hope it repeats well for you..
I moved a 2 year old Mme alfred carriere about 2 months ago. It has seemed happy enough on a West facing wall. I've amended the soil adding a few hanfulls of organic fertiliser and fed with rose feed a couple of weeks ago. The rose however is constantly wilting and today is scorched. I've been watering 3-4 a week with a full can. I'm conscious if I water anymore it will go the other way. I'm wondering if the position is just too hot for the rose? Some pictures below
It does need a little bit of cutting back and I'm not going to start training it as yet due to the stress it's showing
... the soil from what I can see looks on the dry side... I would hazard a guess the root system having been moved, cannot totally support the top growth in these conditions... this rose grows quickly and puts on a spurt, and I don't think there's enough support from its roots just now.... not a problem, this will recover... but let me say, it's almost impossible to over water a rose at this time of year in the ground.. it could be flooded and it wouldn't hurt...
I would put the hose over the whole root area... and no more feeding, this is a rose that doesn't actually need feeding, it can thrive off very meagre rations...
..give it a bit of time... I really don't see too much there I would worry about..
@Marlorena, do you recall a couple of my potted-up bare root roses were not doing much compared to the others? I fed an inorganic fertiliser as you recommended and Burgundy Ice really shot up and is budding up nicely. La Rose de Molinard, on the other hand, is still very small and not putting on much growth at all. Do you know if RdeM is just a slow starter? It may take off when I plant it in the ground, but I was planning to grow it up an obelisk, so now I’m not so sure and wondering if I should grow it as a shrub instead.
@amancalledgeorge, I know you have RdeM, can you tell me how yours grows? I seem to recall you had it on an obelisk, did it take it’s time?