Up here in't North, especially on my patch, growth tends to be somewhat slower than elsewhere. Gertrude Jekyll for example, in my garden, tends to flower through June as the photo shows, but even so it still seems to have more catching up to do than normal.
I’m in the North too, should probably put that on my profile at some point 🤔
@edhelka Here are GJ, followed by GH. My GJ is climbing but don’t think that matters 🤔
Regarding moving roses at bad times...moved GJ a few weeks ago, tough old thing didn’t bat an eye even at quite a large size with loads of new growth. Meanwhile also had to move Boule de Neige, had to cut that one back a lot as it wasn’t pleased 😬 Bouncing back now though praise be to the Rose gods. Etoile de Hollande sulked a bit but didn’t require cutting back (planted bare root last Autumn but moved it to a spot with more room). This is a relatively new garden so still doing some jigging around with placements etc.
Last year, again during full growth, moved Gentle Hermione, Clg. Teasing Georgia, and Munstead Wood. They all were fine as-is without any cutting back, but I dug out a massive root ball for each. So heavy 😳
I think I shouldn’t need to move any more roses now 😝
It was planted as a bare root in Nov 17, it’s been moved twice in that time, as I moved houses with it (it was originally in a pot). It’s a great rose, no trouble at all.
..nice lot of canes on your bush there @Omori, I bet it looks fabulous in bloom... some have lots of prickles, and others with few... I have found that lots of Austin roses tend to be thorny near the base, the first 2 foot or so, not always so many higher up... just depends, also where they propagate the budwood from on their stock plants, can determine whether we get a more thornier plant or not...
@Marlorena , I think you said some time ago, that you pruned your DA roses quite severely, more like hybrid teas. Is that correct and does it make them more leafy towards the base and keep them shorter? I'm annoyed with myself as I got one called Eglantyne, lovely pale pink rose, but quite lanky and it's growing in a border which is higher than the drive so I'd prefer it shorter but for some reason I didn't prune it much in December.
You commented on the colours in the roses I showed earlier, don't worry, I've got a large garden and they are well apart, I'm very particular about my colour schemes! Allisar, (which is completely out of my colour comfort zone) is up on the terrace, all alone! I think it will have to be replaced (I don't love it) by one of my new roses, once I see the colour they are in reality.
While taking that photo I noticed some willow herb growing behind GJ, came away with many scratches, a thorn embedded in my arm, and the bottom half of the willow herb is still there for my troubles 😑 That’s what I get for not wearing gauntlets 😜 Definitely a thorny beast.
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@edhelka Here are GJ, followed by GH. My GJ is climbing but don’t think that matters 🤔
I think I shouldn’t need to move any more roses now 😝
I have found that lots of Austin roses tend to be thorny near the base, the first 2 foot or so, not always so many higher up... just depends, also where they propagate the budwood from on their stock plants, can determine whether we get a more thornier plant or not...
You commented on the colours in the roses I showed earlier, don't worry, I've got a large garden and they are well apart, I'm very particular about my colour schemes! Allisar, (which is completely out of my colour comfort zone) is up on the terrace, all alone! I think it will have to be replaced (I don't love it) by one of my new roses, once I see the colour they are in reality.
Must say when I've seen Gentle Hermione in garden centres she's not struck as being especially thorny, fairly low-average I think.
If she was as thorny as GJ they'd have to rename her Thuggish Hermione or Brutal Hermione!