Stephanie Morgan... I'm sorry to hear about your RRD situation, I know it's devastating across the U.S. ..but just to add for any local readers here, we don't have RRD in the UK or Ireland, and never have so far... it may be a case of ''only a matter of time'' as it can be carried on diseased cuttings imported, however it requires a particular vector mite to spread it, which doesn't exist here.. so whilst it could arrive in diseased tissue, it's unlikely to be spread about.. ...the mite also needs wild rose bushes of R. multiflora to live off, seen everywhere in the U.S. but is not seen in the wild over here...
Hope you're all getting some rain, it's turned quite showery and my expected mild night temps for next week have disappeared, 6's and 7's instead of 10's and 11's, so that's put a mockers on that one...
I only have one peony - 'Buckeye Belle' - and it's not flowered for me so far... I find the flowering period of most is too brief although he foliage is nice.. My neighbour has 'Bartzella' which is rather spectacular I have to say, but I prefer a single red like this one nearby.. [don't know the name of it]..
..to quote a famous gardener about certain peonies... ''they flower for about 5 days and look their best for half an hour during that period''...
I find it weird that in history of this forum, there were several people with completely new accounts claiming they've seen RRD in the UK. Anyway, I checked the situation yesterday evening and all relevant authorities still say it isn't here. And it looks like there is some legislative process (I am not sure in which phase) to prevent it (or stop it if it appears).
My new Eye of the Storm rose arrived yesterday from our local garden centre. They have potted roses for £9.99 (or 2 for £15), climbers for £14.99 and DAs for £18.99 and they do local delivery... I really hope they will be fine after all this.
Peonies, I am not a fan. I have one (Karl Rosenfield), it didn't flower last year, I gave it one last chance. Now it has three buds. If I am unlucky, they won't open (they are still small) or they will get damaged by rain. The flowering season is short. It just seems like not worth the space.
To us here, RRD means Rose Replant Disease... which affects us very much but something they don't get so much of in the States.. swings and roundabouts... fortunately ours is more benign..
I've just ordered some bedding plants from Thompson and Morgan... not something I would normally do, but..
Probably a stupid question, but my lovely new rose Astronomia has a distinctly odd growth pattern. All the canes lean away from the centre toward one side. I plan to plant it a bit deeper than I could do so in the pot in the hope this might encourage new canes to grow from the base on the bare side.
So my question - does orientation matter? Would I be better planting the bare side facing south or south west to encourage canes to grow toward the light or is this irrelevant? Would appreciate your thoughts, rose people!
Looking at it face on:
And sideways, showing the lean:
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
I’ve contacted Claire Austin (the business, not personally!) as my order hasn’t dispatched yet (which I expected) however a first choice plant that was out of stock when I placed my order, so I ordered a second choice, is now in stock. Asked if they were able to swap. They said they’d try but my order had already moved to the packing department, they’ve left a note with them. But they couldn’t promise anything.
Which is fine as I just thought it was worth a try! Hoping it might dispatch tomorrow as that’s within the original timeframe. Secret Gardening Club was very quick considering what’s going on! Arrived one week and a day after placing my order.
Just still pining for my alchemilla mollis that never came!
As you say Marlorena it has dramatically cooled off here to coincide with the wet weather which the garden sorely needed. Digging to plant the plants from my order was like digging on a beach!
@Nollie ..I didn't notice anything odd in the first picture, but when I saw the 2nd, that is a bit strange... rather like a climbing hydrangea, they tend to veer off to the right... but yes take advantage of phototropism,... wherein plants will grow or bloom towards the light, so aim that part to the south by all means.. if you ever notice basal growth on roses, they tend to appear on the side facing the sunrise, i.e. east or south..
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Finally had some rain!
..but just to add for any local readers here, we don't have RRD in the UK or Ireland, and never have so far... it may be a case of ''only a matter of time'' as it can be carried on diseased cuttings imported, however it requires a particular vector mite to spread it, which doesn't exist here.. so whilst it could arrive in diseased tissue, it's unlikely to be spread about..
...the mite also needs wild rose bushes of R. multiflora to live off, seen everywhere in the U.S. but is not seen in the wild over here...
I only have one peony - 'Buckeye Belle' - and it's not flowered for me so far... I find the flowering period of most is too brief although he foliage is nice.. My neighbour has 'Bartzella' which is rather spectacular I have to say, but I prefer a single red like this one nearby..
[don't know the name of it]..
..to quote a famous gardener about certain peonies...
''they flower for about 5 days and look their best for half an hour during that period''...
I've just ordered some bedding plants from Thompson and Morgan... not something I would normally do, but..
So my question - does orientation matter? Would I be better planting the bare side facing south or south west to encourage canes to grow toward the light or is this irrelevant? Would appreciate your thoughts, rose people!
Looking at it face on:
And sideways, showing the lean:
Which is fine as I just thought it was worth a try! Hoping it might dispatch tomorrow as that’s within the original timeframe. Secret Gardening Club was very quick considering what’s going on! Arrived one week and a day after placing my order.
Just still pining for my alchemilla mollis that never came!
As you say Marlorena it has dramatically cooled off here to coincide with the wet weather which the garden sorely needed. Digging to plant the plants from my order was like digging on a beach!
..I didn't notice anything odd in the first picture, but when I saw the 2nd, that is a bit strange... rather like a climbing hydrangea, they tend to veer off to the right... but yes take advantage of phototropism,... wherein plants will grow or bloom towards the light, so aim that part to the south by all means.. if you ever notice basal growth on roses, they tend to appear on the side facing the sunrise, i.e. east or south..