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..the new ROSE season 2020...

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  • MarlorenaMarlorena Posts: 8,705
    @edhelka
    ..there is no need to deadhead once blooming roses if you want the hips, your rose will still produce normal growth regardless... it doesn't interfere with that..  
    ...deadheading is really all about interfering with the rose's reproduction system, as it tells the rose it has to produce more blooms and hips, and therefore seeds,  to replace those lost.... with once bloomers it doesn't have to bother, so will just produce new shoots... 

    ..and with repeat blooming roses like rugosa types, they will produce more blooms as well as hips... even the newish DA rose Tottering by Gently, does not need deadheading, although I do it anyway.... but it will continue to produce vigorous flowering shoots even with the hips developing..
    East Anglia, England
  • DaffydillyDaffydilly Posts: 78
    You are quite right, Marlorena, I don`t like to see dead flowers, my preference ;)
    Here, there and everywhere
  • EnnylEnnyl Posts: 24
    Rambler "Francis E. Lester' over an arch from David Austin - planted 2 years ago - looking stunning - and will nor dead head (impossible task!) so birds can enjoy the hips in Autumn
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    Love the intense pink of your Empereur Charles IV @edhelka. Roses do behave so differently according to sun/age/weather. My new PAoK is, unusually for me, a much cooler pink than I expected, with lilac tones. It only gets a few hours of morning sun, then dappled shade. I’m sure when I move it to a sunnier spot it will be a warmer pink - it’s currently in the spot I have now earmarked for Mme. Isaac Pereire.
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    peteS said:
    When buying old roses (well any rose thinking about it) is there any advantage to be gained waiting and buying them in bare root form as opposed to now in container form, as there are a number of old roses I like I could buy now in a pot.
    Think your query got lost, pete, as the pages moved on. The main advantage to buying potted roses now, in my view, is instant gratification! The roots have had time to develop in the pot and you often receive then with buds on, so you will see some blooms this year, as opposed to waiting for next year if you bought a bare root in autumn/winter. I recently bought the PAoK I mentioned earlier as a potted rose and it’s already given me half a dozen lovely blooms and more to come. Bare root are cheaper, of course, if you can wait.
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • edhelkaedhelka Posts: 2,351
    Nollie said:
    My new PAoK is, unusually for me, a much cooler pink than I expected, with lilac tones. It only gets a few hours of morning sun, then dappled shade. I’m sure when I move it to a sunnier spot it will be a warmer pink - it’s currently in the spot I have now earmarked for Mme. Isaac Pereire.
    I usually get both colder and warmer pink from her, depending on the time of the year. But she has that yellow base of petals so typical for many DAs which gives some warmth to her. Quite often the effect is warm centres and cold/lilac edges.

  • MarlorenaMarlorena Posts: 8,705
    ..some lovely roses upthread on last few pages,  from various members today... beautifully photographed too... 
    Bradley, thanks for your rose, looking good, nice dark colour too.
    Edhelka.. unusual rose, I've not seen that one before..
    Omori / Nollie... fabulous roses as usual, and labrador of course... shame about Prince's Trust though.. it happens..  
    Daniel Rutherford... Daniel, love your Country Parson... I'm going to talk about that in a moment..
    Valerie... your 2 roses are beautiful, lovely reds...
    Allium.. Racine and Mary.. such beauties.. I wish I knew the name of your rose Mary..

    ..hope I haven't missed anybody... a couple hours away and a whole load of catching up..
    East Anglia, England
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