I've had "Dusky Maiden" from Beales in a pot all Summer, and it's been a consistent performer, considering the weather we've had up here in the North...always in flower, but unfortunately it's been savaged by rust and black spot over the last 3-4 weeks, to a point now where it is almost defoliated and bloomless. So what do I do, do I keep it or do I get rid; do I re-pot it into a smaller less conspicuous pot and sit on it for a couple of years and see if it's health improves. Decisions decisions.
@MontysGal I have a lot of roses in pots. On the Beales site it says it is suitable for a pot (size is 3ft x 2ft). I would go for a 50cm one if it's going to be in there permanently to give more room for the roots over time.
I grew The Pilgrim in a pot for 8 years then I gave it to my daughter to plant in the ground in February. The middle had grown too tall, touched the gutter so I pruned it a bit hard which is why it has a dip in the middle! Photo is end of May 2019. It was in a pot 60cm tall and 50cm wide, it needed a lot of watering and more fertiliser than a rose in the ground. If it wasn't watered enough the flowers were smaller. There were masses of roots when I dug it up. I am moving house so I gave several potted roses to my daughter and they seem to be thriving in the ground.
Hello I was wondering was this pot 60cm as looks smaller. Only wondering as I want to grow a climber in a pot.
No, that was maybe even 65cm, bit of an optical illusion maybe as I was standing on the little wall the other side of the path to take the photo. The house, being French, had high ceilings, that's the dining room window. It was a big sloping roof with a dormer window. The rose got up to the roof, I had to stand on a stepladder to prune it. But it needed a lot of watering and feeding. After 8 years it really need to go in the ground but it was a heck of a job getting all the roots out of the pot. It is now growing in the ground up my daughter's house.
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@Busy-Lizzie ..you did well to keep that going so long in a pot, and it looked superb, all credit to you for that.. I doubt I would have had it looking so good..
You could train Golden Celebration up a trellis, it grows long arching canes, might be a bit more manageable than The Pilgrim, long term? 8 years is amazingly good going though @Busy-Lizzie. GJ is certainly a thief deterrent. If you are ok with orange, Warm Welcome is a prolific bloomer and a really easy care climber/pillar rose that is not so demanding, nutrient-wise than the big, fuller petaled Austins.
If you have soil underneath, you could try the ‘bottomless pot’ method (chip out a big circle of the base) and improve the soil it sits on, which would give the rose tap root space to extend downwards a little without compromising your drains. This way, the rose can also extract nutrients from the soil as well as benefiting from your watering and feeding up top.
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Thank you @Marlorena. I'm sure you would have done a great job, you are the rose expert here. I had several climbing roses in pots which all went to my daughter when I moved. I can't look after them any more as I'm spending more time in Norfolk with OH.
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..you did well to keep that going so long in a pot, and it looked superb, all credit to you for that.. I doubt I would have had it looking so good..
If you have soil underneath, you could try the ‘bottomless pot’ method (chip out a big circle of the base) and improve the soil it sits on, which would give the rose tap root space to extend downwards a little without compromising your drains. This way, the rose can also extract nutrients from the soil as well as benefiting from your watering and feeding up top.
I had several climbing roses in pots which all went to my daughter when I moved. I can't look after them any more as I'm spending more time in Norfolk with OH.