You are entitled to cancel your order, if you have ordered bare root. If you ordered potted on their wrong advice you can cancel or arrange to return at their expense.
Hi Kathleen, I think the confusion from David Austin has arisen because ‘officially’ they do not recommend any climbing roses for pots, only shrubs, see:
I suspect one employee has gone off-piste by recommending some climbers, had their knuckles rapped then had to retract! In reality, I am sure the ones you have ordered will do fine with proper planting, feeding and watering, just not long-term as others have already said, so be prepared to really cosset them and maybe repot or replace them in 3-5 years. My Gertrude Jekyll has been in a 60x50cm pot for 3 years, I may try and squeeze another year from it, but really it has outgrown that pot!
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I would think it would be absolutely fine. I also found it amusing that Strawberry Hill is shown on the DA website in a modestly sized pot, but is not recommended for one!
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My Gertrude Jekyll has been in a 60x50cm pot for 3 years, I may try and squeeze another year from it, but really it has outgrown that pot!
How can you tell when it's outgrown its pot? I'm assuming hard pruning is not enough to keep it there... What about "root pruning"? (Is that even a thing you can do with roses...?). Am interested, as I have just planted two climbers in pots. Accept they're not really suitable for long-term, but just wondered how long I can keep them there...
As I said earlier, @Janie B I grew climbing The Pilgrim in a pot for 8 years. Pot was 60cm tall. I changed the top compost every year, fed it in March then May, watered it well every other day in hot weather, fed it again after each flowering pruned it in winter and kept it dead headed in summer.
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If you ordered potted on their wrong advice you can cancel or arrange to return at their expense.
https://www.davidaustinroses.co.uk/collections/ideal-for-pots-containers
I suspect one employee has gone off-piste by recommending some climbers, had their knuckles rapped then had to retract! In reality, I am sure the ones you have ordered will do fine with proper planting, feeding and watering, just not long-term as others have already said, so be prepared to really cosset them and maybe repot or replace them in 3-5 years. My Gertrude Jekyll has been in a 60x50cm pot for 3 years, I may try and squeeze another year from it, but really it has outgrown that pot!
I ordered kiss me kate which stated it was suitable for a pot. I’m assuming that will grow just find though?