@Tack, it is heartbreaking to see damage done to plants. Fox is still causing trouble to my potted plants. I have followed couple of suggestions to minimise damage.
So I’ve been growing a rootstock, just noticed it today...5’ long it is, wending it’s merry way up the obelisk. How did I miss it til now 😐. And there was another baby sucker forming which I found after digging it up.
That’s going to be fabulous @Marlorena, some drool-worthy roses going in there. I have Sombreuil plus Aimee Vibert or Adelaide d’Orleans on my Autumn fedge list, to accompany Blush Noisette, since I nicked Mme. Alfred Carierre for my new black fence bed. I keep thinking I am missing out by not having a Ghislaine de Feligonde too!
I painted the base of that bed black, I think you were right @owd potter, re either or, I like it better than the bluish grey. Not that you will see it much from the terrace anyway, from there the black makes it recede and mostly disappear. This is my next job - digging in all that manure and compost. Then I am going to level up in front and reseed the grass.
@Tack and @newbie77 so sorry to hear of your animal vandals. I have wild boar, deer, badger and fox that keep burrowing under my chainlink fence, but so far they mostly restrict themselves to the wilder oak forest at the top. I think the smell of the dogs down by the house keeps them away, but I dread getting up to devastation one morning.
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@cooldoc Yes the growth is really characteristic and different from the grafted rose. This is Laxa rootstock which is a matte green, and the new growth is also green. The grafted rose is Buff Beauty, which was still growing at the base. It wasn’t salvageable so I’ve just taken some cuttings and hope for the best. I also found a hip on the Buff Beauty growth, so I planted the seeds...I’m not exactly a seed growing expert though so this is just a wild punt because, why not 😛
Speaking of wild animals who destroy roses...this Labrador has done his fair share.
@Tack sorry about the muntjac destroying your roses. One of my friends had her entire garden decimated by them.
Last year, I too had 4 pots of roses uprooted by foxes. They start digging small holes and this repeated daily digging affects the plants badly. So this year, I have grown tulips all round the roses and also pushed in small terracotta pots which serve the dual purpose of watering the roses and reduce the space available for digging holes. So far, only a few pots with vacant space around them have been dug into by these raiders. Now trying to deter them with onion and garlic peelings. Fingers crossed, they do not uproot them completely.
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@Tack That's heartbreaking, hopefully your measures keep them out.
Fox is still causing trouble to my potted plants. I have followed couple of suggestions to minimise damage.
I painted the base of that bed black, I think you were right @owd potter, re either or, I like it better than the bluish grey. Not that you will see it much from the terrace anyway, from there the black makes it recede and mostly disappear. This is my next job - digging in all that manure and compost. Then I am going to level up in front and reseed the grass.
@Tack and @newbie77 so sorry to hear of your animal vandals. I have wild boar, deer, badger and fox that keep burrowing under my chainlink fence, but so far they mostly restrict themselves to the wilder oak forest at the top. I think the smell of the dogs down by the house keeps them away, but I dread getting up to devastation one morning.
Speaking of wild animals who destroy roses...this Labrador has done his fair share.