Give up on my 'Dusky Maiden'. Dug it out and re-potted it into a rose pot where it will stay until/if it starts re-growing again. It does mean though I've another large pot to play with and fill.
Speaking of wildlife.. I’ve got loads of seagulls on my balcony.. they love to perch on the edge of the roof and with their scavenging behaviour I’ve had all sorts of things dropped onto my roof terrace.. bones particularly.. and shiny objects.. and of course lots of droppings..
I’m glad that they don’t seem that interested in my roses but one of them crash landed into my spring bulb pot and squashed all my daffodils.. and then one day I discovered a mysterious splodge of bloody goo on my railing.. not sure what happened there. I occasionally joke about shooting them with an air gun but that certainly wasn’t my doing..!
@Mr. Vine Eye When we lived in a Victorian back to back with only a postage stamp sized front courtyard, I found that having loads of pots made a huge difference. They really give the feeling of having a lot on the go, and it’s amazing how many pots you can cram in a space, especially if you group them up and tier them by having back ones up on bricks etc., and put them wherever there’s available space, such as raised up behind chairs, etc. The only downside is the regular watering, but I buy the big ones (I think you might have the same ones) which don’t need quite as frequent watering.
I suspect most small gardens do away with the lawn to make room for more planting, but I understand with small kids you need the area for them.
@Omori ..sounds nice and you have some leeway by the sound of things... I have to think through everything I get as I don't like too much potted stuff... I've forsaken some of my most favourite shrubs for roses, which bothers me hugely...
@Mr. Vine Eye ..it's good to have a measured attitude to gardening.. there's no need to feel influenced to get more than you need...
I like to grow upwards using any kind of support I can... we have tons of room up in the air, not so much on the ground..
@celcius_kkw ...I imagine seagulls would be a hazard you have to contend with... I occasionally get pigeons in my garden, and one of them visited my bird bath last summer, but they take off at awkward angles and are clumsy... collided with my roof guttering and concussed itself, crashed onto my paving, then before my eyes just passed away.. I get awful upset about these things..
@peteS ...doesn't look too bad,.. hope it improves in its pot..
..it's a lovely day today .. I've just planted 2 roses.. 'Sombreuil' and 'Heritage'...
I'm suddenly feeling grateful that I don't have to deal with seagull vomit.
Rose sawfly arrived in the garden last year for the first time and they are back - this time on many plants and not just Jamain. The leaves are being eaten down to the midrib. Are there things that will help? Is garlic spray any good? Aphids I can live with but critters that denude a whole plant of leaves is not going to fly.
Also one of my red climbers has leaves that are going yellow. It's well watered and fed this year. The leaves are not looking crispy, just an ill yellow. Could frost have that effect?
The good news is I don't have any more damage today. It was funny watching a neighbourhood cat startle and go into alert mode as it sauntered to its usual easy entry point. It eventually worked out it was going to take the effort of jumping to get onto a bin and then over a gate into our back garden, but it was extremely tentative and suspicious.
The bad news is our new water butt arrived with the lid very smashed up and with missing components. It's now out of stock.
Edit. I could do with advice please. Where the deer have eaten just the tips (and buds ) should I cut the cane down? How far? What about where the cane has been stripped of leaves leaving just a tipless stick?
That is upsetting @Fire. We both need remedial help , seems very early season for problems . If any of this had happened to me last year I bet my enthusiasm would have been dampened, I am very glad it didn't.
About the the sawfly, I don’t know of any way to deter them. I go around and smush them, and if they’ve laid eggs, I run something along the strip to smush those as well. The yellow leaves might be chlorosis, do you have any sequestered iron to hand?
@tack Ugh that’s frustrating about the water butt, I hope the company can sort it for you. I would just cut back to the next non-damaged leaf node.
It would seem odd that roses sudden from chlorosis where they have not before.
The worrying thing about the sawfly caterpillars is that I can see any - just the leaves chomped to the rib. I do have an army of new sparrows in the roof that I hope are on the case. Do sawfly snooze in the soil?
If you post a pic of the yellow leaves maybe someone can narrow down the cause for you @Fire. I don’t think it’s frost damage, I have a lot of that. Yellow leaves for me is always chlorosis. Re: sawfly larvae, could very well be that the sparrows ate them. They’re always present on or near the leaf damage.
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I’m glad that they don’t seem that interested in my roses but one of them crash landed into my spring bulb pot and squashed all my daffodils.. and then one day I discovered a mysterious splodge of bloody goo on my railing.. not sure what happened there. I occasionally joke about shooting them with an air gun but that certainly wasn’t my doing..!
..sounds nice and you have some leeway by the sound of things... I have to think through everything I get as I don't like too much potted stuff... I've forsaken some of my most favourite shrubs for roses, which bothers me hugely...
@Mr. Vine Eye
..it's good to have a measured attitude to gardening.. there's no need to feel influenced to get more than you need...
I like to grow upwards using any kind of support I can... we have tons of room up in the air, not so much on the ground..
@celcius_kkw
...I imagine seagulls would be a hazard you have to contend with... I occasionally get pigeons in my garden, and one of them visited my bird bath last summer, but they take off at awkward angles and are clumsy... collided with my roof guttering and concussed itself, crashed onto my paving, then before my eyes just passed away.. I get awful upset about these things..
@peteS
...doesn't look too bad,.. hope it improves in its pot..
..it's a lovely day today .. I've just planted 2 roses.. 'Sombreuil' and 'Heritage'...
About the the sawfly, I don’t know of any way to deter them. I go around and smush them, and if they’ve laid eggs, I run something along the strip to smush those as well. The yellow leaves might be chlorosis, do you have any sequestered iron to hand?