'Wilhelm' would be very suitable I think... I have it here although my plant is young, it's a gorgeous red, turning pink... lots of hips and continuous bloom... no scent though...
I purchased two new roses this year - starlight symphony and nice day (climber). Both from cottage memories, they arrived in very good condition and both planted out about about a month ago. But what I’m most delighted about is a cutting I took from a rose from our next door neighbour. I have no idea which rose it is but it is beautiful, lovely perfume and a vibrant orange. I have never taken a rose cutting before but it has worked (picture below)! What shall I do next? Pot on? Plant out? How long do you think until I might see a flower? I’m rather impatient
Lovely looking roses @Watsonia! I might be inclined to plant them a bit deeper, so the graft union is just below the soil. The cutting should be ready when you see plenty of roots at the bottom of the pot, often they look ready from the foliage, but it hasn’t developed enough roots yet.
Thank you @Omori. I’ll up the soil level for the bare rooted roses. I also just went out to check my cutting and there are roots coming out the bottom!
I like the look of Dioressence @poppyfield64, nice and healthy too.
Hope your new roses do well for your @Watsonia. Difficult to tell from a photo, but I do wonder if you have planted them a bit close to the fence? Usual advice is to plant about 18” from it, although 12” would do at a push. I also agree burying the graft is better 😊
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Talking of earth levels, I realise that over the years of adding manure and mulch to the beds, my graft unions have gone way too deep. Is this a big problem? Should I take down the beds some inches?
I do love the new red foliage of teas @edhelka, shame it has to turn green! Here is my new Duchesse d’Auerstadt, received the end of January:
Mme. Antoine Mari is a couple of months older and losing that ruby tint - here on the left, next to the Duchesse:
Marlorena is the planting in threes expert, but here is one of my trios, Lady Em, melded nicely into a pleasing rounded shrub - and pretty advanced for March:
@Fire, how deep is too deep? Unless you are seeing cane dieback my instinct is to leave them be, wouldn’t you disturb the fine feeder roots near the surface? The first shrub rose I had I planted with the graft above ground, until I knew better, but it was eventually buried by mulch and didn’t seem to suffer. Wonder what others think...
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@Nollie - from what I read around the place, the jury seems out as to whether the graft should be over or under and the advice/fashion seems to have changed... I haven't dug down to see how far the graft is, but adding manure every year won't work for the roses, or for that matter, apple trees, in the position I have them. The beds are too small to leave a ring around the trunk (long story). None of the plants seem to be struggling though a parahebe did struggle under a load of mulch last year, but it seems to be happy enough now. I should have dug that up and re-planted.
The 'group of three' shrubs look brilliant. I guess that just goes for shrub roses.
@Nollie I love the foliage on your Lady Em and the group looks really good. What spacing is this, is it the recommended 45cm or is it more? @Fire I wouldn't worry about it. They will grow feeding roots from the buried stems. The original roots of the rootstock are even deeper (the graft can be 10cm high and the upper straight part of the roots, between the graft and the branched roots, is the original stem of the rootstock rose).
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Hope your new roses do well for your @Watsonia. Difficult to tell from a photo, but I do wonder if you have planted them a bit close to the fence? Usual advice is to plant about 18” from it, although 12” would do at a push. I also agree burying the graft is better 😊
Mme. Antoine Mari is a couple of months older and losing that ruby tint - here on the left, next to the Duchesse:
Marlorena is the planting in threes expert, but here is one of my trios, Lady Em, melded nicely into a pleasing rounded shrub - and pretty advanced for March:
@Fire I wouldn't worry about it. They will grow feeding roots from the buried stems. The original roots of the rootstock are even deeper (the graft can be 10cm high and the upper straight part of the roots, between the graft and the branched roots, is the original stem of the rootstock rose).