A strong red suits my hot border and LD Braithwaite was the only true red I have had, but they ultimately don’t like the heat there and that one was not the best in terms of habit or health either. I am hoping Cramoisi Superieur will cope better. If I had to pick a favourite rose colour it would be the deep burgundy/purple tones of the likes of Munstead Wood and The Prince.
Hello @fromtheshires, Lady of Shalott does need a very large pot! It would be better in the ground if you could manage it. I know DA say it’s suitable for a pot and you can keep it shorter with pruning as Me. V says, but it’s a fairly vigorous grower. I think @celcius_kkw had some trouble keeping it contained in a pot, was that right celcius?
@Cambridgerose12, funnily enough Lady Emma Hamilton is a good doer, very floriferous and pretty healthy for me, which is quite an achievement with my disease pressures. A bit of leaf spotting (cercospora I think) later in the season but fairly insignificant. My main beef with her is although she looks nice when like this - July:
Turn up the heat in August - yuk!
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
@fromtheshires how big is your pot? Yes LoS does show strong tendency to climb.. throwing out strong long canes every season.. much like my Gertrude Jekyll. I do prune it hard every year in the hope to keep it under control but it still looks noticeably more climber like compared to a fellow apricot rose like Roald Dhal. I’ve had it for two years so will see how it fares in its third as a shrub..
@peteS I have been having the same dilemma! I did wonder though if the soil looks ‘dry’ just because it’s frozen rather than being truly ‘dry’.. I thought I would re-evaluate this week once the weather has warmed up as it’s literally been freezing over the last couple of weeks.. I felt that even if I watered it will likely not absorb through the layers as the soil is already frozen and the water will just pool at the surface and end up becoming a sheet of ice anyway.. I know the deeper layers are frozen because I tried to pull out a bamboo stake yesterday and despite my best effort it just won’t even move an inch..
@celcius_kkw I only remembered because Ive got it, plus there has been a few pot/shallot queries on the forum in the past! If the soil in your pots is frozen I think the worst thing you can do is water - wait until it isn’t. That’s generally the advice for pots so I’m assuming it’s the same for roses. I don’t have many in pots, although there will be more this year. My main problem is pots overheating, so maybe others can advise better.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Yes we had rain overnight too and all the pots look normal again. The potted plants in the greenhouse all looked freeze dried yesterday. I'll check them today.
My instinct - leave them to defrost and then see what the soil is like before watering!
I'm considering getting another big cheap pot for the front of the house and putting Silas Marner in it.
I regretted not getting it last year from all the photos on here.
@Nollie - apologies for that mental image. It was unintentional!
I think they’ll have enough trouble with the aphids as it is, without me joining in too!
Question for all- I’ve got a bag of soil improver, says it’s suitable for mixing into soil as an improver (obviously), used for planting out or as a mulch.
Is that sort of thing ok to use to top up/mulch a potted rose?
I don’t want to use my general purpose as I don’t have much left but have a lot of smaller pots to fill with my new 9cm plants and cuttings.
@Fire Love your red roses! I adore that colour too. @Nollie Oh my goodness I cant believe thats the same Rose!!
I was worrying about the dryness too, the violas in my winter hanging baskets look dead, they were so frozen I just couldnt get any water in but the soils dry. Ive got replacements in the greenhouse luckily but annoying as they were fancy winter Rhubarb and custard ones and had done well until now! It poured overnight and we actually have some sunshine today though...
Ive rearranged the garden again a bit prior to the lanscaping work next week. Ive got a bit more room and Im eying up a little arch, which obviously means another nice climbing rose in my future! 'Maybe Scent from heaven'... The landscaper suggested moving an entire rose bed at first, nearly gave me a heart attack...
Ive got almost as many clematis as roses, I'll try and remember to take some pictures this year. Mine are all set to start as one finishes, across the 4 seasons. Ive got Montana and other spring ones all over the place especially. Ironically lighter on summer ones, so have a couple of new ones this year for summer.
Chandos Beauty and Eustacia Vye are now on order and I have dug up Mayflower and Susan Williams Ellis (or is it Susan Ellis Williams? I can never remember). Most of the roses are now pruned and I reckon a couple more sessions in the garden and I'll be ready to FBB and Mulch. I'm hoping black spot wont be so much of a problem this year as most of the roses have lost their leaves and I removed those that didn't fall off.
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Hello @fromtheshires, Lady of Shalott does need a very large pot! It would be better in the ground if you could manage it. I know DA say it’s suitable for a pot and you can keep it shorter with pruning as Me. V says, but it’s a fairly vigorous grower. I think @celcius_kkw had some trouble keeping it contained in a pot, was that right celcius?
@Cambridgerose12, funnily enough Lady Emma Hamilton is a good doer, very floriferous and pretty healthy for me, which is quite an achievement with my disease pressures. A bit of leaf spotting (cercospora I think) later in the season but fairly insignificant. My main beef with her is although she looks nice when like this - July:
Turn up the heat in August - yuk!
@peteS I have been having the same dilemma! I did wonder though if the soil looks ‘dry’ just because it’s frozen rather than being truly ‘dry’.. I thought I would re-evaluate this week once the weather has warmed up as it’s literally been freezing over the last couple of weeks.. I felt that even if I watered it will likely not absorb through the layers as the soil is already frozen and the water will just pool at the surface and end up becoming a sheet of ice anyway.. I know the deeper layers are frozen because I tried to pull out a bamboo stake yesterday and despite my best effort it just won’t even move an inch..
My instinct - leave them to defrost and then see what the soil is like before watering!
I'm considering getting another big cheap pot for the front of the house and putting Silas Marner in it.
I regretted not getting it last year from all the photos on here.
I'm a sucker for foliage!
I think they’ll have enough trouble with the aphids as it is, without me joining in too!
Question for all- I’ve got a bag of soil improver, says it’s suitable for mixing into soil as an improver (obviously), used for planting out or as a mulch.
Is that sort of thing ok to use to top up/mulch a potted rose?
I don’t want to use my general purpose as I don’t have much left but have a lot of smaller pots to fill with my new 9cm plants and cuttings.
thanks
Regarding Lady Emma and disease, I haven't encountered problems with her, she's been quite trouble-free.
@Fire Love your red roses! I adore that colour too.
@Nollie Oh my goodness I cant believe thats the same Rose!!
I was worrying about the dryness too, the violas in my winter hanging baskets look dead, they were so frozen I just couldnt get any water in but the soils dry. Ive got replacements in the greenhouse luckily but annoying as they were fancy winter Rhubarb and custard ones and had done well until now! It poured overnight and we actually have some sunshine today though...
Ive rearranged the garden again a bit prior to the lanscaping work next week. Ive got a bit more room and Im eying up a little arch, which obviously means another nice climbing rose in my future! 'Maybe Scent from heaven'... The landscaper suggested moving an entire rose bed at first, nearly gave me a heart attack...
Ive got almost as many clematis as roses, I'll try and remember to take some pictures this year. Mine are all set to start as one finishes, across the 4 seasons. Ive got Montana and other spring ones all over the place especially. Ironically lighter on summer ones, so have a couple of new ones this year for summer.