@Omori Thanks, maybe I'll do that with this one. I planted Lady of Shallot with all the canes going out to one side, it is really irritating. It will be interesting to see if it makes a difference in the long term.
@Tack, @Marlorena gave me a good tip when I had a rose with oddly leaning canes all on one side, which was to plant with the canes on the north/west side, because new basal growth often appears on the sunny south/east side. It worked, it now looks normal and balanced - thanks M! I think I planted it with the graft straight.
I agree, I couldn’t be faffed with planting marigolds, I want to hoik the old rose out and plonk the new one straight in! I used the box method for the first time this year in a tricky spot that had had three roses in it previously, but normally just do the soil replacement/mf thing.
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Happy belated New Year to you all, I can't believe this chat is already 125 pages long lol, was so used to getting notifications from the 2020 thread then all of a sudden they stopped ..... then realised why lol
Here goes ..... I posted last year regardng my (what I thought was a bush rose but looks like a climbing rose), as a new gardener and rose newbie.
Just checked it there - gosh it was June last year ..... I remember it being suggested that it may be a "bloom once" type of rose, therefore with that in mind I didn't prune it. However I keep going out to see if there's any signs of possible budding (lol to be honest - I'm not even sure I even know what to look for .... a bud I guess)
Anyway on closer examination, I see young reddish green leaves starting to sprout and nearly afraid to prune at all for fear of missing that one bloom lol
I'm attaching pix taken today of the rose to see if any of you kind people can help, you were all very helpful last year. Tempted to prune but is it too late to prune a rose now?
..that's what I do @Nollie .. soil replacement.. I'm glad your rose is looking better...
I might mention here some useless information but Tack's rose Claire Marshall is a good indicator of how roses are phototropic, both positive [aiming towards the sun] and negative - away from the sun... the top growth is positive and will tend to grow where the sun shines best... but the rootstock has a negative reaction and tends to grow mainly away from the sun in a northerly/westerly direction.. as you can see with that bareroot as it was growing in the fields, the roots are mostly growing one way, probably north, especially the thick taproot right in the centre of photo there, and the 3 green canes in the opposite direction, probably southwards from where it was planted..
If you've ever dug up a big rose and had to sever the main taproot, you might have noticed that it's usually heading directly northwards if the way isn't blocked...
Tack's other roses are looking splendid and I like the trellis wall work there very much.. your roses will look just great on that..
@cazsophieq2019 ..yes I remember your rose, it's nice to see it again, and we can see your problem but you've done all you can really as it's clearly some sort of climber you have there and will have to be moved at some point... all I would do is prune that tallest cane back to the height of the rest of your rose to even it up a bit... regardless of whether it only blooms once or not, you should still get flowers on it but shoots breaking further down.
It should flower in 8 weeks or so then we will know a bit more about it and perhaps can advise further at that time..
I was out in the garden all day and happy to find so many posts and photos now. Enjoying everyone's garden and interesting information from @Marlorena.
I managed to weed, feed and mulch all roses in ground. Though I didnt weed properly. Just hoed the area around roses and mulched after spreading rose food. Proper weeding whole beds is a big task for some other day off.
Foxes have run havoc and messed up all pots by digging off soil. They also tore off lots of compost bags etc and lots of compost has fallen off everywhere. I quickly settled pots but need to top up and fix the mess tomorrow.
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I agree, I couldn’t be faffed with planting marigolds, I want to hoik the old rose out and plonk the new one straight in! I used the box method for the first time this year in a tricky spot that had had three roses in it previously, but normally just do the soil replacement/mf thing.
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Happy belated New Year to you all, I can't believe this chat is already 125 pages long lol, was so used to getting notifications from the 2020 thread then all of a sudden they stopped ..... then realised why lol
Here goes ..... I posted last year regardng my (what I thought was a bush rose but looks like a climbing rose), as a new gardener and rose newbie.
https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1042662/new-to-roses#latest
Just checked it there - gosh it was June last year ..... I remember it being suggested that it may be a "bloom once" type of rose, therefore with that in mind I didn't prune it. However I keep going out to see if there's any signs of possible budding (lol to be honest - I'm not even sure I even know what to look for .... a bud I guess)
Anyway on closer examination, I see young reddish green leaves starting to sprout and nearly afraid to prune at all for fear of missing that one bloom lol
I'm attaching pix taken today of the rose to see if any of you kind people can help, you were all very helpful last year. Tempted to prune but is it too late to prune a rose now?
I should add that the rose is taller than me lol
Thanks again
Carol :-)
I might mention here some useless information but Tack's rose Claire Marshall is a good indicator of how roses are phototropic, both positive [aiming towards the sun] and negative - away from the sun... the top growth is positive and will tend to grow where the sun shines best... but the rootstock has a negative reaction and tends to grow mainly away from the sun in a northerly/westerly direction.. as you can see with that bareroot as it was growing in the fields, the roots are mostly growing one way, probably north, especially the thick taproot right in the centre of photo there, and the 3 green canes in the opposite direction, probably southwards from where it was planted..
If you've ever dug up a big rose and had to sever the main taproot, you might have noticed that it's usually heading directly northwards if the way isn't blocked...
Tack's other roses are looking splendid and I like the trellis wall work there very much.. your roses will look just great on that..
..yes I remember your rose, it's nice to see it again, and we can see your problem but you've done all you can really as it's clearly some sort of climber you have there and will have to be moved at some point... all I would do is prune that tallest cane back to the height of the rest of your rose to even it up a bit... regardless of whether it only blooms once or not, you should still get flowers on it but shoots breaking further down.
It should flower in 8 weeks or so then we will know a bit more about it and perhaps can advise further at that time..
..a bit frost damaged but Rhodanthemum 'Marrakech' just starting to flower... I do look foward to this plant especially..
As it was, new bare root last year, with all the canes leaning to one side:
As it is now, the old leaning canes are on the right of the photo, as you can see it’s filled out really well on the left, sunny side:
I managed to weed, feed and mulch all roses in ground. Though I didnt weed properly. Just hoed the area around roses and mulched after spreading rose food. Proper weeding whole beds is a big task for some other day off.
Foxes have run havoc and messed up all pots by digging off soil. They also tore off lots of compost bags etc and lots of compost has fallen off everywhere. I quickly settled pots but need to top up and fix the mess tomorrow.