@peteS ...you can do either but I prefer to leave the inside method to pots, so in the garden I now like to see the rose outside the obelisk.. it also makes it easier should you tire of the rose for some reason, to remove the rose and replace.. I also think it looks better and I find it makes pruning easier too. I've done both, that's just how I see it Pete..
@Ditsy ..your roses are doing well Ditsy, looking forward to seeing how they grow for you there.. I know what you mean about dogs uplifting your roses, I've had them strewn across the garden here too..
Wild weather, I do wish it would start to warm up... it's not frosts we should worry about too much, it's the wind... each Spring I will find a rose or two decapitated when in full bud.. such is life in The Fens..
@Nollie How does your Harlow Carr perform in terms of repeating? Heard its very floriferous but takes time to repeat. I like the aspect of it being small as I can grow in a pot. Any other draw backs in your opinion? I know they behave differently at different climates but wondering if its worth the buy.
I mostly miss having a dog but just occasionally I can see the downsides.
An excellent bareroot from Trevor White received today. In other purchase news, David Austin are sending me the correct rose and I can keep the Susan Williams-Ellis sent in error. So a good rose day.
@Omori, our boy was a 6yr old rescue, from the breeder who was giving up breeding, otherwise we would have had two girls, as we always have done in the past. He is very loving and sweet, but very dim compared to the girl, so it’s been a trial to teach him basic commands, he just looks baffled. Bless.
@cooldoc2000, Harlow Carr has a better repeat for me than Gertrude Jekyll, to compare with another DA pink, both have fabulous first flushes. GJ has better fragrance, but it’s a big beast, so the complete opposite of HC, which is a usefully compact rose. I have it in a narrow raised bed, not much bigger than 30cm deep and it lives happily there.
Drawbacks? Extremely viscous thorns! Plus the nodding blooms, so you see the back of them more than the front.
Many DAs have a dormant period here, end of July thru August, when the heat gets too much. It did extremely well for me all throughout last year (year 4, I think) and even the blooms seemed to hold their heads up better, but it was a cooler than average summer so maybe that helped. Maybe they have just matured - they do say a DA rose takes a good 3 years to reach full potential.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
I have just received my Graham Thomas from a rather average French perennials nursery, my first ever ‘body bag’ rose, as I think our rose friends in the US would call them, wrapped up tightly like a sausage in black plastic, with a bit of compost around the roots. It has a proper DA label on it. They had a big stock of GTs and some other recently discontinued ones, so I wonder if DA have remaindered all their excess stock to Europe to make UK customers buy their new varieties? Here it is released from it’s sausage. Compare and contrast with your Trevor White rose @Tack! Despite being radically pruned, it looks healthy enough:
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Yes I second the vicious thorns! In fact I was slightly annoyed they weren't mentioned in the description when I bought mine. Pre warned would of been nice.
I see a lot of people are growing roses in pots. Any tips for that would be gratefully received.
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...you can do either but I prefer to leave the inside method to pots, so in the garden I now like to see the rose outside the obelisk.. it also makes it easier should you tire of the rose for some reason, to remove the rose and replace.. I also think it looks better and I find it makes pruning easier too. I've done both, that's just how I see it Pete..
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..your roses are doing well Ditsy, looking forward to seeing how they grow for you there.. I know what you mean about dogs uplifting your roses, I've had them strewn across the garden here too..
@cooldoc2000, Harlow Carr has a better repeat for me than Gertrude Jekyll, to compare with another DA pink, both have fabulous first flushes. GJ has better fragrance, but it’s a big beast, so the complete opposite of HC, which is a usefully compact rose. I have it in a narrow raised bed, not much bigger than 30cm deep and it lives happily there.
I see a lot of people are growing roses in pots. Any tips for that would be gratefully received.