Oh best of luck with those... I just picked a hip in winter and sowed a few of the seeds... I did it once before with another rose and I got a rampant climber type that never flowered... couldn't keep that...
I agree it is sometimes difficult to diagnose the problem - deficiency, nutrient blocking due to extreme PH of the soil, too much fertiliser if your soil is already rich and fertile, mulches, weedkiller drift from somewhere...
The reason I thought it was an overdose or toxin with @Athelas’ rose was the deformed new shoots and those skinny leaves, as I have never seen thst with a straightforward nutrient deficiency, but I could be wrong. I think a good flushing will potentially help and certainly do no harm, neither will removing the bark. I do hope it recovers for you.
I mulch roses with well-rotted, bagged manure and then the whole bed thickly with acidic, composted pine bark and my roses visibly benefit from it. I have very alkaline, mineral-rich clay soil and extremely hard water, but the combination of those things mean I have an excess of calcium. This blocks iron take-up and, to a lesser extent, magnesium. The acidic pine bark compost helps, to a certain extent, to buffer my hard water, I see the difference in areas I have mulched, or not. If I see the classic yellowing of rose leaves with the veins remaining green, I know they need a boost of sequestered iron and perhaps a little magnesium salts because they green up again after about a week.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
..this is another of my new roses... 'Botzaris'... an old Damask type, once blooming but over a long season apparently.. it was recommended to me by an American rosarian as being better than Mme Hardy, which is a more famous rose as these sorts go.. as it's similar being a white double with green button eye.. strong damask scent..
...each stem has a bud, so I'm delighted about that... I can't wait for years for something to flower..
So many interesting new roses to look forward to this year. I gave up on my Madame Hardys @Marlorena and shovel pruned them. I bought them for scent and it was really nothing special. A once flowering rose with a long season and fabulous scent is very worthwhile, I think, but otherwise not! I shall be very interested to hear how your Botzaris does.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Yay! Look who’s finally come back. They’ve been going between the roses all day apparently while I was at work. When I got back they’d returned again. Can see the aphids in its beak in second photo.
So pleased to see them again. Maybe it was the change in the weather.
I'm sorry to hear about your wind damage @celcius_kkw. Seeing your nutured and nearly-flowering plants decimated is horrible. So many things to go wrong with roses and this year they are so late too. Last year from the beginning of Lockdown it was so lovely being outside tending and watching, not at all the same this year.
No prizes for guessing who wins the earliest bloomer competition amongst this parade - L-R: Pure Poetry, Heidi Klum, Rose de Rescht, Marie Pavie and The Prince:
New growth on Deep Secret is very attractive in the morning dew:
Golden Beauty is more peachy than I expected, but maybe it will be more golden yellow in the summer:
Some fat buds on Munstead Wood:
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
An exposed 'Lady of the Lake' escaped almost unscathed from the recent hideous weather, even the canes I hadn't had the chance to tie in before the gales struck.
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The reason I thought it was an overdose or toxin with @Athelas’ rose was the deformed new shoots and those skinny leaves, as I have never seen thst with a straightforward nutrient deficiency, but I could be wrong. I think a good flushing will potentially help and certainly do no harm, neither will removing the bark. I do hope it recovers for you.
...each stem has a bud, so I'm delighted about that... I can't wait for years for something to flower..
So pleased to see them again. Maybe it was the change in the weather.
New growth on Deep Secret is very attractive in the morning dew:
Golden Beauty is more peachy than I expected, but maybe it will be more golden yellow in the summer:
Some fat buds on Munstead Wood:
That Rose de Rescht looks quite smart in a pot @Nollie, it is still on my rather turbulent wish list for a permanent pot.
The wind has finally died down.. I will have to perform some damage control resuscitation this evening..
Claire Austin’s leaves shredded..