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What's wrong with my rose trees

makaouisond_0VHrY_makaouisond_0VHrY_ Posts: 4
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i planted 8 bare root rose trees last month. 5 are doing well but 3 of them look like the leaves drying up and dropping. 

Can anyone identify what the problem might be from the pictures and how I can save them

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  • amancalledgeorgeamancalledgeorge Posts: 2,736
    I am amazed a company would sell bare root plants past March. It is too late in the season for them to develop a sufficient root system to allow for good growth and flowers. And they also look like really low quality specimens, most roses would have at least three stems to grow from, not just a single stick like these. I would complain to the supplier as they are taking the piss selling these. 

    Here's the standard advice by the RHS https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=191
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  • amancalledgeorgeamancalledgeorge Posts: 2,736
    If you scroll down on this page, there's a picture of what you'd expect a rose standard to look like https://www.styleroses.co.uk/how-to-buy
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  • makaouisond_0VHrY_makaouisond_0VHrY_ Posts: 4
    Thank you for your help. I see the ones I have don't look good like the ones in the link you sent, which has many more stems. I am new to gardening and ordered them from gardening express.

    I am watering them daily and used rose toprose gold feed after I planted them. I will try my best with them now, see what happens.

    Was just wondering if theres something additional I can do to help them along.

    They are supposed to look like this eventually - according to the gardening express pics! (highly doubting that now)


     
  • edhelkaedhelka Posts: 2,351
    edited June 2021
    They've been bad plants from the beginning, that's what's wrong with them.
    They are cheapie 1/4 standards (I guess, as they are smaller than full or 1/2 standards) with only one rose grafted on top (the quality standard is three roses), badly stored (no cold storage to make the dormancy longer), and sent way too late in the season.
  • amancalledgeorgeamancalledgeorge Posts: 2,736
    I think it's within your rights to ask them to replace them with a potted specimen as they were selling rubbish and our of season. Next time just go to a rose specialist, a very cheap rose is always a bad rose, because of the amount of work that goes into grafting them. Style Roses, David Austin, Beales or Trevor White are all good companies that sell quality plants. 
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  • makaouisond_0VHrY_makaouisond_0VHrY_ Posts: 4
    Thank you all for the advice, I have learnt a lot now. Next time I will go to a rose specialist for purchasing a rose bush/trees.

    I love roses and was looking forward to seeing them grow. At least now I'm not necessarily doing anything wrong and its most likely the quality of the plants I have.

    I will pursue with them and try my best. The funny thing is the rose trees are the only thing I'm paying a lot of attention too and every other plant I have is doing well. I guess does say a lot to the quality of the rose trees I bought.

    If I cant rescue them, I will replace them with some from a good rose company you recommended above.
  • makaouisond_0VHrY_makaouisond_0VHrY_ Posts: 4
    Also I understand now I purchased them and planted them too late in the season for bare roots. Maybe if I bought them earlier and and planted them at the right time, they would be OK. So lets say below standard rose trees + planting at wrong time. 
  • msqingxiaomsqingxiao Posts: 482
    I bought two bare root roses from Sainsbury's back in March. Only £2 each and came looking exactly like the standard in the link above. Although only one of them is growing well so far, I still consider it good value for money. There were quite a few varieties to choose from too. Maybe keep an eye on your local Sainsbury's next March?
  • amancalledgeorgeamancalledgeorge Posts: 2,736
    Buying plants in person is a different ball game @msqingxiao you can then inspect how well grown they are. But for online purchases I think it's worth going to the specialists especially for long-lived parennials. Happy to be price sensitive for annuals but for a plant that will live happily for decades, I'd rather get a top quality one at a fair price. 
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  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Just keep watering them - every day in very hot weather, at least 1 if not 2 watering cans full. Don't feed them any more for another 6 months, as that will stress them out a bit more.
    Good luck, just to add I bought a cheap lucky dip of 5 roses about 2 years ago, online, 4 of which have grown and are blooming beautifully just now. The 5th was pathetic but is still hanging on in there so I'll give it another year. It can be done but I would still echo the others good advice to pay more for better quality. Mine was a experiment really.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
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