Talking of rainwater collection, I picked up another 210 L butt today from the middle isle of your local German supermarket chain. Good price, get 'em while they last.
In pots we water more, so more of hard water.. not sure if I have noticed any chlorosis.. probably because most of them are 1-2 year olds.. On the topic of pots, I have noticed that the Terrcotta ones dry out much faster than the plastic pots..
I noticed chlorosis on Crimson Glory/Guinee last year (they intertwine over my big arch). I will keep an eye on it. They are planted in the ground so should be fine over winter, now they are established. I will watch to see if the touch of yellow comes back over the summer.
So many of my roses are planted far too close together.
@owd potter - always good to have the extra capacity. I expanded ours last year from 100L to over 500L by adding two new larger butts. Didn't have to use the outdoor tap once after that!
@cooldoc - That of course is because terracotta is porous, so you lose water through the surface of the pot itself. That's why they're perfect for things that like well drained/dry conditions, like alpines or Mediterranean plants.
How's this for a chunky rose cane! From an old rambler/climber at Burton Agnes. Like a tree trunk
Here's my favourite Graham Thomas - look at that main "trunk".
I got a couple of orchids - 'twas the Orchid festival in the Hall.
My son had picked up a stick that he found on the path, and was playing about with it all around the garden. He carried it all the way back to the car.
When we got there I took it from him and realised that it was actually a rose stem! Must have either come off in the wind or been left over from pruning time. The ends were mangled and blackened top and bottom.
I cut it and it was still green inside so... wait and see if anything happens. It probably won't as I have no idea how many days/weeks that had been left on the ground before he picked it up.
Mystery rose cutting - or broken stick, left for dead, given second chance at life!?
I'll keep you updated.
But I imagine the only update will be - they've gone brown and rotted 😉
Here's my favourite Graham Thomas - look at that main "trunk".
Do we think it got to be that shape as a "shrub rose" because it stopped throwing up basals at some point? I saw similar shaped old planting at Sissinghurst.
I also witnessed there a squirrel oh so nonchalantly sashaying along an old rose climber, eating off each shoot as it mosied down the cane. I shrieked. "That's Vita's rose", I said, "you can't just eat it". He paused, stared at me over his sunglasses and, with his mouth full, said "f* off". He turned, showed me his tail and carried on eating away down the cane.
^^ but imagine if they don't @Mr. Vine Eye what a memory that will be in years to come, the day your Son brought home this fabulous specimen. Just bettor hope it isn't a cane from Rambling Rector or summat like that...
How stunning. Imagine how fast it will leaf up between now and June.
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I will admit I looked around for something to throw at the bugger, outraged. "Have you no sense of aesthetics at all?" I yelled.
This is almost a literal story. Except the bit about the sunglasses.
I should add that the bastard sparrows have eaten off all my apple and crab apple buds. So bugger all blossom for me, front or back. Six years. No blossom. So much for this "wildlife" malarky.
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Good price, get 'em while they last.
Do we think it got to be that shape as a "shrub rose" because it stopped throwing up basals at some point? I saw similar shaped old planting at Sissinghurst.
I also witnessed there a squirrel oh so nonchalantly sashaying along an old rose climber, eating off each shoot as it mosied down the cane. I shrieked. "That's Vita's rose", I said, "you can't just eat it". He paused, stared at me over his sunglasses and, with his mouth full, said "f* off". He turned, showed me his tail and carried on eating away down the cane.
but imagine if they don't @Mr. Vine Eye
what a memory that will be in years to come, the day your Son brought home this fabulous specimen.
Just bettor hope it isn't a cane from Rambling Rector or summat like that...