I think this might indeed be rose scale. The RHS say "Eggs are laid in July or early August and hatch in August to September." Does this suggest that the same has been there for months and I didn't notice? Seems a bit unlikely as it's right by my front door... Horrible stuff. Scale makes my skin crawl.
My TCL order arrived today. Heidi klum was miraculously there in spite of an email saying it was OOS, the sub I chose Ducat Mella wasn't but I got a freebie, unfortunately Eden Rose, which is a climber. Now does my apple tree need a companion? It's the only place I can think of. I happily potted everything up into temporary pots. As you can see in the pics I have the big pots lined up but am out of vermiculite which I use in my compost recipe so this will be a 2 step process. Just as well too, it was freezing outside today and mixing huge amounts of compost takes ages.
@Nollie did you get your GdeF standard? You may remember we were pondering how big they would actually be, the Pierre de Ronsard (also Edenrose I think) listing on the site stated it would 1m and the bare stalk bit of my standard has come out at pretty much that, so the box you see in the photo accommodated the overall 1.5m rose. There was no reinforcing, just a cardboard box so I don't see why TCL couldn't deliver internationally to you. Changing subject, have you dealt with GJ yet? I think a video would be entertaining but will settle for photos.Edit.Forgot to tell you roses are Heidi Klum, Herzogin Christiana, Ruby Mella, Knockout, Faustinia, Chippendale, Soul, Elle, Gruss an Aachen, Pierre de Ronsard Std, Strange Brew
@Fire, I don't think I have a photo, but my New Dawn rose was planted in about 2009 on the side of my shed. It regularly reaches about 2 ft above the eaves of the shed so say about 6ft.6 or 2 metres high? I don't let it grow more than that as it would be out of reach. I've tried to fan train it a bit so spread is about 8ft one way (the length of the shed and on the other side, I've trained it round the corner and across the back of shed. I find it has very thick inflexible canes, much more like an HT. Marlorena and I wondered if I'd been sent a Queen Elizabeth HT rose in error. It does have the classic HT type of blooms which are pale pink and blooms one and off most of the summer/autumn. Hope this helps.
PS I did once see a huge New Dawn right across the front of a large Georgian 3 storey house in Nunney, Somerset. I was aghast at the sight, having not long planted mine but the owners were adamant that it was a New Dawn.
I also forgot to mention that I am still not able to access HMF but today I discovered why. My AVG security has blacklisted it as a security threat. I thought I'd mention it in case any of you encounter problems.
I enjoyed catching up with your gardens @Marlorena and @newbie77 both very neat with plenty of interest I think. Mine is grass and evergreen shrubs in the main so not too much change. I am amazed how much roses disappear in winter, I thought the stems of the climbers now mature would fill their space more than they do.
These cyclamen Coum are a delight, I only planted a very few bulbs last year and they are spreading nicely.
lovely roses and new rose selection @Tack. Actually I am glad that my roses disappear in winter among everything else. I was worried they would look so bare in winter.
Such a coincidence, today I was thinking that my cyclamen coums had been doing so well. I bought little plants this autumn and they are totally worth it.
Weather forecast says -5 here tonight. I have moved some salvias, petunia and couple of not so hardy plants next to house wall in the alley between mine and neighbour's house. Hopefully they will survive.
Your potted rose collection will be superb once again @Tack ... once they are suitably ensconced.. TCL are quite an interesting firm to deal with as you never quite know what you're going to get do you?.. but those look good for sure..
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on the side of my shed. It regularly reaches about 2 ft above the eaves of the shed so say about 6ft.6 or 2 metres high? I don't let it grow more than that as it would be out of reach. I've tried to fan train it a bit so spread is about 8ft one way (the length of the shed and on the other side, I've trained it round the corner and across the back of shed.
I find it has very thick inflexible canes, much more like an HT. Marlorena and I wondered if I'd been sent a Queen Elizabeth HT rose in error. It does have the classic HT type of blooms which are pale pink and blooms one and off most of the summer/autumn.
Hope this helps.
PS I did once see a huge New Dawn right across the front of a large Georgian 3 storey house in Nunney, Somerset. I was aghast at the sight, having not long planted mine but the owners were adamant that it was a New Dawn.
Such a coincidence, today I was thinking that my cyclamen coums had been doing so well. I bought little plants this autumn and they are totally worth it.
Weather forecast says -5 here tonight. I have moved some salvias, petunia and couple of not so hardy plants next to house wall in the alley between mine and neighbour's house. Hopefully they will survive.
... once they are suitably ensconced.. TCL are quite an interesting firm to deal with as you never quite know what you're going to get do you?.. but those look good for sure..