Family had to move to west midlands due to OH's job requirement. Had to
do an early prune to transfer the roses. Luckily the old place was
furnished when we moved in, so did not have to transfer much of those.
@Marlorena may I be cheeky, can we see a couple of your pruning examples if possible please? Lots of us worry about how much to cut off/ when, would be super useful to see how you do some of your different types if possible?
Ive got mostly hybrid teas and floribundas but have a few new climbers this year too and my previous ones are thudding great albertine and wedding day which admittedly I trim off the bits creeping over fence etc and then let run riot. Im not confident how much to cut off shallot, eden, highgrove etc which are new and suspect I need to be a bit more ruthless with some of the HTs!
My update: 5 new bare roots in pots/ ground, all the ones in pots properly potted, pruned a few long stems off any that had finished. Still out or with decent buds showing colour; Rhapsody, belle du jour, lady marmalade, crown princess m, sweet syrie, brother cadfael, fragrant delight, all 3 hulthemias (they never get the memo though!), nostalgia, natalija.... few others looking likely to join them too. Anything blackspotty I defoliated and cut back the longest or scraggy bits
Yeah my wedding day (i think it was that!) is probably 15ft... its in the middle of this bed by the fence with Albertine (which is against the shed) and goes up and over. We cut off the overhangs etc but its allowed to ramble.
Its gone potty last few weeks I keep having to cut back bits!
@JessicaS .. actually Jessica yours looks so nice just as it is, and left to its own devices. Periodically I would probably cut the whole lot down one year and start again, but otherwise it doesn't look easy to access at the top, so best left to get on with it and remove anything that gets in your way.. it has quite a natural, informal look which is what we're looking for in these types of roses...
Do you think this would be a suitable box for using the 'box technique'. It's a sturdy affair and measures 9.5 inches square and 12 inches high, which is slightly smaller than the ideal size which is recommended.
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Oh wow. Good luck with it all.
Ive got mostly hybrid teas and floribundas but have a few new climbers this year too and my previous ones are thudding great albertine and wedding day which admittedly I trim off the bits creeping over fence etc and then let run riot. Im not confident how much to cut off shallot, eden, highgrove etc which are new and suspect I need to be a bit more ruthless with some of the HTs!
My update: 5 new bare roots in pots/ ground, all the ones in pots properly potted, pruned a few long stems off any that had finished. Still out or with decent buds showing colour; Rhapsody, belle du jour, lady marmalade, crown princess m, sweet syrie, brother cadfael, fragrant delight, all 3 hulthemias (they never get the memo though!), nostalgia, natalija.... few others looking likely to join them too. Anything blackspotty I defoliated and cut back the longest or scraggy bits
...that's ok, no problem. I'll take some photos as I go along..
Your 'Wedding Day' must be huge !..
I never knew there was a rose named after him! He always seemed to me rather an un-rosy character. Obviously, someone thought otherwise!
Yeah my wedding day (i think it was that!) is probably 15ft... its in the middle of this bed by the fence with Albertine (which is against the shed) and goes up and over. We cut off the overhangs etc but its allowed to ramble.
Its gone potty last few weeks I keep having to cut back bits!
.. actually Jessica yours looks so nice just as it is, and left to its own devices. Periodically I would probably cut the whole lot down one year and start again, but otherwise it doesn't look easy to access at the top, so best left to get on with it and remove anything that gets in your way.. it has quite a natural, informal look which is what we're looking for in these types of roses...