@Marlorena yeah it is lovely in bloom! I cant easily access top and Albertine has wicked thorns too. I cut off the huge canes invading the neighbours or the carpark or reaching over to the bed opposite, otherwise its left to run loose. Its loved by the neighbours too apparently as its so pretty, bar the thorns! Neighbour behind lets it cover her shed too as she likes it.
It does get powdery mildew and some blackspot but Ive sorted the airflow problem causing the former and sprays helped. Ill give it a good tidy after it blooms next year as theres some old wood looking tatty in bits but otherwise its happy!
@Lizzie27 Thanks Lizzie...it is a first year Ancient Mariner planted in the wrong place about May time, so the roots may have grown a bit, but they can always be trimmed to fit I suppose, but I've never tried the method before.
I never knew there was a rose named after him! He always seemed to me rather an un-rosy character. Obviously, someone thought otherwise!
I was thinking of getting Roald Dahl for my daughter because it looked orange in the picture but yours is yellow. Can you tell me what it looks like in real life please?
Looks a bit on the small side @Pete.8, but yes you can root prune to fit. If your rose has a long tap root that doesn’t fit, you could always cut a hole out the bottom and replace the soil underneath the box to the required depth. Assume the new location had a rose there before hence using the box method? The first time I did this, the whole box sunk a good few inches and the graft was already buried inside the box, so I had to lift the whole thing and backfill the hole with more soil and re-settle the box. The second time I watered in the hole dug for the box the day before to settle the soil level first, then planted the box, which worked much better 😊
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Looks a bit on the small side @Pete.8, but yes you can root prune to fit. If your rose has a long tap root that doesn’t fit, you could always cut a hole out the bottom and replace the soil underneath the box to the required depth. Assume the new location had a rose there before hence using the box method? The first time I did this, the whole box sunk a good few inches and the graft was already buried inside the box, so I had to lift the whole thing and backfill the hole with more soil and re-settle the box. The second time I watered in the hole dug for the box the day before to settle the soil level first, then planted the box, which worked much better 😊
Just caught up, nice to see the cut roses but I do miss the daily rose enthusiasm. Hope the move has gone well @cooldoc, particularly the big issues of jobs, home and schools.
I do still have colour around but some buds don't open fully
Sheltered under the balcony Timeless Purple, Scepter'd Isle and the parade I can't bring myself to chop yet.
Unknown Tantau that Garden Plants online are replacing with Artemis, Wildberry, Strawberry Hill and UtopiaMarie Pavie and Rambling Rosie still going strong out in the garden (as is SH above)
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It does get powdery mildew and some blackspot but Ive sorted the airflow problem causing the former and sprays helped. Ill give it a good tidy after it blooms next year as theres some old wood looking tatty in bits but otherwise its happy!
Thanks Lizzie...it is a first year Ancient Mariner planted in the wrong place about May time, so the roots may have grown a bit, but they can always be trimmed to fit I suppose, but I've never tried the method before.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.