@Tack Thanks for asking.. yeah all are settling down well.. my beales order is pending as well.. loved wild rovers colours.. and the scent was good as per Marlorena.. not sure why they mentioned it as light.. HMF says it has a strong scent..
@Marlorena as you mentioned, I am worried that they might not survive that long with the wet conditions we have.. anyways not pruning that branch now.. will see how long it survives... alternatively will open up one of the hips (later this month) and see if I get anything from them..
Hello all, hope you are doing well. I wasn't expecting a rose delivery today but these arrived from Jones I think they look rather smart! Vintage Classic on the right which I'm going to try in a pot and St Dunstan's on the left which has a space in the ground but I need one of the delivery from TCL before planting that due to access.
TCL has despatched my order, I didn't proceed with Ducat Mella after all as they had to wait for stock (so will enjoy @Tack's ) They also missed The Bishop off my invoice without comment but I might have a re-think of that border anyway.
They look good @Victoria Sponge . I hope my TCL won't be delayed, the email says before Christmas but maybe it would have been earlier without DM, ah well, I'll certainly show you pics.
Talking of which I have just been out pruningBut not these yet
How lovely, @Tack. I have a few tiny Moonlight blooms out, but that's it for me at the moment. I moved my sorry Malvern Hills to a better place. It was a poor specimen when it arrived in April and it has zip zero zilch all year. I hold out hopes for fireworks next year.
I put in some Flanders Rose from P Beales - no scent but might make for a jolly red explosion near the back door. Decent root systems poor canes, would you say?
That's a rather lovely collection of blooms for December, I'd be very pleased with that @Tack. I was surprised to see some flowers today after two batches of snow this week, I should have brought them in.
I'm glad someone else has got Flanders @Fire, I think it's a smashing little rose. Hope they do well for you.
Very impressed you still have such gorgeous blooms out still @Tack! Assume that orangey is Los? I think your likely to be the winner of the last blooming roses of the season
Im down to my last few, syrie, cadfael and natalija have coloured buds I think will open still and a few clusters on Angel eyes, everything else is pretty much done.
I still have the occasional bud forming, encouraged by sunny days, but then succumbing to frost overnight and not opening. I wish they would all go into dormancy now, but if I defoliate them too early they just put out new growth. That’s happened with a few I got impatient with, then I found rose slugs and aphids cheerfully munching on them! It’s December ffs, well past time for pests to die!
No sign of either my Loubert or TCL orders yet, the former due in November and the latter sometime this month. Since the ground is frozen most mornings I’m not too bothered about the delay and am hoping their arrival might coincide with some milder weather.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
..hips on 'Tottering by Gently'... my plant is about 6 x 3' and is a whole mass of them from top to toe.. some are still green.. older ones are dark red.. each hip contains about 8 or 9 seeds.. some only 4.. when I throw them in a glass of water they all sink to the bottom, which is supposed to mean they are viable, but they need stratifying..
My nicest coloured hips appear on my rose Penelope, lovely peach/apricot ones. I've still got two smallish white Winchester Cathedral blooms, the others all all over I think.
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Vintage Classic on the right which I'm going to try in a pot and St Dunstan's on the left which has a space in the ground but I need one of the delivery from TCL before planting that due to access.
TCL has despatched my order, I didn't proceed with Ducat Mella after all as they had to wait for stock (so will enjoy @Tack's
I'm glad someone else has got Flanders @Fire, I think it's a smashing little rose. Hope they do well for you.
Im down to my last few, syrie, cadfael and natalija have coloured buds I think will open still and a few clusters on Angel eyes, everything else is pretty much done.
I still have the occasional bud forming, encouraged by sunny days, but then succumbing to frost overnight and not opening. I wish they would all go into dormancy now, but if I defoliate them too early they just put out new growth. That’s happened with a few I got impatient with, then I found rose slugs and aphids cheerfully munching on them! It’s December ffs, well past time for pests to die!
No sign of either my Loubert or TCL orders yet, the former due in November and the latter sometime this month. Since the ground is frozen most mornings I’m not too bothered about the delay and am hoping their arrival might coincide with some milder weather.
My nicest coloured hips appear on my rose Penelope, lovely peach/apricot ones.
I've still got two smallish white Winchester Cathedral blooms, the others all all over I think.