I've really enjoyed everyone's roses this year, and have been pretty pleased with my own few for their first year (oredered a couple more, climber Warm Welcome and shrub Sweet Pretty from Pococks), all have flowered well (Apple Jack and Dusky Maiden have lots of new buds in the wings, Blue for You is well into another flush, though the rain has turned the blooms to brown mush), but I have a question I wonder if someone could answer. I bought Night Owl, described as a floribunda bush rose, which has flowered as expected at about knee height. It's now sent up two or three very long canes, about 4-5ft high so far, and I'm finding it described elsewhere on the internet as a climber. Have I boobed? Are there two versions of this rose, do I need to move it or stick an obelisk on it next year, or can I prune it as a bush? Answers on a postcard please!
..gorgeous roses from everyone, some stunners actually, and lovely gardens.. 'Donatella'.. 'Armada'.. 'Mme. Antoine Mari'.. 'Pink Martini'.. 'Tahiti'.. 'Frilly Cuff'..
nice arch... I'd probably put a shorter plant on the right side, clematis or floribunda maybe.. nice garden there.. LoS will look really nice against that blue shed...
..love your Lyda Rose @cooldoc... shame to leave them all behind, but look forward to a new beginning..
Probably a question best directed to @Marlorena with her vast knowledge of all things roses...I came across this lovely rose down the park recently and was wondering if it were possible to ID it from the photos. As is the norm it would seem in parks these days, it was completely neglected, but still amazingly floriferous, and acceptably healthy, and about 3 ft in height. Here's hoping.
Lovely second flushes from everyone! @Omori im thinking clematis might be sieboldii now its opening more? Its supposed to be freckles! Its lovely though, very pretty. Thank you for the compliment too, I love the modern cottage garden look, im pleased its looking that way Im painting the new trellis, this first ones for highgrove and some clematis behind shallot. Just taken me about 3 hours to paint it! Wanted this one as a feature as id normally paint to match fence.
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'Donatella'..
'Armada'..
'Mme. Antoine Mari'..
'Pink Martini'..
'Tahiti'..
'Frilly Cuff'..
'Lady of Shalott'..
'Nathalie Nypels'..
'Golden Memories'..
'Forever Royal'..
'New Zealand'..
..some other plants.. Achnatherum calamagrostis...
Phlox 'Amethyst'..
Hypericum moserianum..
Aster 'Monch'..
Emily Bronte
Lady Emma Hamilton
...wow'd by your Lady Emma... gorgeous.
@peteS
..lovely rose that.. it's 'Lucky'.. a modern shrub.. I have it here..
@Omori im thinking clematis might be sieboldii now its opening more? Its supposed to be freckles! Its lovely though, very pretty. Thank you for the compliment too, I love the modern cottage garden look, im pleased its looking that way
Im painting the new trellis, this first ones for highgrove and some clematis behind shallot. Just taken me about 3 hours to paint it! Wanted this one as a feature as id normally paint to match fence.