@ Fire -- In my pot - ( seem to have lost the photos from last year) definitely a very pale pink -- not peach/apricot. Not sure if that was an aberration re a first year plant. I also found that the first blooms were huge ( crazy huge, 6 inches across ) but the subsequent ones through summer were shaped more like the pics posted by Marlorena ( and a nicer form than the mega ones). I concur re the incredible scent.
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I no longer use larger pots, I don't have the room and cannot deal with them easily, so I use and reuse small pots, by tipping the roses out end of season, root pruning and removing old compost, and repotting with fresh compost...it only takes a few minutes.. this way you can keep an appropriate rose going in the same smallish pot indefinitely with regular liquid feeding.. I find this manageable, for me.. but it may not suit everyone..
I don't keep them forever either, as I like to ring the changes with roses like these, year on year. I can't keep them all, unfortunately.. so I rarely think in the longer term..
@Marlorena - as someone with insufficient space who is nonetheless greedy for more roses -- could a relative novice keep them thriving for multiple seasons in 30/35 litre pots ( or even smaller ideally 20-25 litre for the chandos beauty-sized things) with root pruning too? Or in your opinion this is too challenging for a newbie?
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@Desi_in_London ... 20 ltr pots are perfect Desi, I have lots of those and there is no need for anything larger.. David Austin uses 15 ltr plastic pots for year on year planting for their shows.. I can manage this size of pot... they develop a good root system and you could get away with a 2nd year in them with just some topping up, but I tip them out, and may root prune the tap root if I think it needs it, it doesn't always.. and plonk the roots straight back into same pot with some fresh stuff.. I also mix back in some of the old compost.. It takes me about 15 minutes... whether you would want to get involved in this process, well try it with one and see how you get on.. you might not need to prune anything, it's something I judge when I see it.. it's the wandering taproot that needs to be kept in check, it's this that will try and escape through the bottom hole in the pot if it can..
Ooh, definitely sold on Chandos Beauty, I tried to get it from TW but it was already sold out. Will have to try elsewhere. Very interesting post re pots and repotting @Marlorena, will bear that in mind.
'Cornelia' …
[Pemberton, UK 1925] .. Hybrid Musk rose..
This rose is thornless,
it grows about 4 feet tall by around 8 feet wide where I have it
here... needs little pruning other than deadheading and will bloom
all summer and still look good in the autumn. During a long dry spell/drought, it may stop
flowering unless watered but that applies to most roses.
It has a musky scent,
some say it wafts but I don't get that.. very healthy and needs no
spraying.. the blooms are usually small but come in large clusters,
of an apricot colour, or lighter, othertimes it's pink with somewhat
larger flowers..
Other roses have come
and gone, but I cannot be without this one. Its lack of thorns and carefree nature, just
makes it incredibly easy to grow.. Elegant, graceful habit..
My daughter gave me Cornelia after I moved into my new house in France. Looks beautiful in your photos. She gave me 4 other shrub roses too. She has over 100 roses, mostly shrubs and climbers in her garden near Poitiers.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
@Busy-Lizzie ...thanks so much... I would love to see photos from your daughter's garden near Poitiers, if you ever get the chance to take some pictures..
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Your Chandos Beauty does not look to be in a very large pot?
Does it demand a lot of extra care and attention to keep it blooming so well?
<mine are currently in much bigger pots but i was thinking if i could size down then i can have more....>
... 20 ltr pots are perfect Desi, I have lots of those and there is no need for anything larger.. David Austin uses 15 ltr plastic pots for year on year planting for their shows..
I can manage this size of pot... they develop a good root system and you could get away with a 2nd year in them with just some topping up, but I tip them out, and may root prune the tap root if I think it needs it, it doesn't always.. and plonk the roots straight back into same pot with some fresh stuff.. I also mix back in some of the old compost..
It takes me about 15 minutes... whether you would want to get involved in this process, well try it with one and see how you get on.. you might not need to prune anything, it's something I judge when I see it.. it's the wandering taproot that needs to be kept in check, it's this that will try and escape through the bottom hole in the pot if it can..
Very interesting post re pots and repotting @Marlorena, will bear that in mind.
'Cornelia' … [Pemberton, UK 1925] .. Hybrid Musk rose..
This rose is thornless, it grows about 4 feet tall by around 8 feet wide where I have it here... needs little pruning other than deadheading and will bloom all summer and still look good in the autumn. During a long dry spell/drought, it may stop flowering unless watered but that applies to most roses.
It has a musky scent, some say it wafts but I don't get that.. very healthy and needs no spraying.. the blooms are usually small but come in large clusters, of an apricot colour, or lighter, othertimes it's pink with somewhat larger flowers..
Other roses have come and gone, but I cannot be without this one. Its lack of thorns and carefree nature, just makes it incredibly easy to grow.. Elegant, graceful habit..
..tomorrow.. 'Desdemona'..
My daughter gave me Cornelia after I moved into my new house in France. Looks beautiful in your photos. She gave me 4 other shrub roses too. She has over 100 roses, mostly shrubs and climbers in her garden near Poitiers.
...thanks so much... I would love to see photos from your daughter's garden near Poitiers, if you ever get the chance to take some pictures..