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  • Desi_in_LondonDesi_in_London Posts: 731
    edited February 2022
    Fire said:
    Photos I have seen of Chandos all seem to show the blooms as decidedly pink. The photos here are decidedly not at all pink. Could you say more on this?
    @ 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.

    edited to correct post which seemed to swallow half the text
    Kindness is always the right choice.
  • @Marlorena,
    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?

    Just another day at the plant...
  • MarlorenaMarlorena Posts: 8,705
    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..

    Just the way I do it here..
    East Anglia, England
  • Desi_in_LondonDesi_in_London Posts: 731
    edited February 2022
    @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?

    <mine are currently in much bigger pots but i was thinking if i could size down then i can have more....>
    Kindness is always the right choice.
  • MarlorenaMarlorena Posts: 8,705
    @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..
    East Anglia, England
  • Thank you @Marlorena -- something for me to think about and try for the next couple of years :) 
    Kindness is always the right choice.
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    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.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    I'm loving this thread, thank you.

    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.
  • MarlorenaMarlorena Posts: 8,705
    @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..
    East Anglia, England
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