I've just visited my local garden centre and they were selling a good sized HT rose called Troika for £7.90, but I was wondering if this will be the same HT rose DA is selling for £21. Both are by Poulsen, but with a huge price difference.
@peteS, it would be same. It was in my wish list for an orange rose. DA sells non DA roses also at high price.Â
@WhereAreMySecateurs, I had no success with cuttings actually but then I didnt buy any gritty soil either, just used normal MPC. I did manage to have three own root plants though. I have burried the graft in soil while planting original roses and when I saw a plant had sent a new basal cane at a distance from original one, i very carefully removed soil under it and when i found a bit of the cane which was rooted, i cut it out. Then I potted up that rooted cane/new basal shoot.Â
@Mr. Vine Eye a freak occurrence indeeed because all the rest of the plant look absolutely fine.. I did contemplate getting my Epsom salt out but then it’s turned into a giant block of concrete having lived in my trunk for a year so I thought forget it lol..Â
Stick it in a pot of something that drains well. I just use my own garden soil as the top layer is quite sandy.
Leave over winter outside in a sheltered spot and check in spring for signs of life.
Success rate is pretty high, 5 in 6 taken and grown on into plants.
I'm still waiting to see if those mystery canes I've got are going to take. One has started to shrivel a bit at the top and there's some spreading pale brown from the top. But no darkening around the base. So there's still hope they might root, or have already rooted.
They weren't ideal cutting material as the top buds had already started and then gone black and been lost. So my only hope is if they root and then grow basal shoots from the same nodes. Which is entirely possible.
@WhereAreMySecateurs I guess it depends on the roses as well.. some take well than others.. You will be left with lots of canes when you do your autumn/ spring pruning.. make sure the pot you put them in will hold them atleast for an year.. I did the mistake of removing all of them after few months and potting up in another container.. most did not make it after the move.. I used rose compost for potting them up and watered only once since then.. (it was cold and rainy anyways).. will post pics once I get back to my roses.. I believe the best success rate will be when you put multiple stems of the same rose into a pot.. that way you have a higher chance of getting atleast one new plant of that particular variety...
Hardwood canes take time but can be left out in the garden (this is hertfordshire/ West midlands area).. if you are using soft wood cuttings (I have not tried this method) then you probably might need a greenhouse with humidity dome and leave atleast a couple of leaves on them..
GJ Roses and clematis 1st small bloom on Paul Noel, both its shape and colour are slightly untypical. And the whole plant. It produced a very long, very thin shoot last year which I zig-zagged up.
Today's first bloom is Gertrude Jekyll. It is flowering almost on top of the fence, so had to stand on tiptoes to take this photo. It is indeed a bright pink and has that fantastic rose fragrance. I think the first blooms are more fragrant than any subsequent flowers. What do you think?
Oxford. The City of Dreaming Spires.
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils (roses). Taking a bit of liberty with Wordsworth
@Eustace - I’ve found that too - first flowers in early/mid summer have a stronger scent.
@zugenie - the reason for having the lowest wire a greater distance from the ground than the distance between subsequent wires is so you don’t get blooms touching the ground, and also to raise it up so it’s not hidden by planting in front.
Ive just been thinking about it today. Meant to say that in my previous response.
@zugenie I think you have a potted kiwi threading through the top wire. The kiwi is best planted in the ground, away from the roses, as in my experience, it is a thug and when it flowers/fruits you don't want to have thorns in the way.
Oxford. The City of Dreaming Spires.
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils (roses). Taking a bit of liberty with Wordsworth
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@WhereAreMySecateurs, I had no success with cuttings actually but then I didnt buy any gritty soil either, just used normal MPC. I did manage to have three own root plants though. I have burried the graft in soil while planting original roses and when I saw a plant had sent a new basal cane at a distance from original one, i very carefully removed soil under it and when i found a bit of the cane which was rooted, i cut it out. Then I potted up that rooted cane/new basal shoot.Â
Jacqueline du Pre, planted last spring. very lovely and sooo fragrant.Â
Stick it in a pot of something that drains well. I just use my own garden soil as the top layer is quite sandy.
Leave over winter outside in a sheltered spot and check in spring for signs of life.
Success rate is pretty high, 5 in 6 taken and grown on into plants.
I'm still waiting to see if those mystery canes I've got are going to take. One has started to shrivel a bit at the top and there's some spreading pale brown from the top. But no darkening around the base. So there's still hope they might root, or have already rooted.
They weren't ideal cutting material as the top buds had already started and then gone black and been lost. So my only hope is if they root and then grow basal shoots from the same nodes. Which is entirely possible.
Hardwood canes take time but can be left out in the garden (this is hertfordshire/ West midlands area).. if you are using soft wood cuttings (I have not tried this method) then you probably might need a greenhouse with humidity dome and leave atleast a couple of leaves on them..
Roses and clematis
1st small bloom on Paul Noel, both its shape and colour are slightly untypical.
And the whole plant. It produced a very long, very thin shoot last year which I zig-zagged up.
@zugenie - the reason for having the lowest wire a greater distance from the ground than the distance between subsequent wires is so you don’t get blooms touching the ground, and also to raise it up so it’s not hidden by planting in front.
Ive just been thinking about it today. Meant to say that in my previous response.