The rose is against a west facing wall @Marlorena, so it gets full sun all afternoon and early evening.  I tried lifting those flowering stems but the pruned cane they are growing from is too stiff to allow me to lift it up. Or maybe I'm being too gentle for fear of it breaking. I think I need to start doubling the expected size of roses as well as geraniums...... I perhaps would have been better off planting it with the two stronger stems at each side, rather than front and back, but I expected more basals to emerge this year and nothing has. It's a learning curve I suppose. Next time I order I'll request 'short and stumpy please,' if it's for a pot!
The rose is against a west facing wall @Marlorena, so it gets full sun all afternoon and early evening. Â
I'm inclined to think that is your answer really, no morning sun. They will try and reach out for it if they don't get any.. a rose's top growth is geared towards the East and South..
Love your garden so much, Omori. Following your EV woes as I have also planted mine where she will be leaning towards the sun, Woodgreen.
Not a rose (sorry) but the bedding geranium they sell as "Rosebud Tommy." Behind: the neighbour's frankly hideous kitchen extension on our boundary, which I have permission to grow climbers up. It's 12ft tall, probably more than 15ft long, total eyesore- what would you cover it with?
The rose is against a west facing wall @Marlorena, so it gets full sun all afternoon and early evening. Â
I'm inclined to think that is your answer really, no morning sun. They will try and reach out for it if they don't get any.. a rose's top growth is geared towards the East and South..
Maybe turn the pot around?..Â
I can see what you mean @Marlorena, but how annoying. The DA info says it's ideal for shady areas (symbol shows half sun, half shade.) I had a job putting the container in place empty, then getting it level, so I'll not be able to move it now it's full I'm afraid. Next to it in a smaller pot is 'Marie Pavie'. This rose does present it's best side to the south west, but has not 'stretched' for the sun, and it's the same with 'Natalie Nypels' up to now. I'll see how it goes this year, maybe next year too, but if it's going to be a problem I'll have to start looking round for a place in the sun for it, in the ground. Thanks again.
@newbie77 It will be interesting to see if you have any similar issues with 'Eustacia Vye' out of full sun. Your 'Rosebud Tommy' pelargonium is a lovely shade of dark red.
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I tried lifting those flowering stems but the pruned cane they are growing from is too stiff to allow me to lift it up.Â
Or maybe I'm being too gentle for fear of it breaking.
I think I need to start doubling the expected size of roses as well as geraniums......
I perhaps would have been better off planting it with the two stronger stems at each side, rather than front and back, but I expected more basals to emerge this year and nothing has.Â
It's a learning curve I suppose.
Next time I order I'll request 'short and stumpy please,' if it's for a pot!
Many thanks for the replies.
Maybe turn the pot around?..Â
Not a rose (sorry) but the bedding geranium they sell as "Rosebud Tommy." Behind: the neighbour's frankly hideous kitchen extension on our boundary, which I have permission to grow climbers up. It's 12ft tall, probably more than 15ft long, total eyesore- what would you cover it with?
I had a job putting the container in place empty, then getting it level, so I'll not be able to move it now it's full I'm afraid.
Next to it in a smaller pot is 'Marie Pavie'. This rose does present it's best side to the south west, but has not 'stretched' for the sun, and it's the same with 'Natalie Nypels' up to now.
I'll see how it goes this year, maybe next year too, but if it's going to be a problem I'll have to start looking round for a place in the sun for it, in the ground.
Thanks again.
@newbie77 It will be interesting to see if you have any similar issues with 'Eustacia Vye' out of full sun. Your 'Rosebud Tommy' pelargonium is a lovely shade of dark red.