I have seen blackspot now on Blush China. It always gets some but usually quite late on in the season. It's been a strange spring though, too much new growth in March, on all sorts of things, not just roses. A hard frost last night seems to have caught Ghislaine. It had looked really good since I transplanted it, and even earlier today. But I noticed about an hour ago that most of the shoots are wilting. There had been a succession of frosty nights but last night must have been much worse -- the magnolia had been fine, but now it's looking dreadful, all the flowers are brown.
,@Marlorena, when three shoots grow from one point is it better to remove one, or two, or leave them be?
I leave them, but it does produce a kind of witches broom effect, and the blooms can be smaller, but it's not something I'm going to fuss over. One sees it a lot in Spring, it's generally considered to be caused by Boron deficiency in the soil, which is why it's important to feed roses that contain these trace elements or micro nutrients.
The central shoot should always be the dominant shoot [apical dominance] but lack of Boron causes it to lose that dominance, and shoots either side break out at the same time..
Thanks @Marlorena, it's something I've always wondered about, and when I pruned Queen of Denmark recently I could see it had happened a lot last year on that rose.
@ciaranmcgrenera its supposed to be one of the best Austins! I brought it for mum last year. Pot should be fine, my potted roses are in the same (good old homebase palladian pots!)
.. @Victoria Sponge .. was that for your washing line VS? do you not need it now? if it's not required as a washing line then I would have used it to give height to that area, I would feel it's lacking some height in the centre, so either a tall obelisk, or I would have used that pole and planted a climbing... well you know what, up it..Â
We had to have our beloved springer PTS on Friday. We have ordered 'Our special girl' in her honour. As a move may be on the cards in a year or so, we will grow in a large tub, which can be taken with us.
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A hard frost last night seems to have caught Ghislaine. It had looked really good since I transplanted it, and even earlier today. But I noticed about an hour ago that most of the shoots are wilting.
There had been a succession of frosty nights but last night must have been much worse -- the magnolia had been fine, but now it's looking dreadful, all the flowers are brown.
,@Marlorena, when three shoots grow from one point is it better to remove one, or two, or leave them be?
I leave them, but it does produce a kind of witches broom effect, and the blooms can be smaller, but it's not something I'm going to fuss over. One sees it a lot in Spring, it's generally considered to be caused by Boron deficiency in the soil, which is why it's important to feed roses that contain these trace elements or micro nutrients.
The central shoot should always be the dominant shoot [apical dominance] but lack of Boron causes it to lose that dominance, and shoots either side break out at the same time..
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.. was that for your washing line VS? do you not need it now? if it's not required as a washing line then I would have used it to give height to that area, I would feel it's lacking some height in the centre, so either a tall obelisk, or I would have used that pole and planted a climbing... well you know what, up it..Â
We have ordered 'Our special girl' in her honour.
As a move may be on the cards in a year or so, we will grow in a large tub, which can be taken with us.