@Victoria Sponge Your Rambling Rosie looks good on the fence. How do you rate the fragrance, please? I've not seen this rose in the flesh but I like the colour and open centred flower. I'm thinking of putting one on an arch but would like something scented really, as it will be easy to enjoy the fragrance there. One site mentioned 'light' fragrance but I think I'd like something more reliably scented.Â
@Woodgreen, personally I would describe it as unscented unfortunately. I wouldn’t recommend it for an area where you are wanting a waft of scent going past.
I would like to join you! I am a very new gardener. We moved into a new house four weeks ago and I am eagerly watching all the new plants that are appearing.
I love roses and brought two David Austins with me in pots (Gertrude Jekyll and Queen of Sweden).
There are several established roses in the garden but as the house was empty for nearly two years I think they have been neglected. I wondered whether there is anything that I could be doing now to help them be their best this year? There are a few climbers/ramblers? and a few bushes but I have no idea what they are.
I have started at page 1 and am reading every post to try to catch up with all the fantastic advice on this thread but any hints and tips are gratefully received!
For those considering The Prince, remember it’s drawbacks too.. young canes and foliage can be easily broken/shredded in wind. It ideally needs a warm, sheltered spot and some support. If you can provide that it’s a fabulous rose.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Hello fledgling, I am also growing a new GJ this year.
I would give all your roses a sprinkling of rose feed (I use one called Empathy Rose After Plant or similar) around the roots and a bit of a water as it's been so dry.
If your roses bloom this year and you post pics, some of the resident rose geniuses (and one in particular👸) might be able to identify them or at least hazard good guesses.
Thanks for the tip on The Prince, Nollie. Some roses are just so gorgeous they're worth the mollycoddling, aren't they?
For the roses, I would say apply a slow release rose food at the base of plants, and water them. You can get any rose food, I usually buy Wilko rose food and follow the dose instruction as per box. If you have any compost/soil improver, to be honest anything organic material you can mulch them after applying feed.
I have a question. Is it all right to have a rose in your veg/herb patch? Or to put a bit of a herb/veg patch around an existing rose that's happy there on an obelisk (it was previously an annual flower bed but I have been given some herbs and just bought some oca / NZ yams and will have to find a home for them)? I don't know if they make good bedfellows.
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One site mentioned 'light' fragrance but I think I'd like something more reliably scented.Â
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I would like to join you! I am a very new gardener. We moved into a new house four weeks ago and I am eagerly watching all the new plants that are appearing.
I love roses and brought two David Austins with me in pots (Gertrude Jekyll and Queen of Sweden).
There are several established roses in the garden but as the house was empty for nearly two years I think they have been neglected. I wondered whether there is anything that I could be doing now to help them be their best this year? There are a few climbers/ramblers? and a few bushes but I have no idea what they are.
I have started at page 1 and am reading every post to try to catch up with all the fantastic advice on this thread but any hints and tips are gratefully received!
Its a good forum to be if you are a rose lover.. (except for the walletÂ
For the roses, I would say apply a slow release rose food at the base of plants, and water them. You can get any rose food, I usually buy Wilko rose food and follow the dose instruction as per box. If you have any compost/soil improver, to be honest anything organic material you can mulch them after applying feed.
Enjoy new home and roses.