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Do Peter Beales Roses
Hi rose lovers...
I've had some wonderful success this year with the few roses I have so I've decided to order some container from Peter Beales because they seemed like a great idea price-wise etc too.
Was going to buy via David Austin who are really quick but the difference in price for 5 more roses was sufficient to wait... are they as good? Do they come in good rose plant pots etc?
Got 2 climbers: Iceberg & Uetersen (thinking for for either side of quite a large magnolia that is very uninteresting except for spring)
And 3 shrub roses: St Ethelburga, Bonica & Westerland
Do you have experience of any of these in UK - Situ: front garden not sunny all day but ok all afternoon.
The roses + bonemeal and Root Boost all for under £100 - pretty good pricing at the moment with their discount code isn't it.... DAustin would have almost cost double that.
Also, current delivery says 10-14 working - does it usually take that long do you know?
Thank you
I've had some wonderful success this year with the few roses I have so I've decided to order some container from Peter Beales because they seemed like a great idea price-wise etc too.
Was going to buy via David Austin who are really quick but the difference in price for 5 more roses was sufficient to wait... are they as good? Do they come in good rose plant pots etc?
Got 2 climbers: Iceberg & Uetersen (thinking for for either side of quite a large magnolia that is very uninteresting except for spring)
And 3 shrub roses: St Ethelburga, Bonica & Westerland
Do you have experience of any of these in UK - Situ: front garden not sunny all day but ok all afternoon.
The roses + bonemeal and Root Boost all for under £100 - pretty good pricing at the moment with their discount code isn't it.... DAustin would have almost cost double that.
Also, current delivery says 10-14 working - does it usually take that long do you know?
Thank you
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The staff are generally helpful, knowledgeable and straightforward to deal with, so I'd definitely give them a ring and just ask them.
Does it matter if they take 14 days to arrive? Or are you trying to time delivery round a holiday or something? If so, they are the sort of company to try and organise an earlier or later delivery to suit you.
My own thoughts are that it wouldn't normally take 14 working days but I guess they are leaving themselves that flexibility in case of staff sickness, courier delays, staff holidays etc
If they have the staff in and the roses you want are already potted up I would think they'd send them out asap. The only way to know though is to ask.
I'd say Trevor White, Styles and David Austin have always delivered fantastic quality roses and very promptly. Styles is next day, TW within 3 days, DA within 4. Also had very good experiences with Eastcroft and Rumwoods, who also delivered within 2 days.
You are so lucky to live nearby. I'm sure I'll be happy when they do arrive - thank you x
Peat-free comp0st is one of the problems. Once dehydrated, it is almost impossible to rehydrate.
Bare-rooted planting in the off-season allows the roots inyimate contact with the native soil.
On my current poor sandy soil in shade, I find that gallica roses on their own roots, or planted deeply, will sucker about freely and pop up evrywhere, (Not to everybody's taste.). Albas are similarly successful but with less suckering.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
I bought Westerland from them as a shrub but it really wants to be a climber! I like it in their garden but later saw that they prune it quite severely.
TW potted roses in May
Style Roses potted roses in June