Thanks everyone for being so kind and helpful. I’m still finding my feet on this forum so not sure how to do the @.
I’m really annoyed I didn’t see TCL sooner as I would’ve loved some DA standards but I’ve put a few in my basket which are still nice. Quite fancied a LEH, even in a shrub rose but they’re all sold out on there. Everyone’s looks so lovely! I love a fragranced rose, their website is confusing as sometimes it says not fragranced but a quick Google search would say otherwise. Hoping I’ve picked some good ones and I can’t wait until I can actually press buy.
@DSrose just type the @ sysmbo, followed immediately (no space) by the start someone’s name, so @DS… and a drop down menu should appear for you to select from. Welcome, by the way to the rose fanatics club! Yes, TCL’s fragrant/not fragrant thing is often way off!
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Oooh, I forgot about red rose day (having the good fortune to not have to observe it ). Beautiful roses everyone It might be bad luck to post photos now but my favourite reds (I have 5 established) are Rambling Rosie, Flanders and Draga. I acquired some new reds this year, Ely Cathedral, Jackdaw (Red Letter Day) and Poppy Rose so will be fun to see how they get on, especially Jackdaw which the gutter cleaning man stood on and broke
I'm assuming no-one got trashed by Storm Otto, I'm unsure where his path was. He unfastened one of the big trellis that Summer Sweetheart is attached to but it mostly stayed in place. I couldn't figure out how it had been attached in the first place (even though I put it up) but did a bit of bodging and got it back levelish. Other than that it just scattered the top of one of my wildlife crap heaps and meddled with the wheelie bins but no harm done.
Great photos of Desdemona and Lady of Shallot. I succumbed to Desdemona last winter and was pleased with how strongly it grew although the flowers did not seem to last long. I feel like I lost out by not getting LoS but I have some new fun trial oranges this year Newsflash and Raymond Carver.
Lots of bulbs showing now and the clems I bought last autumn are showing quite a bit of new growth, good to see
I’ve started digging out a climbing rose bed, but rather feebly because a few days back from the UK I have a stinker of a cold/flu. Every bluddy time I catch something, probably on the return trip, which was a rowdy planeful of Man United fans enroute to a match in Barcelona 🙄
This is the plan, it’s kind of freestanding, at right angles to a hedge, 3m long x 1.2m wide with trellis panels running down the middle. Mme. Isaac Pereire is going on the east side and Blush Noisette and Thomas á Becket on the west, with BN in the corner nearest the hedge.. < hedge. ^ east elevation open end >
I’m wondering if I might have space to squeeze in a shrub rose at the open end next to MIP. Either Indigo, which would have to intertwine with MIP, or Blue for You, which should be more compact. Would either be too much? Any thought please folks?
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
I bought a big packet of Westland Rose Food yesterday because the nursery didn't have a big box of Vitax which is what I usually use. When I opened it this morning, it was big granules of what looked like chicken manure pellets but the box said horse manure (which I'd missed). Was a bit miffed but wanted to get on with the job of feeding the roses, there's lots of new shoots on the majority of them. Used the whole box full at the recommended rate. My OH then went out to get some petrol and bless him, called in at another GC on the way home and bought me back a big box of Vitax as a presie! I forgot to feed two roses so I'll use it on them and see if there's any difference and keep the rest for the summer feed.
Will have to read back to where you were all discussing the different fertilisers, shame I didn't bookmark it.
Hi @Lizzie27 thanks for your input. It’s double sided in open ground, sorry if that wasn’t clear! I have a total of 6m/20ft of fence in reality.
The plan was for MIP to have the full three metre/10ft width on the east face. The other 3m west elevation for Blush Noisette and shrub rose/short climber Thomas á Becket.
It might be over ambitious to think I could squeeze another shrub rose on the end next to MIP. I don’t know how Blue for You or indeed Indigo will do for me, but the east elevation would get morning sun only and the hedge does have a slight cooling effect. Every rose is an experiment here 😆
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
@Nollie, forgive me if I'm being dense but if the roses are on each side of the trellises, won't they mingle? Or is that the effect you are aiming for?
Sorry to hear you've caught another bug Nollie,.. wish I could help with your plans but I get completely baffled by drawings and designs as I can never see a garden in them.. hope others can help..
@Lizzie27 ..gosh you must be a couple of weeks ahead of me.. I did some mulching today, but I want to see what March is like.. I can't help but think there's still some winter left, at least for where I am.. Hope to get to a GC this week, I've not been out for some 4 months.. Dobbies do some nice things..
No new roses for now @Marlorena Last purchase was the one from Henry street. They prune their new season potted HTs pretty short...
Would like to know what you and others bought.. I am waiting on the new Austins.. no hint of announcement so far.. Having said that, I need to find spaces for them if I go with the purchase..
I replaced little bit of top layer from all pots and topped with new compost.. but had to stop half way as I ran out of compost.. so another run to garden centre tomorrow..
There are a few roses in 2L pots.. these are cuttings from last year.. anyone know if I can leave them there for another year? I have Munstead, Poets wife, Royal Jubilee, Julia Child and Lyda...
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I love a fragranced rose, their website is confusing as sometimes it says not fragranced but a quick Google search would say otherwise. Hoping I’ve picked some good ones and I can’t wait until I can actually press buy.
Welcome to the thread @DSrose
I'm assuming no-one got trashed by Storm Otto, I'm unsure where his path was. He unfastened one of the big trellis that Summer Sweetheart is attached to but it mostly stayed in place. I couldn't figure out how it had been attached in the first place (even though I put it up) but did a bit of bodging and got it back levelish. Other than that it just scattered the top of one of my wildlife crap heaps and meddled with the wheelie bins but no harm done.
Great photos of Desdemona and Lady of Shallot. I succumbed to Desdemona last winter and was pleased with how strongly it grew although the flowers did not seem to last long. I feel like I lost out by not getting LoS but I have some new fun trial oranges this year Newsflash and Raymond Carver.
Lots of bulbs showing now and the clems I bought last autumn are showing quite a bit of new growth, good to see
This is the plan, it’s kind of freestanding, at right angles to a hedge, 3m long x 1.2m wide with trellis panels running down the middle. Mme. Isaac Pereire is going on the east side and Blush Noisette and Thomas á Becket on the west, with BN in the corner nearest the hedge..
< hedge. ^ east elevation open end >
I’m wondering if I might have space to squeeze in a shrub rose at the open end next to MIP. Either Indigo, which would have to intertwine with MIP, or Blue for You, which should be more compact. Would either be too much? Any thought please folks?
I like Blue for You for its flowering ability but would it cope with your hot temps?
I forgot to feed two roses so I'll use it on them and see if there's any difference and keep the rest for the summer feed.
Will have to read back to where you were all discussing the different fertilisers, shame I didn't bookmark it.
It might be over ambitious to think I could squeeze another shrub rose on the end next to MIP. I don’t know how Blue for You or indeed Indigo will do for me, but the east elevation would get morning sun only and the hedge does have a slight cooling effect. Every rose is an experiment here 😆
I'm absolutely sure you know what you're doing!!
@Lizzie27
..gosh you must be a couple of weeks ahead of me.. I did some mulching today, but I want to see what March is like.. I can't help but think there's still some winter left, at least for where I am..
Hope to get to a GC this week, I've not been out for some 4 months.. Dobbies do some nice things..
Would like to know what you and others bought.. I am waiting on the new Austins.. no hint of announcement so far.. Having said that, I need to find spaces for them if I go with the purchase..
I replaced little bit of top layer from all pots and topped with new compost.. but had to stop half way as I ran out of compost.. so another run to garden centre tomorrow..
There are a few roses in 2L pots.. these are cuttings from last year.. anyone know if I can leave them there for another year? I have Munstead, Poets wife, Royal Jubilee, Julia Child and Lyda...