I continue to sing the praises of Taylor's Clematis.. I ordered Wed. arrived today..
..if only ordering one, it comes in a long cardboard tube container, with lids top and bottom.. the lower lid is stuck to the pot which just eases out... I've not seen this before, so I think it's brilliant..
Aren't roses amazing... a small little piece of pruning of 'Silas Marner' must have dropped into the soil last autumn, and now I have an own root.. I can tell it's that rose due to its most colourful spring foliage and the fringed stipules, and it's near to where I had it..
I've already mulched some of my roses, they always look better for it.. especially fresh bare root plantings.. this HT I pruned back to about 2 inches..
@newbie77 How far away have you planted your Austins? Did you overlap as mentioned in DA planting guide or gave them their proper mature distance?
@WAMS I just posted a pic in another thread.. mine was in really bad shape compared to yours, but now I have some glimpse of hope that it will make it.. don't lose hope.. It should grow fine.. but yeah, agree that it is not a good bare root specimen from Harkness..
@cooldoc, they are closer than mature size. I had to plant most of the pink purple ones in that space, so closer than what I would have liked.
I shouldn't have bought so many at the first place. I am very careful when I buy clothes and household items and never have extra. Anyway, they were for cut flowers and will still serve the purpose.
@Marlorena, I agree, that's very good packaging for your clematis. You're braver than me in cutting back your HT, I presume it's an established bush? I went for 6-8 inches. Apparently a rough rule of thumb is the height of your secateurs!
I've fed all and mulched some of my roses. It's usually quite mild in the south west so I've taken a chance while a) I feel in the mood and b) the weather is good. Just a bit worried about my GJ and WC though, I gave them a hard prune this year and no sign of sprouts yet.
At a standstill today, woke up with horrible vertigo so confined to a chair.
Enjoy the weekend folks, happy rose gardening to all.
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..if only ordering one, it comes in a long cardboard tube container, with lids top and bottom.. the lower lid is stuck to the pot which just eases out... I've not seen this before, so I think it's brilliant..
I'm just trying to be as light handed as I possibly can be so not cutting anything back or tidying until the frosts are well behind.
I'll mulch at the same time.
Everything's really come on over the last week.
I've already mulched some of my roses, they always look better for it.. especially fresh bare root plantings.. this HT I pruned back to about 2 inches..
@WAMS I just posted a pic in another thread.. mine was in really bad shape compared to yours, but now I have some glimpse of hope that it will make it.. don't lose hope.. It should grow fine.. but yeah, agree that it is not a good bare root specimen from Harkness..
I hard pruned this on planting, which seems to have done it no harm.
I shouldn't have bought so many at the first place. I am very careful when I buy clothes and household items and never have extra. Anyway, they were for cut flowers and will still serve the purpose.
I've fed all and mulched some of my roses. It's usually quite mild in the south west so I've taken a chance while a) I feel in the mood and b) the weather is good. Just a bit worried about my GJ and WC though, I gave them a hard prune this year and no sign of sprouts yet.
At a standstill today, woke up with horrible vertigo so confined to a chair.
Enjoy the weekend folks, happy rose gardening to all.
Yes Lizzie, established, but I felt it needed a good chop down.. it's more of a shrubby type so I wouldn't normally cut it back that far..
I get vertigo sometimes.. wishing you well over the weekend..
They say we're in for another drought if we don't get some decent rain soon.. no sign of any here, just the odd shower..