Thanks for all the purple suggestions people. @Nollie and @Mr. Vine Eye those pictures are awesome and have certainly made me re-think my purple rose choice .
@purplerallim I could not agree more. I bought two established Chandos B (15-20L pot) from Harkness. One in the ground and one in a pot. The one in the ground is half the size of the one in the pot and the potted one reached full matured height in a single season.
I find roses in pots need more frequent feeding and watering since they lose water and nutrients quicker so maybe they establish quicker because of that? I definitely feed mine more in a pot. Plus the drainage is much better than my heavy clay in the ground.
Alexandria of Kent first week of June:
And after just 7 weeks here’s the second flush which had 50-60 blooms easily:
@marlorena was saying she puts a lot of her roses in pots to establish them quicker even if they are going to end up in the ground. Based on what mine have done I’m doing the same this year with most of my bare roots.
The Fairy looks nice and healthy still with lots of foliage @Lizzie27. Couriers do drive me mental, can’t follow instructions nor deliver anything unless they can enter it into their satnav!
I’ve got a few still trying to bloom too, most don’t open properly but a few manage..
Super Trooper:
A small Munstead Wood:
I think we’ve just spoilt you for choice @Alfie_ 😆
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Growing them on in a pot is also a good way for me of finding out a) if I like a rose and b) if it can cope with my conditions and high disease pressures.
PAoK was a no for me because it got really bad blackspot and the blooms turned coral in heat. Charles Darwin turned a horrible dirty cream with browning edges and Forever Royal just hated the heat and looked dreadful. There is a good reason I go through so many roses, apart from sheer curiosity/acquisitiveness!
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
So annoying about the Courier, hard to understand how this happens if they've been to you before. Hope you get a refund anyway Nollie..
Still on purple roses for pots, I used to have this one called 'Midnight Blue'.. No photos as I lost them a while back. I was really disappointed in the first few weeks with this rose, however I should add that it improved the longer I had it, and it produced large clusters of clove scented deep purple blooms on a healthy plant, with few thorns as I recall, as the season progressed.. very suitable for an average pot. It just had one fault which I highlighted, well 2 as the blooms didn't last long.
I found this old thread I started on another forum I used to inhabit, and it amused me to revisit it [I'm 'User'].. The breeder Tom Carruth, who also bred AB Fab amongst so many others, made a comment further down telling me how well it does for him, - well he would wouldn't he.. He writes under the name 'hugogurll'..
Lol. I wonder what hugogurrl would say about my sad little Ebb Tide. 😉
Eta: Clove-scented sounds really good. The thing I liked most about Ebb Tide was the terrific Christmas mince-pie fragrance. (I have replaced it with Twilight Zone, Fragrant Plum, Forever Royal, Blue for You, Love Song and Munstead Wood... to cover as many purpley bases as possible haha)
Alfie, missed your PAoK earlier- stunner! Mine was blooming up until about a week ago. Now under a mountain of snow.
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I'd be very surprised if that isn't Thomas a Becket as the thorny canes are identical to what I know as TaB.. it just has that look about it..
I’ve got a few still trying to bloom too, most don’t open properly but a few manage..
Super Trooper:
A small Munstead Wood:
I think we’ve just spoilt you for choice @Alfie_ 😆
Your PAOK looks great, I'm thinking about possibly moving mine into a pot.
I should have grown it on to start with as it was quite a small potted one to start with.
It's starting to put out the odd stronger cane but it's in quite a shaded position.
Great smell so would me nice to have her higher up.
I'll definitely take cuttings at some point but don't currently have much in the way of suitable material.
Growing them on in a pot is also a good way for me of finding out a) if I like a rose and b) if it can cope with my conditions and high disease pressures.
PAoK was a no for me because it got really bad blackspot and the blooms turned coral in heat. Charles Darwin turned a horrible dirty cream with browning edges and Forever Royal just hated the heat and looked dreadful. There is a good reason I go through so many roses, apart from sheer curiosity/acquisitiveness!
Still on purple roses for pots, I used to have this one called 'Midnight Blue'.. No photos as I lost them a while back.
I was really disappointed in the first few weeks with this rose, however I should add that it improved the longer I had it, and it produced large clusters of clove scented deep purple blooms on a healthy plant, with few thorns as I recall, as the season progressed.. very suitable for an average pot. It just had one fault which I highlighted, well 2 as the blooms didn't last long.
I found this old thread I started on another forum I used to inhabit, and it amused me to revisit it [I'm 'User'].. The breeder Tom Carruth, who also bred AB Fab amongst so many others, made a comment further down telling me how well it does for him, - well he would wouldn't he..
He writes under the name 'hugogurll'..
https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/5728616/so-this-is-midnight-blue#n=14
Eta: Clove-scented sounds really good. The thing I liked most about Ebb Tide was the terrific Christmas mince-pie fragrance. (I have replaced it with Twilight Zone, Fragrant Plum, Forever Royal, Blue for You, Love Song and Munstead Wood... to cover as many purpley bases as possible haha)
Alfie, missed your PAoK earlier- stunner! Mine was blooming up until about a week ago. Now under a mountain of snow.