Peter, ordering from TCL went smooth for me as well. I am using them for the first time but some members have mentioned about mislabeled roses. In regards to delivery from NL, anywhere between 10 days to 2 weeks once they ship. One of my shipments from NL was lost for almost a month (a different supplier). May be I was just unlucky.
Regarding pruning.. the climate is so unpredictable now a days, with cold blast expected for atleast 4 days next week.. That is one reason I am putting off my pruning till late Jan or 1st week of Feb..
I'm really relieved that yesterday was too wet to plant Munstead Wood in the place in the border I'd earmarked for it. This is what happened in the wind and rain last night:
...and MW would have been under those branches...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
I wouldn't be feeding roses before March... April even in the coldest parts..
British soils get depleted of Nitrogen [N] and Potassium [K] through winter rains, so it's quite important to make sure our fertilizer choices has adequate amounts of these... Potash [P] not so much..
Trace elements are also essential for roses to look their best.. a decent fertilizer should have all these.. I've just received in the post a bottle of Seaweed and Sequestered Iron liquid feed, as my soil ph is quite high, and I like to have it on hand for Spring..
I slept through it, @Marlorena! Not sure what the prognosis is for the tree though. We have a tree surgeon coming on Monday to advise. The other side of the front garden has honey fungus so we've got our fingers crossed that it hasn't spread... otherwise I'm going to have to re-think where to put all these roses...
We have rather too much garden, to be honest; I love gardening and spend as much time as possible doing it, but I'm getting older and creakier. It's a third of an acre in total, and was all grass apart from some trees at the back when we moved here three years ago. We now have fruit trees in a meadow area behind the house, which is not too labour-intensive. I can't stop digging out borders in the front though.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Yeah, I know the feeling... sometimes I wish I had a little paved garden with a couple of pots.. I've gardened with honey fungus, it's quite a shock to find one morning that beautiful flowering shrubs have collapsed and died overnight.. I only lost 1 rose to it though.. it's a tricky one.. I was reluctant to buy expensive plants but couldn't help but buy what I wanted and took the chance..
Here I have the delights of rosebay willowherb and field horsetail. They will get the better of me in the end but until then, I fight on..
Thanks for your advice on fertiliser @Marlorena, I thought it was far too early but thought I'd better check.
Do hope the honey fungus hasn't spread @Liriodendron, that would be a pain. I had thought some years ago that we had right in the front of the garden as several things died unexpectedly but it doesn't seem to have got any worse - fingers crossed.
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Peter, ordering from TCL went smooth for me as well. I am using them for the first time but some members have mentioned about mislabeled roses. In regards to delivery from NL, anywhere between 10 days to 2 weeks once they ship. One of my shipments from NL was lost for almost a month (a different supplier). May be I was just unlucky.
Regarding pruning.. the climate is so unpredictable now a days, with cold blast expected for atleast 4 days next week.. That is one reason I am putting off my pruning till late Jan or 1st week of Feb..
...and MW would have been under those branches...
British soils get depleted of Nitrogen [N] and Potassium [K] through winter rains, so it's quite important to make sure our fertilizer choices has adequate amounts of these... Potash [P] not so much..
Trace elements are also essential for roses to look their best.. a decent fertilizer should have all these..
I've just received in the post a bottle of Seaweed and Sequestered Iron liquid feed, as my soil ph is quite high, and I like to have it on hand for Spring..
I must say, you have a decent expanse of garden though,, notwithstanding..
We have rather too much garden, to be honest; I love gardening and spend as much time as possible doing it, but I'm getting older and creakier. It's a third of an acre in total, and was all grass apart from some trees at the back when we moved here three years ago. We now have fruit trees in a meadow area behind the house, which is not too labour-intensive. I can't stop digging out borders in the front though.
I've gardened with honey fungus, it's quite a shock to find one morning that beautiful flowering shrubs have collapsed and died overnight.. I only lost 1 rose to it though.. it's a tricky one.. I was reluctant to buy expensive plants but couldn't help but buy what I wanted and took the chance..
Here I have the delights of rosebay willowherb and field horsetail. They will get the better of me in the end but until then, I fight on..
Do hope the honey fungus hasn't spread @Liriodendron, that would be a pain. I had thought some years ago that we had right in the front of the garden as several things died unexpectedly but it doesn't seem to have got any worse - fingers crossed.