That’s a lot of roses, @Tack. Looking forward to seeing them all!
Harlow Carr. This is one to prune like a hedge… I’m not sure how to go about it 🫤. I’ll probably just let it be.
Medeo is still hanging on to some leaves and hips.
Is it fine if I plant roses in pots now and replant them in the ground in February? Or do I have to wait until July so not to interfere with root development?
I have more pitter-patterActually I wanted to ask about pruning Standards and thought you would be the expert with your beautiful HC. I keep looking at DA standards, only 5 varieties left in stock but HC is one of them.
Edit, meant to say I won't plant the 6 bare root roses that I planted up in 6lt DA pots in Nov/Dec until May /June. Given it is so cold and you've just potted yours I think you would be fine, we are advised that heeling in bare roots until you can get to them is fine so potting them for a very few weeks should be similar
No problem with temp potting up of a bare root, until at least mid March, from then they start to grow rapidly, but even after that, they would only suffer a temporary check when tipping out.. Just treat as a bare root when emptying out to plant.. very little root growth between now and late Feb..
As for 'Harlow Carr'.. if mine, I think I'd just trim the outside using gloves and pruners, maybe upto 1/3rd reduction, removing the thinnest, twiggiest bits, however I'd look at the centre as it appears a touch congested, so I'd want to see if a stem or two might need taking out there.. Otherwise it's quite a nice shape..
@Victoria Sponge, @Marlorena, Thank you ladies. LA, is one of the members of my, 'newish' now, border of whites and pale tints roses underplanted with grey and silver foliage plants, on which you both contributed during it's development. I like grasses, which I find a good foil with most things, and included festuca for it's colour. The stipa tenuissima is self seeded from other areas. It can stay but I do edit it quite zealously to prevent it taking over.
I’m very much a standard-growing newbie, but so far, I’ve found little out there by way of pruning guidance. I assume we just treat the like any other rose - prune to shape and thin as necessary to reduce congestion, as Marlorena says.
So on the basis I know nuffin, @pitter-patter, a trick that helps me is imagining a dome or circle over a rose I’m about to prune, moving said shape around each side, pruning off the excess outside the curved line - something like this:
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Harlow Carr. This is one to prune like a hedge… I’m not sure how to go about it 🫤. I’ll probably just let it be.
Just treat as a bare root when emptying out to plant.. very little root growth between now and late Feb..
As for 'Harlow Carr'.. if mine, I think I'd just trim the outside using gloves and pruners, maybe upto 1/3rd reduction, removing the thinnest, twiggiest bits, however I'd look at the centre as it appears a touch congested, so I'd want to see if a stem or two might need taking out there..
Otherwise it's quite a nice shape..
Are Bathsheba and Crown Princess M sufficiently different to make you need them both?🤔
Thank you ladies.
LA, is one of the members of my, 'newish' now, border of whites and pale tints roses underplanted with grey and silver foliage plants, on which you both contributed during it's development.
I like grasses, which I find a good foil with most things, and included festuca for it's colour. The stipa tenuissima is self seeded from other areas. It can stay but I do edit it quite zealously to prevent it taking over.
So on the basis I know nuffin, @pitter-patter, a trick that helps me is imagining a dome or circle over a rose I’m about to prune, moving said shape around each side, pruning off the excess outside the curved line - something like this:
I have my own hoar frost today, didn't realise it was still so cold out there.. my railings resemble a row of prickly roses..
..thornless 'Wild Rover' looks positively dangerous..