@Nollie oh my goodness, how stinking cute is smudge!!
Gorgeous frost photos from everyone!!
Not been on here for a while, only rose related thing to report is I’ve found a home for bring me sunshine, assuming it’s still alive, it did awfully last year in a pot
@PeterAberdeen Your new border is going to look great, some good stuff going in there. Looking forward to finished results..
Your roses will be ok for another week.. I've heard of people leaving them in water longer than that, but it's not something I've done myself.. You could always just heel them in temporarily in some earth until ready, tied together all in the same hole..
But I'm going to add more compost and then horse manure to condition the soil even more - over 10 years since it was last worked and so it is a bit compacted by my reckoning. The absence of worms seems to suggest that, but since I started on the border they seem to be returning.
Also time to wire the wall! Anyone got thoughts on the ideal distance between vine eyes? I will be using tensile wire cabling.
Just had a delivery of 12 Asiatic lilies - I have no recollection of ordering them, or maybe I have a secret benefactor! Ah well, something else to be done now.
Roses are going to look gorgeous in that setting @PeterAberdeen, I am enjoying watching the border develop. The mystery Asiatic Lily delivery made me laugh, I've done that.
I've only got my phone but thought I'd join in with wintery pics but only prepared to nip out onto the balcony now it's sunny. minus 6.1C here last night but looking warmer ref the forecast. Thank you for that @rossdriscoll13, good to know I'm more or less on the right track.
I’m deeply envious of your lovely, rich soil @PeterAberdeen and that’s going to be a fantastic wall stuffed with roses. 2m spacing does sound quite close for climbing roses, especially giants like MAC. I’m thinking that only gives each rose a metre of space either side to train them horizontally. But maybe you planning to grow them mostly upright or kind of weave all the long canes together along the length of the wall?
@Marlorena, you have grown more climbing roses than the lot of us put together I suspect! The usual advice though Peter, is to space the wires at around 40-45cm apart starting from the ground and likewise plant from that distance from the wall, angling the rose slightly inwards. I find 30cm planting distance from walls/fences is adequate.
That’s really helpful re standards @rossdriscoll13, do you know if the recommended first year hard prune also applies to weeping standards? I have a newish Ghislaine de Feligonde weeper over a tall umbrella type support and so far I’ve just pruned back a few canes sticking up at odd angles. My gut tells me just to prune lightly and shorten laterals pretty much like a climber..
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Gorgeous frost photos from everyone!!
Not been on here for a while, only rose related thing to report is I’ve found a home for bring me sunshine, assuming it’s still alive, it did awfully last year in a pot
Your new border is going to look great, some good stuff going in there. Looking forward to finished results..
Your roses will be ok for another week.. I've heard of people leaving them in water longer than that, but it's not something I've done myself.. You could always just heel them in temporarily in some earth until ready, tied together all in the same hole..
But I'm going to add more compost and then horse manure to condition the soil even more - over 10 years since it was last worked and so it is a bit compacted by my reckoning. The absence of worms seems to suggest that, but since I started on the border they seem to be returning.
Just had a delivery of 12 Asiatic lilies - I have no recollection of ordering them, or maybe I have a secret benefactor! Ah well, something else to be done now.
Re vine eyes, let me tag @Mr. Vine Eye and @Nollie or anyone else that knows about these things..
I’m deeply envious of your lovely, rich soil @PeterAberdeen and that’s going to be a fantastic wall stuffed with roses. 2m spacing does sound quite close for climbing roses, especially giants like MAC. I’m thinking that only gives each rose a metre of space either side to train them horizontally. But maybe you planning to grow them mostly upright or kind of weave all the long canes together along the length of the wall?
@Marlorena, you have grown more climbing roses than the lot of us put together I suspect! The usual advice though Peter, is to space the wires at around 40-45cm apart starting from the ground and likewise plant from that distance from the wall, angling the rose slightly inwards. I find 30cm planting distance from walls/fences is adequate.
That’s really helpful re standards @rossdriscoll13, do you know if the recommended first year hard prune also applies to weeping standards? I have a newish Ghislaine de Feligonde weeper over a tall umbrella type support and so far I’ve just pruned back a few canes sticking up at odd angles. My gut tells me just to prune lightly and shorten laterals pretty much like a climber..
And so might you and yours.
Your sign-off is very relevant.
Have a good look to see what was the problem, and whether the other trunks are safe.
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