@PeterAberdeen They look ok. I would have planted them a little deeper but not to worry, no need to start again after all the work.. The first one in particular would benefit from a thick surface mulch [no manure] up to the graft, as there's a fair bit of trunk above soil there.. The mulching can wait until Spring, after feeding, if preferred..
As for pruning, I would just leave them be and see how they grow this summer..
Thank you for this ... I still can put more soil on top, as I will be adding more compost across the border so the height can be altered. Should the graft be covered or not, I thought it had to be left above ground. So if I have committed a rookie error it can be easily rectified with just pulling more soil over it.
In the Spring I was going to feed and to put on a compost mulch (not manure). Thanks for the pruning advice.
@PeterAberdeen Currently most nurseries advise to bury the graft union.. a few pages ago Marlorena posted a pic of her bare root in ground.. so something similar to that..
Personal opinion is, yes. I hard pruned Lady EH last year and it remained within a feet. Which is quite small for a shrub rose. So this year, I am planning to just clear off some dead bits and crossing stems if any.
@zugenie Ok, long time since I had that rose, but with those long whippy shoots, it's best to peg them if you want to try that out.. I use green metal canes which are unobtrusive, but any bamboo cane would do, just push into ground and bend the whippy cane into an arch shape, being careful not to snap it off, but these canes are usually very flexible on this rose... tie the end to the cane. It encourages a whole mass of bud breads all along the stem to give more flowers. You don't have to do it but it improves performance, and prevents wind blowing the canes around too..
No, you don't have to prune if you don't want, knowing the name of the rose in question would be good.. some need a kick up the backside by hard pruning, others not so much..
OK, I've just noticed your post above mine with the photos, it wasn't there when I posted, let me have a look at those pics, and see what we think..
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Thank you for this ... I still can put more soil on top, as I will be adding more compost across the border so the height can be altered. Should the graft be covered or not, I thought it had to be left above ground. So if I have committed a rookie error it can be easily rectified with just pulling more soil over it.
In the Spring I was going to feed and to put on a compost mulch (not manure). Thanks for the pruning advice.
edit; pages 155, 158 (Tack's potted roses)
@cooldoc thank you I’ll take a look at those too!!
Am I ok to not really prune a rose this year if it’s not put on much growth? I’ll post some pictures this afternoon to help
City of york, has more horizontal length to go along the wire then I’m going to start training it up
Blue moon:
Bring me sunshine, pretty sure it’s dead:
Ok, long time since I had that rose, but with those long whippy shoots, it's best to peg them if you want to try that out.. I use green metal canes which are unobtrusive, but any bamboo cane would do, just push into ground and bend the whippy cane into an arch shape, being careful not to snap it off, but these canes are usually very flexible on this rose... tie the end to the cane. It encourages a whole mass of bud breads all along the stem to give more flowers.
You don't have to do it but it improves performance, and prevents wind blowing the canes around too..
No, you don't have to prune if you don't want, knowing the name of the rose in question would be good.. some need a kick up the backside by hard pruning, others not so much..
OK, I've just noticed your post above mine with the photos, it wasn't there when I posted, let me have a look at those pics, and see what we think..
Wonder what happened to BMS there.. waterlogged?