Hi all, I had a good few hours in the garden today so I did some more pruning. All done apart from Malvern Hills (a few hours of work in itself!)
I was brave and started with Ghislaine and it wasn’t as bad as I’d feared. I managed to find a secure and non-plant-squashing spot for my ladder. Got her nicely secured with new ties and given a good haircut.
‘Scuse the mess of leaves on the windowsill - there’s a ladybird hibernating in there, so I left them.
Kew Gardens - some absolutely enormous canes off this.
Sad to cut off the hips - The Generous Gardener
Royal Jubilee and Mary Delaney
Oh, and this caught me by surprise (literally) a thorn on Kew Gardens, first I’ve ever had.
Peter Beales have 35% off ALL bare root roses until 6th Feb using code FEB35. And using code PBROSE50 you now get 50% off the 11 roses that I listed earlier.
Nice work @Mr. Vine Eye I wanted to do the pair of GdF this weekend but I will hold off. They are forecasting frost.
I survived Guirlande although the canes got constantly stuck in my hair . But GdF is also a devil in disguise
Maybe just some defoliation work on Pink Cloud. Decided to give it one year additional and if again a mildew mess it will be shovel pruned next year.
btw if I look at the prices DA bareroots UK , I ‘ m falling of my chair.🪑 i was already complaining that I had to pay 17€ ( a DA from Lens) but they had Scentimental and TCL did not.
@Super gardener - was wondering that myself two weeks ago, an exact min temp for pruning - couldn’t find definitive answer, but did find the rough number -2 or higher, fine. Lower than that no.
But depends on the microclimate of your garden too.
If in doubt I’d air on the side of caution. Glad I did two weeks ago as it ended up being much much colder than originally forecast. -2 turned into -5
I would find that over cautious for our temperate maritime climate in the UK, any cuts you make soon harden over. I can't say I've ever worried about it, so I prune whenever I feel like it..
Just a heads up for Burncoose in Cornwall. I ordered a couple of plants on Wednesday, and they were delivered yesterday, Friday.. a rapid turnaround.. They do sell roses, quite a nice selection too, around 12.50 each.. not sure if they're bare root or potted..
I cut off an infestation of black ones while pruning Gabriel Oak. Also smushed several on Bathsheba and Lady of the Lake as both of those have leaves showing already.
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‘Scuse the mess of leaves on the windowsill - there’s a ladybird hibernating in there, so I left them.
I wanted to do the pair of GdF this weekend but I will hold off. They are forecasting frost.
Maybe just some defoliation work on Pink Cloud. Decided to give it one year additional and if again a mildew mess it will be shovel pruned next year.
btw if I look at the prices DA bareroots UK , I ‘ m falling of my chair.🪑
i was already complaining that I had to pay 17€ ( a DA from Lens)
but they had Scentimental and TCL did not.
But depends on the microclimate of your garden too.
If in doubt I’d air on the side of caution. Glad I did two weeks ago as it ended up being much much colder than originally forecast. -2 turned into -5
https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1024190/rose-pruning
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Just a heads up for Burncoose in Cornwall. I ordered a couple of plants on Wednesday, and they were delivered yesterday, Friday.. a rapid turnaround.. They do sell roses, quite a nice selection too, around 12.50 each.. not sure if they're bare root or potted..
I cut off an infestation of black ones while pruning Gabriel Oak. Also smushed several on Bathsheba and Lady of the Lake as both of those have leaves showing already.