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Malvern Hills Rose dead, mystery.

Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
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So sad, my gorgeous Malvern Hills rose was huge when we moved to this cottage in 2018, couldn't walk under the arch. It was gorgeous in 2020 and now it looks dead. It should be covered in little shoots now. I think it's quite old. Does anyone have any idea why and do you know if I could plant another rose here if I dig it up and replace the soil?








Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    edited March 2023
    I take it you've tried the scratch test @Busy-Lizzie ?
    If you replace the soil not just in the planting hole but a bit further out as well, l think it's worth a try.

    https://www.rhs.org.uk/prevention-protection/replant-disease
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Yes @AnniD, no green, just brown  :'(
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I think a lot of plants suffered last year Liz with the lack of rain,  can’t remember if you were here or there through the drought. 

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    I was away in France in July and part of August, @Lyn, but someone watered and none of the other roses has suffered.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I think it's drought and heat stress too @Busy-Lizzie and being so large it will have needed 3 or 4 times as much water as the shrub roses to keep going.   I have one here that is only just getting going again and looks to have a few dead stems despite regular watering.  I'm planning to prune my roses tomorrow so will see what's what.

    You can, in theory, plant another rose in the same place if you replace the soil and another trick I've read is to dig a 60cms cube hole and put the new rose inside a cardboard box of that size in fresh soil.  By the time the roots get big enough to penetrate the cardboard the rose will be big and strong.   if you're leaving it over summer again it will need extra watering.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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  • WAMSWAMS Posts: 1,960
    Peter Beales actually sells not just any ordinary cardboard box, but a fancy rose replant cardboard box, for this very purpose.
    https://www.classicroses.co.uk/garden-products/peter-beales-rose-replant-box-128692.html
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    There are 3 other very old climbing roses here too and they are OK.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Thank you @WAMS. Your post hadn't arrived when I posted. I will be getting a replacement rose from Peter Beales, they are only 20 minutes from us.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • coccinellacoccinella Posts: 1,428
    There was a similar question on Friday's GQT. 

    I think the question is towards the end of the programme.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001jst5


    Luxembourg
  • coccinellacoccinella Posts: 1,428
    34:37 

    Luxembourg
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