The hot weather is really not good for roses and I am trying hard not to water. The sudden showers dry pretty quickly.
Gentle hermione is growing well
Shropshire lad is definitely improving this year and in a wilder area of the garden. Hoping I will get round to some sort of training this autumn.
Ghislaine has been truly been forgotten since she was planted, I am thinking a little liquid seaweed feed as it is probably too late for the general rose feed. Any suggestions?
@Marlorena amazing thank you so much for the advice! We’ve had very hot weather here for I think 3 weeks now and I’m struggling to keep up with watering the garden so that makes sense!
I’ll give them a good soak tomorrow, I have been using the rose miracle grow but I must admit I’m a week behind on a feed so I’ll do that too.
Where I’ve planted them is new soil as well so I’m not sure on the drainage yet.. I have probably been too cautious for fear of drowning them.
I’m struggling to keep on top of everything, but it’s been so lovely to see all the roses. The hot weather is really affecting some of my roses, particularly Desdemona and the Albrighton rambler. The blooms on my new PAoK are just wilting, so I’m watering it as often as I can, not sure what else I can do.
If you remember I got 2 x Madam Alfred Carrieres in January as bare roots from TLC. As it happened I only planted one into the new border and had the other one spare.
This spare I planted into a north facing position 50cm away from a high (4 mtr) granite wall. So very much shaded and the position is very sheltered. It even has a couple of buds - small, I grant you, but they are present.
My question is this: It seems to be struggling and has a few stems with leaf curl. I also now notice that there is ivy roots all around. Can I lift it and put it immediately into a pot and keep it sheltered (i.e. out of the sun) give it some TLC and feed to help it along? So that I can get in and dig out the ivy and its roots, before putting the MAC back into its place. Also how long should I keep it in the pot before planting it back into the ground.
I realise that the weather is against me re heat and lack of rain - but up here in Aberdeenshire we are not short of water.
Thanks in advance for any advice as I really want this rose to do well.
BTW, I have checked the leaf curl and can see no infestation or beasts that may have caused it. Could it be lack of water and/or do I cut off the affected leaves.
If you can keep it watered then there's likely to be no long term harm in moving it now.
It'll likely set it back a bit and it won't have as much growth this year as it would have if left undisturbed.
Do you have to move it to get at the ivy? If you do it's probably the better option long term to make sure its spot is properly prepared. Little set back now, rather than longer term set back due to being crowded.
Can you take a photo of the leaf curl?
But as with most things, it's probably nothing to really worry about. That's my general attitude to gardening though - nothing to worry about - things will sort themselves out.
Went to my plot to water early this morning.
New Graham Thomas looking good, it has a bud out of shot just opening. I'm weeding around it and then just letting them drop to make a mulch. That's mostly horsetail that looks like straw, but it's the easiest way to deal with it and probably better for soil. Arthur Bell My Kew Gardens, grown from cutting, looking the best it ever has. New red basal and covered in buds.
@PeterAberdeen I have MAC in its 4th year, planted in 2019 on a North/West facing wall that gets only a couple of hour of full sun (I have tall trees on the west facing side of that patio).
In my (little) experience, this rose performance fully follow the rule “sleep, creep, leap”. In its first year I thought I must have a “faulty” specimen of it, it didn’t grow and it didn’t seem very healthy, even though there were a couple of flowers on it.
In its second year it growed a little bit, but not that much, it was about 2m tall and not many new canes came out. I was more than ever thinking my rose was not an healthy one.
Then, in its third year it kind of “exploded” with long canes and many new ones, it got suddenly to 4m tall and very large, full of blooms.
This year it is about 5/6m and keeping growing taller and put new basals out. Its Spring blooming was spectacular, pity I could not take a picture due to bas weather. Its flowers stand well to the rain and it is self-cleaning.
I have to get rid of it because it is really too big and too vigorous for my garden, but it’s a rose I would recommend to anyone who has the large space where to grow it. It is very sturdy and healthy and puts out a lot of blooms, even in the shade.
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Yes Pete, I get them too.. I'm always in awe of the precision..
I agree...nature at it's best.
The hot weather is really not good for roses and I am trying hard not to water. The sudden showers dry pretty quickly.
I’ll give them a good soak tomorrow, I have been using the rose miracle grow but I must admit I’m a week behind on a feed so I’ll do that too.
Where I’ve planted them is new soil as well so I’m not sure on the drainage yet.. I have probably been too cautious for fear of drowning them.
Thank you again!
Felt below the mulch and could still feel a little moisture although we haven't had any rain.
I will have a drought tolerant garden, it doesn't have a choice!
Emily Brontë
If you remember I got 2 x Madam Alfred Carrieres in January as bare roots from TLC. As it happened I only planted one into the new border and had the other one spare.
If you can keep it watered then there's likely to be no long term harm in moving it now.
It'll likely set it back a bit and it won't have as much growth this year as it would have if left undisturbed.
Do you have to move it to get at the ivy? If you do it's probably the better option long term to make sure its spot is properly prepared. Little set back now, rather than longer term set back due to being crowded.
Can you take a photo of the leaf curl?
But as with most things, it's probably nothing to really worry about. That's my general attitude to gardening though - nothing to worry about - things will sort themselves out.
Went to my plot to water early this morning.
New Graham Thomas looking good, it has a bud out of shot just opening. I'm weeding around it and then just letting them drop to make a mulch. That's mostly horsetail that looks like straw, but it's the easiest way to deal with it and probably better for soil.
Arthur Bell
My Kew Gardens, grown from cutting, looking the best it ever has. New red basal and covered in buds.
Harlow Carr
In my (little) experience, this rose performance fully follow the rule “sleep, creep, leap”. In its first year I thought I must have a “faulty” specimen of it, it didn’t grow and it didn’t seem very healthy, even though there were a couple of flowers on it.
In its second year it growed a little bit, but not that much, it was about 2m tall and not many new canes came out. I was more than ever thinking my rose was not an healthy one.
Then, in its third year it kind of “exploded” with long canes and many new ones, it got suddenly to 4m tall and very large, full of blooms.
This year it is about 5/6m and keeping growing taller and put new basals out. Its Spring blooming was spectacular, pity I could not take a picture due to bas weather.
Its flowers stand well to the rain and it is self-cleaning.
I have to get rid of it because it is really too big and too vigorous for my garden, but it’s a rose I would recommend to anyone who has the large space where to grow it. It is very sturdy and healthy and puts out a lot of blooms, even in the shade.