Im behind again, It was 32degrees here all last weekend after a hot week.... followed by lashing rain (but not enough, just heavy)...plus wind... I wilted and the roses took a battering. Ive fed them all a nice dose of rose feed as the first flush is mostly done in the middle bed, rhapsody, and the big ramblers. Heres a few pics; Westerland, doing well this year Midsummer nights dream, stunning Checkmate... all blooms this immaculate. Very pretty. Fabulous, a New Zealand rose Flame babylon eyes... brought entirely for colour! Rosa des cistertiens (my fruit salad sweet rose!) finally showing her pink, beautiful.
I realise ive not shared my other standard now its out too. Its in a shadier spot, but probably needs moving to enjoy more over summer. This is weeping standard "Nozomi". The peachy pink rose on the right is Open Arms These two are "Mrs muriel reynolds" and "lady adrianna". Not like the pictures so far, supposed to have interesting mottled pink patterns. I suspect the heat. Hopefully they will look better in cooler weather. I dont dislike them, very pretty they are just not as expected yet. Very shiny healthy foliage though and very heat tolerant. Couple of weeks ago in the evening;
@Marlorena like the look of Amelie Nothomb. Reading the posts on on keeping new roses in pots for first few years i think is shall do the same in future. Must be why both my peace roses have done so poorly after planting last year. Double delight from the back garden. Unknown white, I did smell a fragrance on it yesterday where before I thought it had none, smelt like sort of sweet and syrupy. Oranges and lemons with plenty of buds ready to go.
Another question for all you experts 😀 I bought a climbing rose last year, Idigoletta, that is growing away just fine. However, it has thrown up 2 rather vigorous, thick thorny shoots. It looks way different to the rest of the canes (which are almost thornless). One was growing from the base, just above the soil so I cut it off thinking it was a sucker, but this cane is about 18 inches up the plant! With me being a novice rose grower and the plant fairly new to me I am not sure what to do. Do I cut it off or leave it? Thankyou in advance for your wisdom.
@Emptyheadtime No, not suckers.. that is a good shoot to keep.. I suspect the one you cut off was good too..
Thankyou @Marlorena, it probably was 🙈, rookie mistake. It’s growing well so hopefully it won’t miss it 😀. If my other half asks I will just say I was thinning it out😉.
So is this fairly normal, getting thornless/thorn canes mixed? And as long as the new canes are coming from higher up then I don’t really need to worry if they look a bit different?
@Emptyheadtime Yes, it's not uncommon to get a thornier shoot on a rose that normally has fewer thorns.. remember, in the wild, a rose would use these thorns to climb through other shrubs and protect itself from being devoured.. new shoots like that are like gold dust and should be nurtured and protected as they provide the best blooms later on..
Rule of thumb.. if the new shoot is reddish/purple = good if it's green, with matt leaves and comes from soil level = a sucker..
@Emptyheadtime Yes, it's not uncommon to get a thornier shoot on a rose that normally has fewer thorns.. remember, in the wild, a rose would use these thorns to climb through other shrubs and protect itself from being devoured.. new shoots like that are like gold dust and should be nurtured and protected as they provide the best blooms later on..
Rule of thumb.. if the new shoot is reddish/purple = good if it's green, with matt leaves and comes from soil level = a sucker..
really good advice. Thankyou. Kicking myself for cutting the other one off now.
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Westerland, doing well this year
Midsummer nights dream, stunning
Checkmate... all blooms this immaculate. Very pretty.
Fabulous, a New Zealand rose
Flame babylon eyes... brought entirely for colour!
Rosa des cistertiens (my fruit salad sweet rose!) finally showing her pink, beautiful.
These two are "Mrs muriel reynolds" and "lady adrianna". Not like the pictures so far, supposed to have interesting mottled pink patterns. I suspect the heat. Hopefully they will look better in cooler weather. I dont dislike them, very pretty they are just not as expected yet. Very shiny healthy foliage though and very heat tolerant.
Couple of weeks ago in the evening;
Double delight from the back garden.
Unknown white, I did smell a fragrance on it yesterday where before I thought it had none, smelt like sort of sweet and syrupy.
Oranges and lemons with plenty of buds ready to go.
@Marlorena that Sylas Marner own root is very impressive.
I bought a climbing rose last year, Idigoletta, that is growing away just fine. However, it has thrown up 2 rather vigorous, thick thorny shoots. It looks way different to the rest of the canes (which are almost thornless). One was growing from the base, just above the soil so I cut it off thinking it was a sucker, but this cane is about 18 inches up the plant! With me being a novice rose grower and the plant fairly new to me I am not sure what to do. Do I cut it off or leave it?
Thankyou in advance for your wisdom.
No, not suckers.. that is a good shoot to keep.. I suspect the one you cut off was good too..
Yes, it's not uncommon to get a thornier shoot on a rose that normally has fewer thorns.. remember, in the wild, a rose would use these thorns to climb through other shrubs and protect itself from being devoured.. new shoots like that are like gold dust and should be nurtured and protected as they provide the best blooms later on..
Rule of thumb.. if the new shoot is reddish/purple = good
if it's green, with matt leaves and comes from soil level = a sucker..