Hi all, this is my sister's rose. She inherited it when she moved house. She says it's already flowered so I assume a messy climber, not a rambler. How would I cut back this and when? Thank you 👍
Perhaps of interest https://m.facebook.com/groups/313936953538179/permalink/798709368394266/ At the rubbish tip local to David Austin Roses. Hundreds apparently. They would prefer to throw these away than offer the 50% end of bareroot season discounts other growers do, or just offer people a freebie now and then...
OK, I may just be opening a can of worms here and opening myself up to ridicule!
I have started to see people going on about banana water for roses to give potassium. I am just thinking that like all things that eat, surely a balanced 'diet' would be the prime concern for health.
Can anyone enlighten me to banana water, as I had never heard of it before.
@ohdeereme When it comes to climbers and pruning I think the trick is to stop thinking about it too much and just start, starting with the biggest and easist bits, the path usually becomes clear. As to what your rose is and when to prune I hope someone else will advise. I generally just do it when I can't bear it any more, I've not killed anything yet but have probably affected flowering. You do need something to tie the canes to, trimming off the clearly unwanted canes, pulling the whole lot forward, and installing horizontal wires or a trellis behind would make life much easier.
I am amazed that DA dispose of plant matter at a local tip WAMS, is that really where all their prunings etc go? But they really aren't into great end of season discounts which is mean of them, I agree. Very pretty batch of roses there, I'm glad Ebb Tide is coming good, I consider it a stalwart here.
@salo.daria. I love your romantic garden and outlook too.
Next lot of roses coming into bloom again. Golden BeautyDesdemonaI have finally come to like Bring Me Sunshine, it has been a sprawly, uninterestingly yellow bloomed, unhealthy mess for over a year. Now this is more like what I expected and the scent is gorgeous. It will be planted in the ground next to railings for support next season.
I've not heard of banana water but I used to put chopped banana skin around my roses, it supplies potassium as you say.. it quickly rots down and disappears but I did worry about encouraging rats, so stopped doing it.. It's quite well known I think that banana skin is good for roses..
Away from home I am enjoying your gardens and roses. I check weather forecast everyday and with intermittent rains everything should be good at home. @pitter-patter, your colleagues are nice, The Poet's wife is my favourite yellow for fragrance and flowering. It is very sprawling and floppy but I am sure you can support and control it beautifully.
@WAMS, that photo of Cornelia is amazing, love the different shades in blooms and buds. This year I have no dahlias. This is first year in my gardening that there is no annuals and no dahlias.
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How would I cut back this and when?
Thank you 👍
https://m.facebook.com/groups/313936953538179/permalink/798709368394266/
At the rubbish tip local to David Austin Roses. Hundreds apparently. They would prefer to throw these away than offer the 50% end of bareroot season discounts other growers do, or just offer people a freebie now and then...
I have started to see people going on about banana water for roses to give potassium. I am just thinking that like all things that eat, surely a balanced 'diet' would be the prime concern for health.
It's quite well known I think that banana skin is good for roses..
I check weather forecast everyday and with intermittent rains everything should be good at home.
@pitter-patter, your colleagues are nice, The Poet's wife is my favourite yellow for fragrance and flowering. It is very sprawling and floppy but I am sure you can support and control it beautifully.