@WAMS both Violet Hood and Darlow’s Enigma are from Lens who do ship to the UK, but postage/phytosanitary cert costs are pretty steep so you would probably need to get together with other Lens fans and do a group order to make it worthwhile. Practically all of my other old/unusual roses are from Loubert and their postage to the UK is more reasonable. I’m really liking Violet so far, no scent but it’s a cutie with lovely foliage.
@dabolem, I have a north-facing bed in which I have Ghislaine de Feligonde, Lady Hillingdon and Alister Stella Grey and all those repeat pretty well and tolerate summer heat. Any of those appeal for your arch?
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Nice pots Mr Vine.. a handy, manageable size.. very useful indeed..
'Marie Nabonnand'.. coming into flower.. the bloom at the bottom is from a cane that originated as a notch, to produce a lateral low down on lanky climbing roses..
..untypical 'Wild Rover' first bloom.. a snail had been living in it.. Geranium macrorrhizum 'Bevans'.. Geum 'Banana Daiquiri'.. Glandora 'Grace Ward'..
..still cool, dull and windy.. just as well we have other plants to look at..
@Marlorena, I do envy you the Geums, they don't seem to do well here for some unknown reason.
Pleased to see that my newest Winchester Cathedral has a couple of buds on and has started taking off, it was rather a disappointing small bare root specimen so fingers crossed it will be as good as my original one.
I’m thrilled that Warm Welcome has bounced back from the dead. It had near total cane dieback last year and I thought it was a goner. I watered and fed like crazy and it’s put out three new basals that have nearly reached the top of the obelisk in a few months:
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
This is my Tuscany Superb which is just about 1 year old now. I relocated it in Nov but didn't prune it at all. It looks a bit awkward to me with the long leafless cane with growth at top only. It is still young of course but, following flowering, should I cut this back to improve the shape or just let it be?
@owd potter You should always peg a cane like that... stick a bamboo cane into the soil nearby and tie it, so the stem is diagonal rather than upright.. careful not to break it, but it's usually flexible enough on roses like these..
I am looking at 1.9mtr Obelisks (preferably wood) and prices seem to be all over the place from £40 through to £250+. Who better than you guys to advise on which Obelisks you have bought and from where that was worth the money and did the job of holding a climbing rose (this is for my Westerland).
Your experience and advice would be most welcome. Just so you know, I'd prefer wooden and self assembly as I would like to paint it prior to setting it up. I plan to wind the rose round it in a spiral form, so any advice on that too would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, as always, in advance.
BTW, so envious of all your lovely roses all coming into bloom. Up here in the frozen North I do not have anything even approaching a bud yet! I need to be more patience.
However, the new Great North Border is now 1/3 dug out (it will be 3 mtr x 20 mtrs when finished) and plants arriving for the big plant up. So far Viburnum Opulus Rose, Tree Peony 'Hai Huang', Hydrangeas (Climbing & Mopcap), Bamboo (Fargersia Jiuzhaigou, Foxglove Alba, Hostas (transplants, so name unknown at the moment, Lady's Mantle, Geranium Patricia, Camellia Williamsii Debbie and a few Ostrich Ferns. The other roses Madam Alfred Carriere and Albertine are already planted and their supports in.
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Supermarkets with flower sections sometimes give these buckets away for free. I got a big stack from my local Morrisons.
They're a perfect size for potting on standard rose size pots before eventually planting out.
I've got them thinking of my allotment and how I want my cutting roses to be a decent size before planting out so they can compete in the "wild".
I can use them for other perennials too.
Next to a 5L watering can for comparison. They must be somewhere between 7 and 10L. I'd guess closer to 10.
@dabolem, I have a north-facing bed in which I have Ghislaine de Feligonde, Lady Hillingdon and Alister Stella Grey and all those repeat pretty well and tolerate summer heat. Any of those appeal for your arch?
'Marie Nabonnand'.. coming into flower.. the bloom at the bottom is from a cane that originated as a notch, to produce a lateral low down on lanky climbing roses..
..untypical 'Wild Rover' first bloom.. a snail had been living in it..
Geranium macrorrhizum 'Bevans'..
Geum 'Banana Daiquiri'.. Glandora 'Grace Ward'..
..still cool, dull and windy.. just as well we have other plants to look at..
Pleased to see that my newest Winchester Cathedral has a couple of buds on and has started taking off, it was rather a disappointing small bare root specimen so fingers crossed it will be as good as my original one.
Late this year, Toyah and Arthur Bell were in flower this day last year...
I relocated it in Nov but didn't prune it at all.
It looks a bit awkward to me with the long leafless cane with growth at top only.
It is still young of course but, following flowering, should I cut this back to improve the shape or just let it be?
You should always peg a cane like that... stick a bamboo cane into the soil nearby and tie it, so the stem is diagonal rather than upright.. careful not to break it, but it's usually flexible enough on roses like these..