My Scepter'd Isle has sent up a 6' basal this season. I don't think it's a sucker. Should I be doing any pruning now or leave it be? It has the room to grow, even though the one vertical cane twice the height of the rest of the shrub is a bit comical.
Has anyone here tried this? "BioBizz" Apparently it was developed to improve cannabis yields (those Dutch...), but it can be used for dahlias and roses.🤔
@SYinUSA well most major European breeders have their Knockout (by Meilland) equivalent ranges not exactly famed for fragrance. Kordes have launched a collection of their most healthy, easy-care, floriferous roses called ‘Roselax’. Most usually balance this with a fragrant collection - Parfuma, Renaissance, Perfumella etc. Market demands change and fragrance seems to go up and down in terms of what sells the most. I think it depends what sort of rose grower you are. Fragrance is important enough to many to put up with other faults (it’s rare to get everything in one package) but on the other hand, if you just want a colourful yard of prolific bloomers and are not bothered by fragrance..
BTW the holes in your leaves are mostly likely sawfly larvae, several possible culprits for the munched buds and I would leave your new basal to flower and then cut it down to size 😊
@WAMS, yes. When I couldn’t get any proprietary rose feed due to covid/brexit issues, or indeed any tomato feed (v expensive here) I used alfalfa pellets/tea at the start of the season, then the Fish Mix (NPK 5-1-4) in conjunction with liquid Seaweed for ongoing feeding. I really like the FM and buy both in 5L containers. It’s organic but instantly bio-available to potted roses as well as those in the ground. I do a roughly quarter dose of each in the watering can, the ‘weakly weekly’ regime. The dogs don’t eat it either, so better than BFB or chicken manure for me. This year I got some Vitax Azalea feed brought over and have used it once, but continued with the combined FM/SW liquid feeds and my roses seem to be really thriving on it. I haven’t used any tom food yet but have now got some for use after the first flush.
You can probably guess it’s raining heavily out there since I am inside on here 😆
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
I can put up with an ugly rose if the fragrance is good, but a beautiful rose with no fragrance is disappointing.
The banksiae doesn’t have much smell but that is ok as it covers the shed, is thornless and flowers early. I am keen on not having loads of blackspot but even then, would prefer some sort of fragrance.
Does anyone have Litchfield Angel? How is it doing this year? I saw it at Hyde Hall a few years ago, it was magnificent there. I have had it in for a couple of years, there is a fair amount of blackspot already and the canes are blotchy. I have removed some of the plants around and mulched this time with that strulch stuff.
Here you go @Littlegarden, my Lichfield Angel. A bit difficult to get a decent picture now with all the backgound chatter, it's 2 1/2 years old, and seems to be doing well. No BS, covered in buds and aphids and with a few holes, no blooms yet but maybe this week if it stays sunny
'Dannahue' "The medium luscious scent is with zesty with notes of lemon, lychees and fresh apricots." Fruity lychees, that's basically Jude. I think it's clear that it must be either a sibling seedling or a descendant. Only medium scent but also marked as "best for fragrance" Also marked "best for health". I wonder what improvements on Jude there are (if any). Health? Vigor? They recommend it for shady areas or for growing against walls and fences. Maybe another shrub that's vigorous enough to be made into a miniclimber or an obelisk rose? Or could the upright shape be the best part? Who knows. They probably make these things up anyway (it's named to appeal to people in bigger cities... so no surprise, it's also described as good for urban areas). They certainly don't try hard to sell it. It's been like this with them for years. We get the countdown and the diversity charity but no photos of the whole shrub, its growing habit or any other useful info.
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Saw this @WAMS - Fish-Mix should not be used through the flowering/fruiting period.
BTW the holes in your leaves are mostly likely sawfly larvae, several possible culprits for the munched buds and I would leave your new basal to flower and then cut it down to size 😊
@WAMS, yes. When I couldn’t get any proprietary rose feed due to covid/brexit issues, or indeed any tomato feed (v expensive here) I used alfalfa pellets/tea at the start of the season, then the Fish Mix (NPK 5-1-4) in conjunction with liquid Seaweed for ongoing feeding. I really like the FM and buy both in 5L containers. It’s organic but instantly bio-available to potted roses as well as those in the ground. I do a roughly quarter dose of each in the watering can, the ‘weakly weekly’ regime. The dogs don’t eat it either, so better than BFB or chicken manure for me. This year I got some Vitax Azalea feed brought over and have used it once, but continued with the combined FM/SW liquid feeds and my roses seem to be really thriving on it. I haven’t used any tom food yet but have now got some for use after the first flush.
You can probably guess it’s raining heavily out there since I am inside on here 😆
Hard on the heels if it doesn't get munched first.
The deed and the culprit.
No rose without at least a bit of fragrance for me. More important than health.
The banksiae doesn’t have much smell but that is ok as it covers the shed, is thornless and flowers early. I am keen on not having loads of blackspot but even then, would prefer some sort of fragrance.
Zephyrine Drouhin today (hope I splelt it right). Nice not to have thorns. And have scent.
Just beyond it, Itea Ilicifolia. Unusual, honey-scented tassles in August. The scent carries.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
A bit difficult to get a decent picture now with all the backgound chatter, it's 2 1/2 years old, and seems to be doing well.
No BS, covered in buds and aphids and with a few holes, no blooms yet but maybe this week if it stays sunny
"The medium luscious scent is with zesty with notes of lemon, lychees and fresh apricots."
Fruity lychees, that's basically Jude. I think it's clear that it must be either a sibling seedling or a descendant.
Only medium scent but also marked as "best for fragrance"
I wonder what improvements on Jude there are (if any). Health? Vigor? They recommend it for shady areas or for growing against walls and fences. Maybe another shrub that's vigorous enough to be made into a miniclimber or an obelisk rose? Or could the upright shape be the best part? Who knows. They probably make these things up anyway (it's named to appeal to people in bigger cities... so no surprise, it's also described as good for urban areas).
They certainly don't try hard to sell it. It's been like this with them for years. We get the countdown and the diversity charity but no photos of the whole shrub, its growing habit or any other useful info.