Forum home› Plants
This Forum will close on Wednesday 27 March, 2024. Please refer to the announcement on the Discussions page for further detail.

Help! - rose problem

Hilary_15Hilary_15 Posts: 83
in Plants
I have a climbing rose The Pilgrim which is 5 years old & climbing up an arch. There is another on the opposite side which was planted at the same time which is fine but this one looks as if it’s dying. It has thrived for the last 5 years & I don’t understand what  has suddenly gone wrong? Lower down on the main stem seems to be fine but all the new shoots higher up look like this. Would really appreciate some advice 

Posts

  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    @Hilary_15. oh dear, that looks really sick doesn't it. Does that side of the arch catch the wind and/or is more exposed than the other? Have you sprayed anything in the immediate vicinity? Did you feed and mulch both roses last month?

    I think all you can really do is wait to see if it picks up with warmer weather. I'd be inclined to strip all the dead leaves off and hope new ones will re-grow. 

    I really hope it revives, it's soul destroying to lose a mature plant.


    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • Hilary_15Hilary_15 Posts: 83
    I haven’t treated this any differently from the rose on the other side, that’s what puzzles me. Thanks for the suggestion I will try stripping it’s old leaves off & hope for the best 🤞
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I know @Busy-Lizzie lost a mature climber/rambler (can't remember name) just recently after the hot dry summer followed by the erratic temperatures of this last winter ... she's travelling at the moment but when she arrives home she may see this and be able to help ... she's grown some lovely roses.  

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    I lost an old Malvern Hills rambler. It started losing leaves earlier than usual then didn't regrow this spring. I have replaced it with a different rambler but I removed all the earth and planted it in a cardboard box filled with John Innes 3, earth and compost, in the hole. You can't dig up an old dead rose and plant a new one in the same earth.

    I don't know why my rose died, unless it was the weather and I was away last summer. It had a huge old root. The other roses in my garden are fine. These things happen.

    Not home yet @Dovefromabove, staying with my daughter.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Have a lovely time with your family @Busy-Lizzie 😊 🤗 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • bcpathomebcpathome Posts: 1,313
    I’ve lost a rose too . In a row with 3 others and they’re fine . I blame last years weather ,it also took my camellias. I don’t think this year will be so bad ,last year hopefully just a one off 
  • Hilary_15Hilary_15 Posts: 83
    That’s interesting hearing I’m not the only one having this problem. Maybe it was last year’s extreme weather & then followed by a wet cold winter. Thank goodness it’s only one rose that’s affected as I have a garden full of them! Thanks everyone for your replies 
Sign In or Register to comment.