Is it just me or do others think this year hasn't been the best for roses? I've fed them, deadheaded them etc but had more diseases, less flowers & even lost two.
I think some of mine bloomed a bit more last year.... they loved the heat. Hope we get a little of that continental sizzle here again. But overall, OK. The roses I defoliated for BS in June have regrown healthy new leaves.
The year has been all over the place - the wettest March in 40 years, the driest Feb for 30 years. 30+ degree heat and now nights in the south around 10oC. I am personally hoping we get no further sizzle at all as the trees can't take it.
I don't want any sizzle either. My garden is loving a little bit of much needed rain this weekend and the cooler temps of the last couple of weeks is putting it (and me!) under much less stress.
I think the damp Mar and Apr gave rise to a lot of fruit scab, but the roses are not doing too badly.
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
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I think the damp Mar and Apr gave rise to a lot of fruit scab, but the roses are not doing too badly.