@kate.james58 He's a man after my own heart.. or as I would say.. this week, next week, sometime.. never... Fussy, regimented pruning regimes are not my forte...
Repot when you like, if you have everything ready. As for pruning those new bare roots, I tend not to touch them unless there are dead bits, but a professional might say prune back to 3 inches..
Those colours on 'Rosemoor' definitely cheered me up.. it's almost like the colours have bled through in the rain...
@kate.james58 I don't prune my bare roots normally.. last year I received a shriveled specimen after being lost in transit and I had left just 2 inches above the ground and it sprouted well.. I remember Marlorena doing a root and shoot prune for her bare roots..
Regarding your climber, any reason why you could not pot onto the bigger container to begin with? If it's already being potted up, then I would leave until summer to have a proper root before transplanting..
There is no reason that I can't do it now, Cooldoc, except I thought Malorena said best to leave it where it is until spring earlier in the thread. And it's cold!!! And I didn't have the bigger container when I got it. Sorry didn't read your post properly.
I've just watched a segment of last night's Gardener's World, as it featured a garden with 350 rose varieties. How many did we get to briefly see? I think 6 at most and some weren't named.. it's more about people than roses which is why I hardly ever watch it. Mary Berry had some lovely 'Chandos Beauty' roses, but I didn't see too many others, if any.. I'm not sure we've ever had an in depth rose gardening programme on tv. that I can remember, with a serious rosarian presenting.. That would be nice..
I thought the same @Marlorena, was waiting to see a lot more of her roses and was disappointed when we didn't. Loved her Chandos Beauty! Mine's a bit weedy so I'm going to dig it up and pot it to see if it does better.
Thanks @Marlorena for pointing towards yesterday's GW. Chandos Beauty in Mary Berry's garden and the posy on her table were exquisite. I still have a few flowers on CB here. I thought we were going to be treated to a bird's eye view of the 350 varieties of roses; except for the few that were mentioned, all we got was a long shot of the field where the cutting roses were being grown 😭
Hope the producers of GW take into account @Marlorena's suggestion for an episode on (English) roses.
Oxford. The City of Dreaming Spires.
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils (roses). Taking a bit of liberty with Wordsworth
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He's a man after my own heart.. or as I would say.. this week, next week, sometime.. never...
Fussy, regimented pruning regimes are not my forte...
Repot when you like, if you have everything ready. As for pruning those new bare roots, I tend not to touch them unless there are dead bits, but a professional might say prune back to 3 inches..
Up to you..
@kate.james58 I don't prune my bare roots normally.. last year I received a shriveled specimen after being lost in transit and I had left just 2 inches above the ground and it sprouted well.. I remember Marlorena doing a root and shoot prune for her bare roots..
Regarding your climber, any reason why you could not pot onto the bigger container to begin with? If it's already being potted up, then I would leave until summer to have a proper root before transplanting..
There is no reason that I can't do it now, Cooldoc, except I thought Malorena said best to leave it where it is until spring earlier in the thread. And it's cold!!! And I didn't have the bigger container when I got it. Sorry didn't read your post properly.
Fair weather gardener here!
How many did we get to briefly see? I think 6 at most and some weren't named.. it's more about people than roses which is why I hardly ever watch it.
Mary Berry had some lovely 'Chandos Beauty' roses, but I didn't see too many others, if any..
I'm not sure we've ever had an in depth rose gardening programme on tv. that I can remember, with a serious rosarian presenting..
That would be nice..
I'll volunteer Nollie for that..
Hope the producers of GW take into account @Marlorena's suggestion for an episode on (English) roses.