I have spent the morning putting trellis up at the end of the shed to start Open Arms off on. Looking at the garden at the moment it is hard to believe that all this mud and half dead looking plants will be beautiful in a few months time. I am impatient!
Has anyone else found their pot-growing roses do better than ones in the ground?
Yes until late summer then they suffer because I can't keep up with watering.
Yes, summer watering can be a real pain! It sounds as though you have lots of roses? I don't have too many, and have found them manageable growing in a mixture of full sun and dappled shade. I have not grown them in terracotta, but thick plastic, which seems to retain water much, much more. I am trying to improve my soil and hope one day to reduce the tubs and grow more roses in the ground.
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I am planning on replacing a climbing rose which didn’t do well last summer with a different one. I know it’s tricky to plant a rose where there was one already, any tips/must haves? Happy to change out as much of the soil that’s needed.
@Newbie_greenie Oh ok, that's not worth worrying about too much, just normal amendments at planting time should suffice.. a spade full of soil from somewhere else in the garden always helps and/or some compost. I like to put a small handful, about 30 gms of rose fertilizer at the bottom of planting hole, mixed in with soil, before planting the rose but no worries if you don't have any..
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Looking at the garden at the moment it is hard to believe that all this mud and half dead looking plants will be beautiful in a few months time. I am impatient!
I have never planted a rose before. In fact, in both our previous gardens we had several rose bushes, that I ended up taking out.
Our new garden is a mature one, and something will have to come out to make space.
I assume that this is probably the time to be thinking about planting the rose, given the number that are for sale in our local nurseries.
Any specific advice from rose experts would be gratefully received, thank you
I presume this rose you were given is in a pot? it wasn't dug up straight from the ground was it?
Either way, if you're not ready to plant it in the ground, you could keep it potted or repot into a larger pot for the summer.
I am planning on replacing a climbing rose which didn’t do well last summer with a different one. I know it’s tricky to plant a rose where there was one already, any tips/must haves? Happy to change out as much of the soil that’s needed.
Thanks!
How long had the other rose been in situ? if only a short time you might not need to do very much, just a bit of replenishment.
Oh ok, that's not worth worrying about too much, just normal amendments at planting time should suffice.. a spade full of soil from somewhere else in the garden always helps and/or some compost. I like to put a small handful, about 30 gms of rose fertilizer at the bottom of planting hole, mixed in with soil, before planting the rose but no worries if you don't have any..