Roses moved. Took about 20 minutes. The ease of dealing with fresh soil vs the clay I normally have to dig out. Major work in progress going on every year there!
Looks like a vibrant orange @Oliya I am hoping it will be good in heath and flowering as it has won the ROTY award..
Noticed Kordes have a new category- for heat tolerance.. adapting for climate changes I guess.. sadly none are fragrant..
DA has 'free' online rose courses for beginners.. I was always dubious about so called paid pruning courses.. May be those who attended can correct me if it was hugely helpful in their rose care practice..
@rossdriscoll13 did you have it for more than one season? Are you happy with it? Do you have any photos?
@cooldoc I do like the look of Meteor. But there are not that many photos of it around… I’m being strong so far and still sticking to my decision to not get any new roses this year…
I had a great day at Peter Beales, did a pruning and care of roses workshop. I came back with new 2 roses. One was a present from PB and the other I bought but they gave me a 10% discount. @cooldoc I really enjoyed the day.
The day started with coffee in the restaurant and meeting Ian and Matt, the 2 rose experts, and the 9 of us on the course. One lady had come all the way from York.
The garden was sopping wet so we started the course in a marquee. They had put lots of potted roses and rose arches with rose canes tied on them or in pots in the marquee. The talk started with planting roses, then pruning roses, HTs, floribundas, shrubs, demonstrating using the potted roses. We had a look around the waterlogged garden which was looking pristine. We were shown the pruned roses on the pergolas, photos will follow when I've sorted them. Probably put them on the Rose thread.
Then we went for lunch in the restaurant, I had 3 fat sausages with mash and mixed vegetables and lots of gravy then lemon meringue roulade.
After that we went to a barn, there was a fan heater in it, to see films of pruned roses in various gardens with before and after and flowering photos. Also photos of Chelsea Flower Shows, I think they've won 29 gold medals.
Next, back to the café for a cup of tea before going back to the barn for demonstrations of pruning ramblers and climbers. For rambling roses on their pergolas they prune between November and Christmas to within 6 inches of the supporting framework, training 2 or 3 canes over each arch then snipping of the side shoots to 2 - 4 ins. Ian said some of the ramblers are so vigorous that if they don't prune severely like that then you wouldn't be able to walk under the arches. Also they like light to shine down into the pergolas to stop the grass from dying. Then we were all given a potted rose to prune and when Ian approved the pruning he said we could keep our roses. I had Sweet Siluetta, a 6ft rambling patio rose. The rose I bought was Purple Skyliner because Matt said it is OK with some shade.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
@HarryWhite I know you’re looking at Austin’s roses but I feel something that would fit your bill is Red Finesse, super healthy floribunda, quite short. I know Trevor White grow it.
@Busy-Lizzie looks like a great day out. Glad you enjoyed it!
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Noticed Kordes have a new category- for heat tolerance.. adapting for climate changes I guess.. sadly none are fragrant..
DA has 'free' online rose courses for beginners.. I was always dubious about so called paid pruning courses.. May be those who attended can correct me if it was hugely helpful in their rose care practice..
@cooldoc I do like the look of Meteor. But there are not that many photos of it around…
I’m being strong so far and still sticking to my decision to not get any new roses this year…
The day started with coffee in the restaurant and meeting Ian and Matt, the 2 rose experts, and the 9 of us on the course. One lady had come all the way from York.
The garden was sopping wet so we started the course in a marquee. They had put lots of potted roses and rose arches with rose canes tied on them or in pots in the marquee. The talk started with planting roses, then pruning roses, HTs, floribundas, shrubs, demonstrating using the potted roses. We had a look around the waterlogged garden which was looking pristine. We were shown the pruned roses on the pergolas, photos will follow when I've sorted them. Probably put them on the Rose thread.
Then we went for lunch in the restaurant, I had 3 fat sausages with mash and mixed vegetables and lots of gravy then lemon meringue roulade.
After that we went to a barn, there was a fan heater in it, to see films of pruned roses in various gardens with before and after and flowering photos. Also photos of Chelsea Flower Shows, I think they've won 29 gold medals.
Next, back to the café for a cup of tea before going back to the barn for demonstrations of pruning ramblers and climbers. For rambling roses on their pergolas they prune between November and Christmas to within 6 inches of the supporting framework, training 2 or 3 canes over each arch then snipping of the side shoots to 2 - 4 ins. Ian said some of the ramblers are so vigorous that if they don't prune severely like that then you wouldn't be able to walk under the arches. Also they like light to shine down into the pergolas to stop the grass from dying. Then we were all given a potted rose to prune and when Ian approved the pruning he said we could keep our roses. I had Sweet Siluetta, a 6ft rambling patio rose. The rose I bought was Purple Skyliner because Matt said it is OK with some shade.