Thanks for the pics Marlorena! Always keen to see the size/depth of other people's planting holes - very confusing for us rose newbies: some 'experts' advise deep and large to make the rose comfortable while others say smallish hole so to encourage roots to spread out into native soil. I hit solid clay at ~20cm so digging down to 40-6cm as some suggest is nearly impossible. And I don't have the patience. Glad to see yours is not ginormous!
@hupellon No, I can't be doing with huge holes. When I gardened in Cornwall, I had 1/4 acre, but new build. All the topsoil was removed leaving me with about 3 inches of heavy clay, over another 3 inches of decomposing granite [white china clay - horrible!], then a bedrock pan of hard granite. At best I had 6 inches depth to play with, sometimes only 4 inches. Didn't stop me having a lovely rose garden, hundreds of roses, I used to have people come visit. I learnt then, you don't need to dig to Australia to plant roses.
I would push the bare root right down, squashing it even, sometimes trimming the roots, until graft was level with surface, then cover with mulch. A good mulch is as important as anything..
Fryers Roses have all bareroots half price until the end of February.
Has anyone bought from here? They are quite close to me and I really should go and have a look sometime. Also Parkside Roses are nearby. I have bought from them and they were very helpful as I was intending to go and collect the rose and was then unable to, and they were happy to post it instead.
I have just noticed that of my roses that look dodgy, the graft union is a long way above the soil. Must be weathering. I mulched them all with straw in late autumn too. Maybe the cause of death in my roses is because the graft union was exposed to the air. Has anyone else noticed this or seen this phenomenon?
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Thanks for clarifying @Fire. The roses of mine that died became dark in the stems very rapidly. Maybe it is my soil that is wrong. The roses in pots are fine!
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@pitter-patter those photos are just incredible. I bought my Harlow C standard and Sweet H within about 10 minutes of seeing them in your garden last year 😂
How did your Chandos B tree standard do last summer? At least I think I recall it was you who had one that was coming along nicely.
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..hole already dug... Only crazies take photos of planting holes..
..pretty Crocus haphazardly planted..
No, I can't be doing with huge holes. When I gardened in Cornwall, I had 1/4 acre, but new build. All the topsoil was removed leaving me with about 3 inches of heavy clay, over another 3 inches of decomposing granite [white china clay - horrible!], then a bedrock pan of hard granite.
At best I had 6 inches depth to play with, sometimes only 4 inches. Didn't stop me having a lovely rose garden, hundreds of roses, I used to have people come visit.
I learnt then, you don't need to dig to Australia to plant roses.
I would push the bare root right down, squashing it even, sometimes trimming the roots, until graft was level with surface, then cover with mulch. A good mulch is as important as anything..
'Queen Anne' nicely ensconced..
Has anyone bought from here? They are quite close to me and I really should go and have a look sometime.
Also Parkside Roses are nearby. I have bought from them and they were very helpful as I was intending to go and collect the rose and was then unable to, and they were happy to post it instead.
Until recently the standard advice was for the graft union to be above ground, so, no, this would not be the cause of death.
How did your Chandos B tree standard do last summer? At least I think I recall it was you who had one that was coming along nicely.