As Blue for You is a sturdy rose, I think you should be alright if it looks healthy now. You don't say if it is in the ground or potted, and a picture would help too. It's about the time to give it a feed, mine gets a few hands full of manure and a top dressing of compost or leaf litter if I have some. Then a liquid feed of seaweed all in the next month, but mine is a seven year old grafted one. It does appear to be ahead of itself this year, as this is it today in a wet and rather untidy garden ( due to health) 😊 Hope yours does well for you this year @kate.james58 post us some pictures.
@purplerallim I swear by those trolleys, you can stuff lots in them mine accompanies me to craft shows too and the Malvern RHS show and comes back bulging
Thank @purplerallim, it is in a pot and seems healthy so far. I may plant it in a bed later. I have fed it today, and all my other roses. Thanks for the reassurance, I will see how it goes.
eta; I have expressed my unhappiness to the seller as I feel it should have been stated in the listing that it was not grafted.
...the garden here seems about 3 weeks ahead of normal.. in previous seasons buds on this rose usually appear like this around March 20th..
Well, I got my DA catalogue today.. took about 2 minutes to whizz through then in the recycle bin.. nothing much to see there..
^I've tried the burrito method once, rolled in damp newspaper, plastic bag, and put in shed for 2 weeks. The cuttings remained green and appeared to callus over, which was a good sign, but I didn't continue with it..
I like own root roses, they can be more sensitive to soil conditions and slower to develop, but if they like it, they can sometimes make better roses with no loss of vigour.. From what I've read, 'Blue For You' does well as own root.. pinching off the buds in the first year promotes quicker growth..
Thanks all for your comments on 'burrito'. Given my inexperience at taking cuttings, it's probably best if I stick with the 'stick it in a pot/ground' method for now.
wow @Marlorena so advanced.. I did see a bud in La France.. I remember it having buds early last year as well.. I was a bit disappointed by the balling.. Not an ideal rose in West Midlands.. probably suited for southern or eastern England..
@agnasia, I have blush noisette on the pergola, it's an easy rose to grow , it can be either a shrub or climber, flowers non stop from early May through to November/December if its dead headed or has lots of little hips if not. Its a very pale pink in clusters, will grow quite tall if left to its own devices. This year it hasn't even lost its leaves. I had it on light sandy soil in Norfolk and its in solid clay here in Somerset and it seems equally happy. I know some people find it a bit untidy but it's so easy going it doesn't bother me. My Generous Gardener was a bit further down and in full sun.
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Hope yours does well for you this year @kate.james58 post us some pictures.
eta; I have expressed my unhappiness to the seller as I feel it should have been stated in the listing that it was not grafted.
Well, I got my DA catalogue today.. took about 2 minutes to whizz through then in the recycle bin.. nothing much to see there..
^I've tried the burrito method once, rolled in damp newspaper, plastic bag, and put in shed for 2 weeks. The cuttings remained green and appeared to callus over, which was a good sign, but I didn't continue with it..
I like own root roses, they can be more sensitive to soil conditions and slower to develop, but if they like it, they can sometimes make better roses with no loss of vigour.. From what I've read, 'Blue For You' does well as own root.. pinching off the buds in the first year promotes quicker growth..
it on light sandy soil in Norfolk and its in solid clay here in Somerset and it seems equally happy.
I know some people find it a bit untidy but it's so easy going it doesn't bother me.
My Generous Gardener was a bit further down and in full sun.