Thanks WAMS, spring and autumn are my best times for reds, apart from Munstead, which blooms throughout, shrugging off any weather.
@micearguers while it’s true some shrubs and floribundas are naturally shapely and some are sprawling, octopus-caned monsters that defy attempts to control them, I find the majority fall into category of ‘can be kept shapely with pruning’. That’s not just appropriate annual pruning but regular cutting back wayward canes throughout the summer to maintain shape. Same with blackspot - from very resistant to total martyrs, but most can be kept looking presentable by encouraging good airflow (avoiding damp, overcrowded spots) and picking off the worst leaves so they will replace them with new, healthy ones. However, that requires at least some intervention now and then!
The closet I have to ‘plant and neglect’ roses - the healthiest, most shapely, undemanding and carefree bloomers - are Astronomia [Sweet Pretty in UK], Marie Pavie and Julia Child [Absolutely Fabulous]. The latter does get BS toward the end of the season here but I believe it’s very clean in the UK. A new rose thats vying to join that club is Darlow’s Enigma. Kordes roses tend to be healthy, floriferous and otherwise bombproof but can be wickedly thorny.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Is that Bill hiding from the pup Nollie? How is she doing? Yours is irremediable WAMS but so gorgeous I'd forgive her, particularly as she shares my view of LadyoS.
Really beautiful roses too on this late season thread, thank you for starting it @Marlorena. I particularly like your It's a Wonderful Life @Eustace but hard to pick a favourite from @Rojas's fabulous selection.
My Ghislaine de Feligonde is in a shady spot but 3 years in is huge, the canes 9ft in all directions. All of the following have done really well with the heat, torrential rain and high winds of the last fortnight. I agree with Nollie as to the virtues of Munstead Wood and AbFab/Julia ChildEqually stoic are CarminiaPink Martini with ancient bloomsElina has enormous blooms that show up well in the dark shrubberyKnock Out really lives up to its name and truly continuously bloomingReceived my Peter Beales end of sale pots. Fantastic sweet scent in the box from Belles Rives which was a delightful surprise, pleased too there is a bud on Pearl of St. Lukes
Thank you, @Marlorena - I didn't realise that Ghislaine de Feligonde flowered on new wood, as well as old, strange for a rambler (but then what would I know, as a novice!). Your tutelage is welcome as always, and I will definitely try the 'large shrub route for the second GdF.
OK, I bit the bullet last night and ordered 2 x Royal Jubilees for the front door pots. When they arrive in Oct/Nov I will do the change over with the Princess Annes. If I empty the pots and give them a good scrubbing will I be able to reuse them straight away, with no ill effects from rose replant disease?
Glad to hear of your pot one year, plant the next theory on Madam Alfred Carriere, @Nollie - I may well plant mine out of its pot in February and then watch it take off!
@Eustace - I cannot help myself every time you post a picture of Summer Song. I want that rose.
and finally ... took Agatha for her monthly Fox Terrier Walk - so here is a gratuitous picture of her and her 'boyfriend' Nobby playing tug with a stick, as I have no new rose pictures to upload...
Such great dogs on this thread! I asked the same question about using pots for the next rose Peter not so long ago. No need to even wash I was advised, I do brush them out a bit though.
@Vh72 I use spent compost to mulch my roses in the ground but not if it came from rose pots. I put that on non rosy areas of the borders.
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@micearguers while it’s true some shrubs and floribundas are naturally shapely and some are sprawling, octopus-caned monsters that defy attempts to control them, I find the majority fall into category of ‘can be kept shapely with pruning’. That’s not just appropriate annual pruning but regular cutting back wayward canes throughout the summer to maintain shape. Same with blackspot - from very resistant to total martyrs, but most can be kept looking presentable by encouraging good airflow (avoiding damp, overcrowded spots) and picking off the worst leaves so they will replace them with new, healthy ones. However, that requires at least some intervention now and then!
The closet I have to ‘plant and neglect’ roses - the healthiest, most shapely, undemanding and carefree bloomers - are Astronomia [Sweet Pretty in UK], Marie Pavie and Julia Child [Absolutely Fabulous]. The latter does get BS toward the end of the season here but I believe it’s very clean in the UK. A new rose thats vying to join that club is Darlow’s Enigma. Kordes roses tend to be healthy, floriferous and otherwise bombproof but can be wickedly thorny.
Mme. Isaac Pereire, planted out on the 5th of April:
Less than 6 months later:
Same story with Mme. Alfred Carriere. OK it’s still in a pot but 70 litres is a big improvement on 12!
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Glad to hear of your pot one year, plant the next theory on Madam Alfred Carriere, @Nollie - I may well plant mine out of its pot in February and then watch it take off!
@Eustace - I cannot help myself every time you post a picture of Summer Song. I want that rose.
and finally ... took Agatha for her monthly Fox Terrier Walk - so here is a gratuitous picture of her and her 'boyfriend' Nobby playing tug with a stick, as I have no new rose pictures to upload...
Thank you, @Jess91! That beautiful picture is all the excuse I needed