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My First ever roses ..... panicking, why have they grown so fast?

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,138

    He could probably build you some obelisks and pillars - what a wonder to live next door to someone so happy to share his skills. 

    Bake that man a cake immediately - or buy him a beer - or both image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Katherine WKatherine W Posts: 410

    Lidl never puts names on roses as far as I know, but they usually write if they are climers, large flowered hybrids or small flowered hybrids. At least they do so in France. I usually got surprisingly good roses from them, including a lovely yellow climber. Since you cannot "dwarf" a tall rose by pruning without losing the flowers, I'd go with the obelisk solution (or even an arch... or an arbour, with a bench inside), if it turns out to be a tall one. But make it robust, because climbing roses become heavy in time, and the usual wimpish obelisk or arch you buy cheap in shops (like lidl) will collaps under the weight.

  • Dovefromabove - he is VERY well paid - that damn lawn has cost us a fortune so far - he made us this rockery ....

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     keep adding plants as we go, these photos are bit old now, and it is blooming in colour, just a pain keeping the leaves off in autumn, my poor back image

  • LoganLogan Posts: 2,532
    If you have to get a obelisk get a metal one of how many you need they should be better than anything else.
  • i have over 40 roses,i love them,and the sweet smell i get sitting in the garden is magical,i spray them every 3 weeks if they get the dreaded black and green fly,but they are all flowering very well,i will try and show some pics.

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  • ohhh caroline they are beautiful, mind aren't that bush, just tall, think they must be 'climbers' ... have to start thinking about this obelisk thing lol

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