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rose colour 2

B3B3 Posts: 27,474

My previous post was hijacked by people talking about dogs.

Does anyone know if/how rose colour is affected by   type of fertilizer used?

In London. Keen but lazy.

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  • Dave MorganDave Morgan Posts: 3,123

    No. What you may have is reversion. If it's been badly pruned, not saying you did, suckers, mistaken for new growth take over and the grafted plant loses out.

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,474

    Same roses. Same smell  Just a faded colour. 

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719

    B3 sorry about that, i was one of the guilty parties, how about Dog roses!!!!

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,474

    No probes nanny

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,474

    New buds opening . Better colour. Suspect they were starved by self seed geraniums since removed.  

    Thanks all for advice

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,023

    I thought I had answered. When flowers are hungry or hungry because they are too thirsty to absorb nutrients they, and their leaves, go paler. Flowers are usually smaller too. It happened to a Nelly Moser clematis in a pot that I forgot to feed and when the housesitter didn't water a David Austin rose in a pot enough it happened then. 

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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