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Inherited Beautiful Aromatic Roses

Jan WellandJan Welland Posts: 15
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After recently being rehoused following a year of being homeless, I've inherited the most beautiful smelling roses I've not smelled since my childhood in Cyprus. From the scant information I've had, the  previous occupier was an established gardener with years of experience, who had to move in to a Care Home. Even though I do not know who he was, I'd like to continue nurturing his beautiful roses but I'm a complete novice. These roses have produced some lovely flowers of which I've shared with my friends. But I am very anxious with Autumn and Winter coming and afraid I'll do more damage that good. I would appreciate any helps, tips, advice to keep these beautiful aromatic blooms at their best and in readiness for next year; e.g. how low to I need to prune, when do I do this; how do I protect them from frost etc. Please help!!Thank you - Jan from Kent

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  • CeresCeres Posts: 2,697

    Hi Jan and welcome.

    You and the roses can rest over the winter as they won't need any work or fertilizer until the new year. Just remove the dead blooms if you don't want the roses to produce hips. You do not need to protect them from frost.

    The RHS site offers some good advice about pruning https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=153 

    If you want to know what sort of roses you have (hybrid tea, floribunda etc), post some photos on the site and people will be able to advise you, then you will know how best to wield your secateurs.

     

  • Jan WellandJan Welland Posts: 15

    Hi thanks for the reply and yes I'll post some pictures tomorrow when it's light; I have been told these roses are Tea Roses, but again it's very new to me. All I know is that during the Summer when you walked through my gate, the smell was glorious and my friends loved receiving the flowers from me image

    Sorry for my ignorance again: I've heard of rosehip syrup but what do hips look like on a rose bush?

    Thanks again for the information and I'll have a look at the RHS site once I've established what species these roses are image

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,888

    welcome to the forum Jan, and many congrats re being rehoused. I'm very pleased for you.

    Devon.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,140

    Welcome Jan image

    Great news - enjoy your house and garden - please ask any questions or just join in for a chat - we're a friendly lot and love chatting about gardening (and lots of other stuff as well). image


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





  • Jan WellandJan Welland Posts: 15

    Thank one and all; I haven't had my own little garden for about three years now and am looking forward to creating some nice places for bees, birds and the like along with growing my own veg and especially looking after the roses! I'm a little bit on my own so it's nice to chat with people of similar interests. I've no doubt I'll have plenty of things to ask - thank you again image

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,888

    go on then Jan. Ask us another. image

    Devon.
  • Jan WellandJan Welland Posts: 15

    image okay, now the weather has changed the left hand side of my front garden only gets the late afternoon sun, and part of the garden remains mostly in the shade but I've two of the rose bushes that do just as well as the others on the right (pictures to follow). I was hoping to use this smaller piece to start planting veg and other meadow type plants ready for the spring and summer; the soil however is very patchy and not a lawn really; it's full of stones and my neighbour said it was used to take construction debris years ago. It is quite sheltered and I just wondered whether this would be good enough for my Spring /Summer produce when it gets a good lot of sun but not scorching?

    By the way Hostafan1, does your profile name indicate you're a lover of Hostas? I lived in Devon for a few years and had the most beautiful varied collection of Hostas even manage to prevent the slugs and snails munching their way through them! image

    Thats one of the first questions I have: I've quite a few more, but slowly slowly catchy monkey!! I'm still also unpacking boxes inside, but when I get fed up of doing that and the weather is fine, I'll find any excuse to go outside image

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,888

    hostas?moi?image

    Devon.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,140

    Hostafan (aka Hosta) has more hostas than I've had hot dinners ... and that's saying something! image


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





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