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Drooping rose heads
davidhkeeling
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In April this year had some rose bushes planted under a west facing window in well manured soil. They have grown well but when it has come to flowering they open, not very well, and then droop as if the stems are not strong enough to support them.
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Are these David Austin roses? Some of their English roses have a tendency to droop which can be a bit annoying.
Agree with Ceres ... I have a few of the DA roses with the same problem
We planted a new rose this year - Ruby, Ruby, in a mix of perlite, peat and manure. The plant has grown really well and produced masses of buds - far too many for the little stems to support and subsequently many of the roses have drooped. I am wondering if we have allowed to many buds to form due to the richness of the manure davidhkeeling? What do others think? You can see all the buds in the first picture and I tried to tie the plant to hold it together so the weight of the flowers didn't pull the plant and flower stems down. I will give it a jolly good prune later in the year.
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Loads of buds is good! Our Buff Beauty hybrid musk rose was like that - loooaaadsss of buds. Flowered beautifully. We deadheaded and now,waiting for second flush. Pruning later. My Old Blush China rose was the same..loads of buds also and a slight drooping. I think it's cos of all the crap weather, rain and wind. Also some varieties are more droopy.
You could be right wakeshine, we will have to see what happens next year after prunning. Anyway we can enjoy all these flowers, I love roses.
Thanks everyone for all your replies. Seems I have not done too much wrong. I will try reducing the buds a bit and I think they may need a little more watering, being a new bed and we have not had much rain may do the trick.
I always try to water new plants once or twice a week until they establish - even more so when we are having a hot dry spell of weather. after a few months they can more or less fend for themselves.