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The Roses Are Here
Alan Braunton
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Arrived from David Austin about a hour ago (waited in all day).
Can anyone give me any pointers or things to watch out for:
I have :
Golden Celebration, Jubilee Celebration, Munstead Wood, Harlow Carr, Susan Williams-Ellis, Lady Emma Hamilton, Gertrude Jekyll, Apricot Nectar and bringing up the rear Graham Thomas.
Ground prepared with well rotted manure, hopefully the weather will be kind over the weekend.
Any thoughts guys
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Just to get them all in asap. The soil will still be warm enough to settle them in nicely before Winter. Trim off any crossing stems or broken stems to an outward facing bud. Lovely collection there.
using some microryzol (not sure how to spell it)powder or granules on the roots will aid & speed up root growth, i usually wet the roots and then sprinkle onto roots otherwise it falls off, it needs to be in contact with roots to do it's job
Got three bags of root stuff (cant be bothered to try and spell correctly lol)
Ah! - you must be referring to the 'fungus root stuff'
I had roses from DA many years ago - all still going strong
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Billericay - Essex
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Put them all in a bucket of water to keep the roots moist till you can plant them. Soak them anyway to rehydrate them. When planting, follow DA advice and plant them with the gard-ft union below soil level as this reduces the likelihood of suckering. Prune back any obvious dead or broken stems but leave the rest of the pruning till spring when you know how hard a winter you've had and what else has been damaged.
These are not bare rooted but in compost so hopefully will make planting easier, however Lady Hamilton has already shown her fangs by pricking me already (poor me)
David Austin roses are beautiful and always so healthy and well packaged. I've had several over the years and they've never let me down. Sadly I left them all at our old house for the new owners to enjoy but the upside is I get to start all over again in our new build garden!! The roses you have chosen are some of their finest. Enjoy!
I found Graham Thomas weak too and had to rescue it form the borders and put it in a pot. I've brought it with me but time will tell if it copes. I also have Munstead Wood which needed rescuing a year or two ago and is now doing very well in a pot. Gertrude stayed behind as she was strong and vigorous but I did take cuttings.
Other DA roses that performed superbly were Crocus White, Generous Gardener, Falstaff, Sceptr'd Isle, Queen of Sweden, teasing Georgia and Tess of the D'Urbevilles after I moved her to a more sheltered spot. I also had to rescue a Benjamin Britten, Jacqueline Duprée and a Geoff Hamilton and they are now doing very well in big pots and will go out in a new rose and perennials border when I decide where it will be.
Malvern Hills struggled to grow tall in my old garden cos of cold easterly winds but always produced lovely flowers so that's on my list of new ones to order for this garden along with Teasing Georgia and some coppery coloured roses.
I have Lady Emma Hamilton and my daughter has Graham Thomas. Lady Emma has a lovely neat habit and smells wonderful. GT grew very well in my daughter's garden near Poitiers in France. I had a deer problem, before we put up the fence, so I have several David Austin roses in pots around the house and they've done very well. They do like to be fed and watered though.
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