Roses

[Scarlet]

OMG! That is stunning!!

[Ognen09]

Well I have attempted my first photo upload!! It probably won't work as I'm a klutz with techno!

Maybe you will see my beautiful rose arch... And my less beautiful self!! 

[Containergardener]

I have had a few roses over the yrs, lost a few. One still going is laura ford even in the force of winds, pauls scarlet has never flowered that well but still tries, handel i get couple flowers. Best ones are in pots.,ground is wet clay, drained into from fields and forest. Not sure how i can get more from them.
OH bought me 2new roses when i was ill again earlier in yr. Iceberg and ginger syllabub.

[Jimny14]

Here's my rescued rose (found buried in a narrow wall boarder buried by pyracantha when we moved in) , no idea what it is or what to do with it long term. I wasn't sure if it was going to survive transplanting to the pot but seems fine. I don't know know what to do for the best, how to prune etc.

[Scarlet]

Pascali, Valencia, Elina and Just Joey.

Should I expect anything this summer? So far they've put on some leaves, but apart from that they're just sitting there...

What have you got this year?

[Scarlet]

That's gorgeous!

I've got a peach one that's opened fully today....I can't remember the name.

[Thelma Sanders]

Just love roses - my Gertrude has opened her first flower this morning plus Evelyn, I'll try to get a pic later. I have to keep her in a pot and move her into the greenhouse for the worst of the winter weather as she's a bit tender - but soooo beautiful

Done it... mm think I must have shaky hands

[Thelma Sanders]

Buff Beauty has started opening buds over the last few days, sorry pic is into the sun.

[nickdub]

caterpillars are generally vegetarians, so likely to be eating the leaves.

[Martin H]

Friend or foe?

Are these little guys eating my rose buds? Or are they eating the things that are eating my rose buds?

[bramble]

My Ena Harkness rose blossom ed over the weekend.
Beautiful dark wine colour and perfume to die for.

[Nannysally99]

Here�s a picture of my new rose, planted out last season
Smells lovely

[Babru]

True, but there are chemicals and chemicals (if you know what I mean!) I squash as many greenfly as I can, and lightly brush them off too. However this year all my plants are absolutely COVERED in greenfly. I do think it's the worst I've ever seen, presumably due to the mild winter. Some of the shoot tips are very distorted due to the blighters.

I've invested in some Uncle Tom's Rose Tonic to try to boost the plants into fighting off baddies. Hope it works. It wasn't cheap, but then neither were the roses, and they are not a pretty sight right now.

[mothhawk]

My Roses are just opening up and if it ever stops raining I'll take some pictures, I only squirt the greenfly with soapy water, I don't spray any chemicals at all.

Soapy water is a chemical, isn't it? it's going to kill ladybird and lacewing larvae just as surely as the aphids.

[burnie]

My Roses are just opening up and if it ever stops raining I'll take some pictures, I only squirt the greenfly with soapy water, I don't spray any chemicals at all.