Roses

[Bluenowhere]

If you are looking for a really vigorous climber/rambler I’d recommend Maid of Kent (DA)

She covered a garden arch the year I planted her and I have to chop at her almost every weekend in the late spring/summer to prevent her climbing over the carport, garage roof completely out of control, etc etc. She is probably a bit more vigorous than I would like but if you are looking to cover a trellis or arbour quickly she would be perfect.

She has lovely very pale pink flowers which turn white as they mature. They are individually small but are in clusters of four or five from one flowering stem.

[chrisdb]

I planted a couple of ramblers ... I'm desperately waiting for them to put on a huge amount of growth.... no such luck for me. They look healthy enough but they aren't covering my arch yet.
I think I may need to get some feed/ manure

What did you plant? I've had mixed luck with ramblers and climbers. In particular, I've often found the David Austin climbers to be less vigorous than the eventual heights on the website suggest. A summary of what I have or have had recently:

Francis E. Lester - not a DA one. Very healthy variety, very fast growing but still possible to contain if required. Grew several metres in its first year, if I recall correctly. Main downside is that it doesn't repeat flower, although when it's in flower it's very impressive and the scent can carry.

Lady of the Lake - DA. For me it struggles to go over about 2m. It seems to have stabilised at about that height, despite claims that it can reach 12ft. In summer it grows quite slowly because it flowers so enthusiastically, but then every winter some of the little extra height it put on gets wiped out by minor dieback.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles - DA. More vigorous than Lady of the Lake, easily hit about 3m tall. But a martyr to black spot and just about every other problem under the sun. I removed it.

Mortimer Sackler - DA. Got it reduced in a garden centre and just planted it this year as a replacement for Tess. We'll see how tall it gets and whether it resists black spot more than Tess.

The Albrighton Rambler - DA. Newly planted this year, but I'm optimistic. The canes are a bit more robust than Lady of the Lake, although not quite so thick as Francis E. Lester. It seems to be growing quite fast so far.

[Scarlet]

I planted a couple of ramblers ... I'm desperately waiting for them to put on a huge amount of growth.... no such luck for me. They look healthy enough but they aren't covering my arch yet.
I think I may need to get some feed/ manure

[chrisdb]

Roses put on most of their growth in Spring - especially if it likes where it is.
I havent got one....but I'm tempted now

I guess I'm just comparing it to my other roses, and it's notably going faster than most of them, apart from the climbers and ramblers. It certainly isn't acting like a compact rose.

As for the flowers, I'd say they're a bit gaudy, but very visible and cheerful. They're a bit of garden bling, and a million miles away from the pastel shades I usually go for. But I saw one in flower at the garden centre and it seduced me...

[Scarlet]

Roses put on most of their growth in Spring - especially if it likes where it is.
I havent got one....but I'm tempted now

[chrisdb]

Anyone else have a Tequila Sunrise rose? I planted one last year, pruned it this spring... and it seems to be growing somewhat fast for what's supposed to be a relative small rose. It's definitely the right variety I have because the flowers last year looked right. But it seems really vigorous in my raised bed: David Austin say 2.5ft tall, the RHS say 75cm, but it's probably grown 50cm so far this spring already.

[Scarlet]

I would class that as year1 pruning. I've a few too.

[bario1]

Planted this time last year (bare root from the late David Austin), so in their second season?

[Scarlet]

Is it newly planted Bario? Young plants need less of a prune.

This is worth a read
https://www.davidaustinroses.co.uk/a...sh-shrub-rose/

[Thelma Sanders]

Any time from now, until spring growth starts , I'll do mine after the holiday break

[bario1]

When's the best time to prune my hybrid tea roses?

[veggiechicken]

Also, none of us are clairvoyant - you've only just posted photos of the roses - and they're all upside down.

Maybe, they'll "lookbettertomorow".

[bario1]

You didn't read my post at all did you? I usually over water. Please don't insult me anymore by saying they didn't grow 10' see pics, of course you could say the roses are older than one year but if you know anything about botany you will be able to see that they are juvenile, the fence panels are 6'�6' so you do the maths.[ATTACH=CONFIG]84312[/ATTACH]

Lookbettertomorrow there's no need to take that aggressive tone, Scarlet was merely offering her opinion, I can't see how that would be insulting... and believe me, she knows plenty about botany.
Abusive and bullying behaviour will not be tolerated on this forum.

[lookbettertomorow]

And this upside down one is the rose in question

[lookbettertomorow]

This is Albertine, rambler