Roses

[Babru]

No reason why pots won't work - I use the ground because I've got a number of buildings which provide North facing walls, so the soil there is more or less permanently damp - so its easy for me just to stick a few cuttings in, leave them for a year and then those that do root are a nice surprise :-)

I think hormone rooting powder is probably one for the experts - I tried it, and for me it seemed to make no noticeable difference. For the extra cost and the fact that I'm not sure its stores well, I'd rather just take a few more cuttings and accept a lower % are going to root OK - if you are running a commercial operation, then the cost/benefit will look entirely different.

I took rose cuttings last September as I was moving house and wanted my favourites to come with me - Gertrude Jekyll, Gentle Hermione, Altissimo. I don't know that it was the right time of year, but I had nothing to lose. I used hormone rooting powder, 12 inch long shoots in pots. They looked OK for a long time, but one by one they have died off this spring. Maybe the awful winter we just had was too much for them.

I have suggested to my husband that we need to take a trip down to Austen plants near Wolverhampton to replace them. That's where we bought them originally, and it is a fabulous place to visit if you love roses. You can see them blooming in their lovely gardens and choose the ones you like best. (Bit of a long trip from Edinburgh I know.) His reply - he's seen them for sale in Dobbies, we can just go there. No romance in his soul....

Anyway I was pruning my sister's roses for her in March, and took some clippings of Arthur Bell, a rose I have always wanted for its fantastic perfume and general floriferousness. Same treatment as the previous attempt, but they have leaves on and my fingers are crossed.

[nickdub]

I'd just leave them somewhere shady but with a little day light from the sides, and after a bit cut a few slits in the plastic so they don't get to the point where they go mouldy.

Taking cuttings is really a race between the plants forming new roots and the tops dying. As long as you can keep the tops green and growing, your plants will win the race. I wouldn't advise looking or doing much else except the odd bit of watering until the leaves fall off in the Autumn naturally - then you could check for root growth.

[bikermike]

No reason why pots won't work - I use the ground because I've got a number of buildings which provide North facing walls, so the soil there is more or less permanently damp - so its easy for me just to stick a few cuttings in, leave them for a year and then those that do root are a nice surprise :-)

I think hormone rooting powder is probably one for the experts - I tried it, and for me it seemed to make no noticeable difference. For the extra cost and the fact that I'm not sure its stores well, I'd rather just take a few more cuttings and accept a lower % are going to root OK - if you are running a commercial operation, then the cost/benefit will look entirely different.

Well, I put them in, and they are still in bags. The leaves look green inside the bags. What's the best way of seeing how they are doing? I don't want to disturb any roots that might be forming, do I just wait and see if the leaves look not-dead in a month or so? (they seem to be drinking water). I hope they take, it's a lovely perfumed rose by our front door, and it's marvellous to smell it as I get home from work.

Miss Scarlet - your roses look lovely

[bario1]

What did you get?

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...

[bramble]

Scarlet they are all beautiful.
Just wondering might the pink one be Wendy Cussons.?

[Scarlet]

Might the last one be Lady Hillingdon ?

I just had a gaggle and it looks too yellow...this one has yellow buds, when it opens the outer petal are a creamy white with a yellow centre. It does have lots of flowers though and is a strong healthy plant. Quite chuffed with how well its grown from a cutting especially as it is from a good friend. Love plants from friends - I always have secateurs in my handbag

[nickdub]

Might the last one be Lady Hillingdon ?

[Scarlet]

Showing off my standards again - I can�t stop going in the garden to �have another look�


Anne Boleyn - I have two of these standards. I�m hoping to get another two for my birthday in the summer

Unfortunately I don�t know the name of this one - but the perfume is gorgeous. Large shrub.


Another without a name - taken from a cutting from a friends garden - a rambler, has loads of flowers

[Scarlet]

Some David A roses....

A lovely peach rose - Carolyn Knight


The Ainwick


Royal Jubilee - not thornless but doesn�t have many - the photo doesn�t do the colour justice. This is really beautiful.


Gertrude Jeckyll - I�ve just pegged two branches down along the top of an old stone wall - hoping to get some more flowers along the stems

[Scarlet]

Beautiful VC!

[veggiechicken]

Zephirine drouhin - you can smell them as you approach them - the scent of "proper" roses - and they're thornless.

[Scarlet]

Just had a little stroll around my garden - loving my roses at the moment.
Some photos



City of York - rambling rose. In bud it’s yellow.

[Scarlet]

Planted these out today in a nice sunny spot on the plot. Added manure and rootgrow just like in the D@vid Austin videos, so expecting great blooms!

What did you get?

[Scarlet]

Thank you Bramble, I'm very chuffed with them. I think they needed a couple of seasons in the ground before looking their best.
I've just treated myself to a climber - Pauls Himalayan Musk - to climb through an old pear tree, very much looking forward to that growing .

[bramble]

They look beautiful Scarlet.