Roses

All hybrid tea roses for (hopefully) cutting...
Pascali, Valencia, Elina and Just Joey.

I know NOTHING about growing roses, please don't tell me these are terrible choices!

I'm going to be planting them in a long thin bed, how much space should I leave between plants?

The only one I am familiar with is Just Joey and it is fantastic you will not be disappointed. I am planning the start of my cut roses patch for next year and Just Joey is a definite. Would like a scented pale pink to go with it. I think I will be visiting Peter Beales in the summer to help me decide, just need to make sure I leave my purse at home.

[bario1]

All hybrid tea roses for (hopefully) cutting...
Pascali, Valencia, Elina and Just Joey.

I know NOTHING about growing roses, please don't tell me these are terrible choices!

I'm going to be planting them in a long thin bed, how much space should I leave between plants?

Planting through membrane is fine.

So what varieties have you picked?

[burnie]

I'm joining the rose brigade.

Just ordered 4 on a whim, I get itchy fingers around this time of year.

Can I plant them through weed membrane to keep down the weeds under them?

Never tried it, one way to find out though

[DannyK]

Why not use ground cover like hardy geraniums?

[bario1]

I'm joining the rose brigade.

Just ordered 4 on a whim, I get itchy fingers around this time of year.

Can I plant them through weed membrane to keep down the weeds under them?

[Florence Fennel]

I need some general advice please. I have realised that limited physical ability means I can no longer grow veg in the ground, so I am clearing it in small(ish) portions and want to fill it with something fairly low maintenance, (no squatting or kneeling required) and wondered whether roses might fit the bill? I do love roses, though I've never grown any. I'll carry on with the veg in my raised beds and trugs.

[burnie]

I'm running out of garden for a big rose like that one, but looks a belter of a rose.

[WPG]

This is a ground cover rose which I planted over 20 years ago. Over the decades it's spread out to around 10 foot, and is covered in these lovely dark pink flowers for a couple of months.

I'm not good with roses at all, but this one seems indestructible and doesn't get greenfly or blackspot etc. Doing a google search it looks a bit like Rosa Hertfordshire, but I can't remember if that was its name or not.

[mothhawk]

Well there's me 'n' you so far lol.

[burnie]

Well there's me 'n' you so far lol.

[veggiechicken]

Problem with stickies is, they appear at the top of the page every time, and some people have problems with this - so we try to limit the number of stickies on each board to popular subjects.
Let's see how popular this one becomes!

[burnie]

I've probably posted in some of them VC, it was the low profile with no sticky that surprised me and I wasn't actually asking for one, but will certainly be using it now it's here, along with Night Scented Stocks and native wild flowers, I rarely grow any other flowers....oh and sweet peas.....oh and scabious. well you know what I mean.

[veggiechicken]

Here are a few Rose threads..................

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ighlight=roses

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ighlight=roses

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ighlight=roses

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ighlight=roses

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ighlight=roses

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ighlight=roses

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ighlight=roses

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ighlight=roses

What were you saying about not many, burnie

[burnie]

Thanks VC, just surprised there's not more about them, even me as a dyed in the wool veg grower has always found room for a nice scented Rose or 2.


One from last year that is in bloom again just now