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Our David Austin roses threw out an arm of black spot (aimed at the eucalyptus) and it almost seems they fungally infected our euc as he had been fine for 3 years and was growing nicely into a tree. Does anyone else have experience of such a cross

and next door neighbour has glorious, huge ceanotus that he's happy for my rose to grow into - I also have a clematis (can't recall which one but paper thin huge pale pink flowers, late summer) on my north fence which it would share with climbing rose

Cut late-summer-flowering clematis right down to soil levelDivide congested clumps of perennials such as asters, campanulas, rudbeckias and chrysanthemums after floweringPlant bare-rooted rosesDig up and compost exhausted summer beddingPlant out

full to plant any more! Have fun! How to make my rose grow well in Spring ? Hi, I ended up buying Princes Trust and London Bridge, from Homebase of all places. Princes Trust was recommended which is why I chose that one, (thanks to Stephanie Ivey

I want to make an all rose flower bed. It's a kidney shaped bed (max 5.4 m long x 2m wide) in the middle of a south facing lawn.  Ideally I would like fairly low growing roses, probably pink, easy to care for and with some scent. I'm a complete

? The roses are less than a foot tall now but will grow again to over five feet tall. Do I use individual stakes with tree type ties in three places on the stems, or hoop style supports so that the roses lean on them - and what height hoops would I need if I

flowering English climbing rose with a strong scent, producing a number of basal stems and putting on quite a bit of growth in its first season.  If anyone has any experience of growing the following roses, I would welcome your comments: A Shropshire Lad

I pruned my rose quite hard in April. It loved it and it now grows very vigorously. It has a lot of new strong shoots coming from the base which will cross with the existing branches. What should I do? Should I just leave it or shouold I cut

the wall - really successful and one I'd grow again if I wanted a climbing yellow rose. You've definitely got yourself a bargain there  Wendy We opened our garden to the public a fortnight ago, within a small window of half decent weather, although we did

Hi all, I found this growing at the side of my house around the start of April last year. I was thinking it might be a rose but wouldnt that be too early? Anyone have an idea of what it is? I took the photo on April 1st 2012 Hi Matt Chaenomeles