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quick climber i can plant in august?

On 05/08/2012 in forum

they didn't grow very high, they did flower last November through to the spring.    This summer they have put on a lot of growth and virtually meet in the middle of the arch now. Can you grow Freckles with roses? I grow a Pair of honeysuckles either side


Talkback: Rose pruning

On 28/11/2011 in forum

this winter and the remaining ones next. Your aim is to encourage new growth to develop from the base of the rose, or from the base of these old stems.Tying stems down towards the horizontal rather than letting them grow vertically is also recommended


Full sun fragrant climbing rose

On 29/05/2013 in forum

to be aware of 'rose repeat disease'. One of the ways around it that I saw on a TV prog is to plant new rose in a cardboard box, in compost, then plant the whole of the box in the ground. By the time the rose's roots grow through the box the danger


Identification

On 25/08/2012 in forum

 http://www.bluebellnursery.com/catalogue/trees/Lonicera/L/1670 I think the rose is the rootstock that another rose has been grafted onto, and the grafted rose has died.   Did the bloom look something like this?  If I'm right then it'll grow into a big bushy plant but you won't get many blooms.  Far better


favourite plant

On 14/12/2012 in forum

bluebells. This year the achillleas, next year? who knows Broad beans, chard (it would be spinach if the stuff would grow for me!) Roses,roses, and just a few more roses. What about roses Artjak? Can't grow them here....wish I could Verdun, I think I


Rambling roses

On 05/07/2012 in forum

for except  totally evergreen.   How big does it need to be?  Does it have to be a rambler?  One of my favourite roses is Buff Beauty, which is a creamy yellow hybrid musk rose which  grows into a very large bush or can be used as a climber.  Here are some


Talkback: Rose pot display

On 24/11/2011 in forum

roses. But in the halflight white roses are magical with other white flowers. I plan to grow Rosa Compassion on the 4 metre wide south-westerly house wall in a large container. I shall also have a choice of planting in other containsrs next to it, two


climbing rose question

On 05/09/2012 in forum

I have a clinbing rose Ena Harkness ( stunning red with fab scent) and it is growing up the pergola leg and beginning to go over the top. It had 3 main stems but because all the flowers were more and more higher up -I cut one main stem back


Paul's Himalayan musk rambler/ Mme Alfred Carriere

On 15/11/2012 in forum

against a south-facing fence - it was fine - in fact absolutely gorgeous (although plagued by black spot in some years, but then so are many others). Paul's Himalayan Musk is a glorious rose and will grow 12 feet wide and 30 feet high, and when I say will


which Rose

On 15/03/2013 in forum

Hi everyone, I want to plant a rambling/climbing rose that will grow along my fence. is there a rose that grows quickly and spreads a lot and ideally has a strong scent? Thanks all Yvonne Look here. Gives you lots of info and lots of varieties


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