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Is the onset of blackspot on my newly planted Queen Elizabeth Rose? I have sprayed with Rose clear 2 weeks ago when the leaves were just forming. And today I discovered the spots on them.         Hi Kitty - are they last years leaves?  In which

It rained on Sunday, so what better way to spend the day than planting roses? Well, I went and played Power Rangers in the bushes in Dulwich Park with 3-year-old, while my partner did the planting. She'd ordered them at Chelsea, and we'd almost

I ordered and received the Alan Titchmarsh roses offer last December and planted them as instructed - they were bare roots, soI planted them at an angle in a mix of soil and a little (not a lot, to avoid root burn) compost. Thery over

I have a large old American Pillar climbing rose that was very severely cut back 3 years ago, it gets very badly infected by mildew, which discolors the flowers and they then fall of. I have been spraying it with a fungicide which controls

I planted a number of bare root roses in November. One I was not sure of (colour) I have since found one that would fit in the area better (a climber) . If I dug up and replanted the original rose somewhere else, as it is a new rose and has not put

I planted a very vigorous white rose two years ago and, frustratingly, have lost the name. It is a thornless climber and flowers very early, in May. It is not repeat flowering. It dores not lose its leaves in winter. I believe it was bred

It's rose pruning time again. I could debate the merits of autumn pruning over spring, but I've always believed spring really is the best time to tackle pruning.Rose pruning isn't a job to hurry. You need time to ponder, step back and deliberate

We have a rambler rose just outside the back door, 'Félicité et Perpétue'. No matter how hard I cut it back, it still fights vigorously with the wooden slats of the featheredge fence, tries to smother the garden table and viciously rakes at my

This rose bush is 8 years old and always produces masses of lovely creamy white flowers. This years buds are dark pink! Why????? I have a white rose that is doing the exact same thing, except its a spotting of pink. I also have a yellow rose spotted

to wait a whole year until they are ready to plant out outside. Monty's clip suggests that they will be the same rose as the original variety. As most roses are grafted I didn't think this was the case? Or maybe I remember reading