Kay Easton24/1/04 3:31

In article , Dave Henson
writes
Hi

I have a Banksia rose that I have grown from a cutting. It's still very
small ( about 3 inches high) and with only 5 sets of leaves but it's looking
very healthy. I want to plant it in the front to climb up an existing
trellis. Can anyone tell me (a) the best time to plant it out and (b) what
sort of size it should be before planting out?

Where is it now? In a pot outside or in the greenhouse? If the latter,
I'd wait till temperatures outside are a bit warmer, April, say, or even
later - the earlier you do it, the more careful you have to be to harden
it off to get it used to the new temperatures.

This is not an expert rose grower answer, but I would give it another
year in a pot and plant it out at about 12 inches high.

Kay is right. If you think of the roses you buy, you don't get them at 3".
My husband says wait until it's bigger.
Ours is on a warm south facing wall and flowers wonderfully. This is
Banksia lutea. The white Banksia on the other corner of the same wall is
not as vigorous by a long way. And remember that both flower on old wood,
so much not be pruned back as with other roses. All that should be done is
any necessary tidying - nothing heavy handed.
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Sacha
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