"terry macleod" wrote in
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We are just trying out our rose growing skills, we walked around the
local DIY center, and in their garden was this beautiful rose blood
red
(we did'nt know its name), but we thought we would take a chance on
the
couple of quid.

I don't know how it works where you are,
but in the USA roses sold by nurseries come
with tags that provide a name and, usually,
a classification, like Hybrid Tea or
Floribunda. You might check to see if
such a tag exists someone on your rose
bush.

Fiona the good lady planted it on a south facing fence line in a box
we
had constructed, and this year it has with a bit of phosphate
produced
not one
but three blooms with a delicate scent, not bad for begginers eh.

Good job!

We were so impressed with the roses that we have now planted
climbing
roses in the garden and as soon as we have our rose arch in bloom we
will take a picture and post it on here.

Climbing roses can be a real pleasure. They
can also take up a lot of room and send
canes into mowing paths! They usually take
about three years to get established, and
are heavier feeders than shrub roses.

Photos should be posted to a web page or
binary newsgroup and a link posted here.
This is strictly a text-only newsgroup.
But please do post a link. We love looking
at rose photos.

Gail
near San Antonio TX USA Zone 8




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terry macleod