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Optimistic roses?
The Rosa bracteata still has a lot of buds left on it and the Rosa banksiae
alba has formed clusters of new buds. Perhaps those Holly berries are lying after all! ;-) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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"Sacha" wrote in message k... The Rosa bracteata still has a lot of buds left on it and the Rosa banksiae alba has formed clusters of new buds. Perhaps those Holly berries are lying after all! ;-) Sacha, How old does R banksiae have to be before it flowers? I have one which I acquired in March as a young pot grown specimen and one a year older. Neither had any flowers this year. (Admittedly a confounded sheep had a fair fraction of the older one in the spring.) Franz |
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On 26/10/04 22:24, in article , "Franz
Heymann" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message k... The Rosa bracteata still has a lot of buds left on it and the Rosa banksiae alba has formed clusters of new buds. Perhaps those Holly berries are lying after all! ;-) Sacha, How old does R banksiae have to be before it flowers? Ray reckons about two years old. I have one which I acquired in March as a young pot grown specimen and one a year older. Neither had any flowers this year. (Admittedly a confounded sheep had a fair fraction of the older one in the spring.) As they flower on old wood, your sheep did for this year's show! I'm probably preaching to the choir but only cut out the stems that you really don't want or which obstruct e.g. windows as our lutea does sometimes. The white one seems never to be as vigorous as the yellow one here and is comparatively insignificant while the yellow just drips with flowers. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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"Sacha" wrote in message k... On 26/10/04 22:24, in article , "Franz Heymann" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message k... The Rosa bracteata still has a lot of buds left on it and the Rosa banksiae alba has formed clusters of new buds. Perhaps those Holly berries are lying after all! ;-) Sacha, How old does R banksiae have to be before it flowers? Ray reckons about two years old. I have one which I acquired in March as a young pot grown specimen and one a year older. Neither had any flowers this year. (Admittedly a confounded sheep had a fair fraction of the older one in the spring.) As they flower on old wood, your sheep did for this year's show! I'm probably preaching to the choir but only cut out the stems that you really don't want or which obstruct e.g. windows as our lutea does sometimes. The white one seems never to be as vigorous as the yellow one here and is comparatively insignificant while the yellow just drips with flowers. Many thanks. So there's hope for mine yet. Contrary to yours, my normalis (white) grew faster than lutea this past season. Franz |
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On 27/10/04 8:33 pm, in article , "Franz
Heymann" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message k... snip The white one seems never to be as vigorous as the yellow one here and is comparatively insignificant while the yellow just drips with flowers. Many thanks. So there's hope for mine yet. Contrary to yours, my normalis (white) grew faster than lutea this past season. I'd be very interested to know if it continues that way. Ours weren't planted by my husband but by Edward Hyams, we think, so are pretty old. The white is on a corner of the house wall but is south and west facing so while it can get some wind, it is pretty frost sheltered. Apparently, it's never been much of a 'do-er' while the yellow one goes mad. Of course, this may just be this particular plant. I don't know where you're growing yours, BTW but among other things with ours we have a Clematis rehederiana which is a very rampant plant and flowering well now as it has been for some weeks. I recommend it strongly to anyone who has room for it. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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"Sacha" wrote in message k... On 27/10/04 8:33 pm, in article , "Franz Heymann" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message k... snip The white one seems never to be as vigorous as the yellow one here and is comparatively insignificant while the yellow just drips with flowers. Many thanks. So there's hope for mine yet. Contrary to yours, my normalis (white) grew faster than lutea this past season. I'd be very interested to know if it continues that way. Ours weren't planted by my husband but by Edward Hyams, we think, so are pretty old. The white is on a corner of the house wall but is south and west facing so while it can get some wind, it is pretty frost sheltered. Apparently, it's never been much of a 'do-er' while the yellow one goes mad. Of course, this may just be this particular plant. I don't know where you're growing yours, BTW but among other things with ours we have a Clematis rehederiana which is a very rampant plant and flowering well now as it has been for some weeks. I recommend it strongly to anyone who has room for it. They are both in 60 cm pots against the South wall of our house, in moderately, but not severely, windy positions. I just hope they don't object to being in the pots too early in their lives. {:-(( My wife and I fell for lutea when we saw a magnificent specimen at Trellissick garden in Cornwall a couple of years ago. Franz |
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On 28/10/04 13:57, in article , "Franz
Heymann" wrote: snip They are both in 60 cm pots against the South wall of our house, in moderately, but not severely, windy positions. I just hope they don't object to being in the pots too early in their lives. {:-(( My wife and I fell for lutea when we saw a magnificent specimen at Trellissick garden in Cornwall a couple of years ago. I'm not sure if I'm following your correctly but are you intending to plant them out into the ground? As you know vigorous is an understatement for this rose and they won't be happy in a pot for long! I think it's one of the best roses there is but it's a little bit unusual to a lot of people. It's also a great bonus not to *have* to prune it more than the odd bit of tidying up. ;-) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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"Sacha" wrote in message k... On 28/10/04 13:57, in article , "Franz Heymann" wrote: snip They are both in 60 cm pots against the South wall of our house, in moderately, but not severely, windy positions. I just hope they don't object to being in the pots too early in their lives. {:-(( My wife and I fell for lutea when we saw a magnificent specimen at Trellissick garden in Cornwall a couple of years ago. I'm not sure if I'm following your correctly but are you intending to plant them out into the ground? As you know vigorous is an understatement for this rose and they won't be happy in a pot for long! I realise that they are very vigorous. However, I intend to keep them in the pots until they show signs of discomfort, when I will take cuttings and start from scratch. I think it's one of the best roses there is but it's a little bit unusual to a lot of people. It's also a great bonus not to *have* to prune it more than the odd bit of tidying up. ;-) Franz |
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On 3/11/04 6:30, in article , "Franz
Heymann" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message k... On 28/10/04 13:57, in article , "Franz Heymann" wrote: snip They are both in 60 cm pots against the South wall of our house, in moderately, but not severely, windy positions. I just hope they don't object to being in the pots too early in their lives. {:-(( My wife and I fell for lutea when we saw a magnificent specimen at Trellissick garden in Cornwall a couple of years ago. I'm not sure if I'm following your correctly but are you intending to plant them out into the ground? As you know vigorous is an understatement for this rose and they won't be happy in a pot for long! I realise that they are very vigorous. However, I intend to keep them in the pots until they show signs of discomfort, when I will take cuttings and start from scratch. Any reason not to plant them in the open ground? I don't think they'll flower or do their best in pots. Ours covers just about half the front of the house and at present has stems waving up in the air way above the gutter. But it absolutely drips with flowers when in bloom. It wouldn't do any of that in a pot. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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"Sacha" wrote in message k... On 3/11/04 6:30, in article , "Franz Heymann" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message k... On 28/10/04 13:57, in article , "Franz Heymann" wrote: snip They are both in 60 cm pots against the South wall of our house, in moderately, but not severely, windy positions. I just hope they don't object to being in the pots too early in their lives. {:-(( My wife and I fell for lutea when we saw a magnificent specimen at Trellissick garden in Cornwall a couple of years ago. I'm not sure if I'm following your correctly but are you intending to plant them out into the ground? As you know vigorous is an understatement for this rose and they won't be happy in a pot for long! I realise that they are very vigorous. However, I intend to keep them in the pots until they show signs of discomfort, when I will take cuttings and start from scratch. Any reason not to plant them in the open ground? A three inch concrete path against the house. {:-(( I don't think they'll flower or do their best in pots. Ours covers just about half the front of the house and at present has stems waving up in the air way above the gutter. But it absolutely drips with flowers when in bloom. It wouldn't do any of that in a pot. Unfortunately I have no alternative. Let's just go on with the experiment. If they fail, so be it. Franz |
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On 3/11/04 15:36, in article , "Franz
Heymann" wrote: snip Any reason not to plant them in the open ground? A three inch concrete path against the house. {:-(( I don't think they'll flower or do their best in pots. Ours covers just about half the front of the house and at present has stems waving up in the air way above the gutter. But it absolutely drips with flowers when in bloom. It wouldn't do any of that in a pot. Unfortunately I have no alternative. Let's just go on with the experiment. If they fail, so be it. I hope they don't! Could you, perhaps, dig a pocket out of the path? -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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"Sacha" wrote in message k... On 3/11/04 15:36, in article , "Franz Heymann" wrote: snip Any reason not to plant them in the open ground? A three inch concrete path against the house. {:-(( I don't think they'll flower or do their best in pots. Ours covers just about half the front of the house and at present has stems waving up in the air way above the gutter. But it absolutely drips with flowers when in bloom. It wouldn't do any of that in a pot. Unfortunately I have no alternative. Let's just go on with the experiment. If they fail, so be it. I hope they don't! Could you, perhaps, dig a pocket out of the path? Ten years ago, I made a hole for a "Schoolgirl" in that path. I found it very difficult then. I am now 10 years older and just cannot face it. {:-(( Franz |
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On 3/11/04 20:22, in article , "Franz
Heymann" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message k... On 3/11/04 15:36, in article , "Franz Heymann" wrote: snip Any reason not to plant them in the open ground? A three inch concrete path against the house. {:-(( I don't think they'll flower or do their best in pots. Ours covers just about half the front of the house and at present has stems waving up in the air way above the gutter. But it absolutely drips with flowers when in bloom. It wouldn't do any of that in a pot. Unfortunately I have no alternative. Let's just go on with the experiment. If they fail, so be it. I hope they don't! Could you, perhaps, dig a pocket out of the path? Ten years ago, I made a hole for a "Schoolgirl" in that path. I found it very difficult then. I am now 10 years older and just cannot face it. {:-(( I can quite see that! But you are obviously 'taken' with Rosa banksiae and I just want you to enjoy it, as we do enjoy ours. I'm sorry not to be more encouraging, Franz, because I would like to be, honestly. But in a container, this rose is NOT going to do what you planted it for. So - back to square one..........can you employ, coerce, find, pay, bribe or blackmail someone into making a suitable hole into which this rose can be planted? -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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"Sacha" wrote in message k... On 3/11/04 20:22, in article , "Franz Heymann" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message k... On 3/11/04 15:36, in article , "Franz Heymann" wrote: snip Any reason not to plant them in the open ground? A three inch concrete path against the house. {:-(( I don't think they'll flower or do their best in pots. Ours covers just about half the front of the house and at present has stems waving up in the air way above the gutter. But it absolutely drips with flowers when in bloom. It wouldn't do any of that in a pot. Unfortunately I have no alternative. Let's just go on with the experiment. If they fail, so be it. I hope they don't! Could you, perhaps, dig a pocket out of the path? Ten years ago, I made a hole for a "Schoolgirl" in that path. I found it very difficult then. I am now 10 years older and just cannot face it. {:-(( I can quite see that! But you are obviously 'taken' with Rosa banksiae and I just want you to enjoy it, as we do enjoy ours. I'm sorry not to be more encouraging, Franz, because I would like to be, honestly. But in a container, this rose is NOT going to do what you planted it for. So - back to square one..........can you employ, coerce, find, pay, bribe or blackmail someone into making a suitable hole into which this rose can be planted? I will keep you posted. from time to time/ Franz |
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