A few from my garden today

Danny, you wouldn't have any photo's of 'Falling in Love' and 'Grandpa's Rose would you please.

St Patrick is an excellent rose and as Doug said an exhibition performer

Thanks guys nice to hear.I have read St Patrick likes the heat more then the cold stands up well in the hot summer days.How is it healthwise and reblooming etc.Roseman not at the moment mate I will take one if I get another flush of Grandpa rose it made a fair few this year.Falling in love I have seen in someones garden and as Louise I found one at Big W this week of all places and grabbed it right away.

Hi All,
Just an update on the newbies I bought last week at Big W. They were planted over the weekend and seem to be settling in well. Falling in Love has the healthiest looking shoots and I hope this is a good omen. Will keep the forum posted on its progress.
Cheers,
Louise.

According to a talk I heard recently I am not sure buying roses from super market so early in the year is a good idea.

Although from experience I haven't had many problems from supermarket roses. I wonder what experiences others have had?

Doug, that sounds interesting.......is there any transcript out there on that subject, please......

I have found that if you get in early, just after the plants have arrived and the plants haven't been tossed around with gay abandon in the store, that selecting a sturdy plant with several branches can be very rewarding in time. I need to pot the bare rooteds on and put them in the glasshouse until plant out in november, when the frosts have abated.  In recent years however, i have noted that in our K-Mart the variety of bare rooted roses is poor indeed, with only the usual suspects (Pascali, QE II, Chrysler, Papa M, Just Joey, iceberg, Gold Bunny)..whereas maybe 5 yrs back I could get Mrs Oakley Fisher, Wedding Day (the vareties you often see with the Oval tag with 'Old Fashioned' on it..

I got Renae on the throw-out rack at Bunnies and it didn't do terribly well - but this was,perhaps doe to the combo of throw-out rack health and the hottest summer I've ever experienced in Melbourne.

roseman wrote:Danny, you wouldn't have any photo's of 'Falling in Love' and 'Grandpa's Rose would you please.

..you asked for photo of Falling in Love..I dont have one ...yet ;)but I did just that ..fell in love with it when I saw it at Swanes in January..these are a couple of my photos if that helps

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I also bought a roses from Big W a couple of weeks ago ..bit of powdery mildew on a couple but thats sorted ..& now they are very healthy plants ..buds now arriving & flowering I thought for the price ...why not )..I soaked them for awhile in wormjuice & when I went to pot the root growth very strong ..not must haves as I'll save that for the catalogues..but it helps as Im happy to rescue them & give them a home lol ....

Thanks Helen, I am sure it will come to Mudgee over winter.

I bought several "bagged' roses from Bunnings last year and they have done very well especially Father's Love.  I brought this one to my new house in a pot and it's looking fine and ready to go in the garden in a months time.  

Hi All,
Just following up on my bare root rose purchases in may. Most of them have small buds but Baronne E de Rothschild is quite precocious with a bud that is about to bloom. Also a Seduction and Jubilee Celebration that I picked up cheap aren't too far behind it.
Cheers,
Louise.

Ahhh, all this talk is making me want my roses to arrive! Come on postie!

It's a great time of year with all the newbies arriving, that's for sure!

Woohoo, picked up my newies from Silkies yesterday and planted them when I got home. Now I just have to wait until spring. Meanwhile, the pruning still has to be done....
Louise, last year the Baronne was one I ordered. Unfortunately it never "took" and withered away, while all the others took off like rockets. I'm sure you'll love it.

Thanks Silky. I'm sure I will love it.

Hi Ausrose,
Thanks for the advice. I think sometimes roses don't survive despite all the care that is given to them. I'm hoping to have a go at showing roses at some point. It sounds quite challenging and interesting.
Cheers,
Louise☺

Ausrose, interesting that you have found Duet is a good exhibitors rose. I don't exhibit but find this is an excellent rose in the garden. Mine must be going on about 15 years and still pumps out beautiful blooms each season, tough as old boots.

Louise exhibiting roses can be an exhilerating experience if you have approach it in the right frame of mind. The AQ and my attitude is you give it your best shot, enjoy the day out and if you win a championship ribbon it is a bonus.

I got my barrone de rothschid last year and it was one of the first to take off and gave me so many blooms and a very tuff rose.Everybody rates duet as a great garden rose and joyfullness as a good show rose to.

There are two sports of Barrone E de Rothschild these being Louisa Jane and Frances Louise. I don't grow Frances Louise but I have had three bushes of Louisa Jane for a number of years and found it every bit as good as Baronne E de Rothschild. At the moment I have three Frances Louise on order from Thomas for Roses. Like Barrone E de Rothschild both of the sports are good roses for the decorative class on the show bench in NSW.

Thanks Ausrose,
I will have to check them out.
Cheers,
Louise.

I bought Duet the year before last and it is only since I moved it (it was in a pot) to my new house,  it has decided to come "alive"!!  It put out a tremendous thick shoot, but no flowers.  Looked good though.  I've now planted it into the garden and pruned it.  Just hoping it performs next season!