ROSE RAMBLER 12TH APRIL, 2018 …

ROSE RAMBLER 12TH APRIL, 2018 …

Hello dear rose friends after a most amazing experience at the inaugural Upper North Shore Rose Show at Galston last weekend – thank you so much to my hosts Celia and Ian for a truly wonderful weekend in Sydney!  The Rose Show was amazing with their onsite Café well stocked with scones baked by … yep, Diana up at the crack of dawn with a smile

 
Naturally, when I leave the Rose Farm, others have to step up and manage the nursery so thank goodness, Cooper was happy to assist his Dad, Ben and Poppy, Gra …

 

 

GRA’S GARBLE …

Let’s start with a joke…

Q.  Why can’t you borrow money from a leprechaun?  A.  Because he’s always a little short!

We enjoy your email enquiries as they inspire us to share our knowledge through this Rose Rambler – this week we’ll cover some interesting facets of growing roses in pots …

Rosemary asks:  “SHOULD I REPOT MY ROSES WHICH HAVE BEEN IN THE POTS FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS?”

Hi Rosemary … you would do well to re-pot the roses any time NOW … if there are any in really large pots, remove soil around the border (sides) of the pot, cut roots out as well and place fresh soil in the space, water in with seaweed solution and the roses will literally jump out of their pots!  They’ll flower super well this season.  Hope this is helpful … cheers

“HOW MUCH BIGGER SHOULD THE POTS BE?”

If you’re going to completely re-pot, why not just use the same pots?  You’ll bare-root the roses, trim the roots and the tops and then plant them back into the same pots I would think???  However, if you want to get larger pots, you might increase the size by at least 20cms I guess ???

“ALSO CAN WEEPING STANDARD BE GROWN IN A POT?”

Ofcourse you CAN grow a weeper in a pot but I would only recommend such a situation if you were using the weeper to cover say, a pergola / veranda / or some other structure that the understock cane of the weeper can be well supported by such a structure.  Remember, a weeping rose could easily grow a ‘head’ which is up to 2 metres diameter so unless you have a pot which is 2 metres in diameter, the head will require substantial support!

“KIM’S ROSES GROW WELL IN POTS – NOT SO WELL IN THE GROUND – WHY???”

Hi Kim … Pots work well provided you water them adequately … since you’ve been so successful, I guess there might be just a bit of an issue with those two varieties?  If a rose doesn’t perform, take a look OUTSIDE THE SQUARE … is it the rose at the end of the row – on the high side (it might be dry or maybe getting more shade than it likes), perhaps the lowest point (is it too wet or not getting adequate air circulation)?

RULES TO APPLY FOR POTTED ROSES …

When roses are being kept in pots I suggest you use QUALITY POTTING MIX and don’t muck with it by adding bits and pieces … always pour ECO-SEAWEED over the entire plant at least once a fortnight and feed regularly once the rose has foliage.  The bigger the pot, the bigger the plant!  For roses especially, more roots and foliage, MORE FLOWERS!

“SEAWEED APPLICATION … EASY OR NOT?”

An email from Judy makes me think we glibly offer you this recommendation … “apply ECO-SEAWEED to encourage health, vigour and continual flowering …” 
JUST A SILLY QUESTION…IF YOU WANT TO GIVE THE ENTIRE GARDEN A BIT OF SEAWEED, HOW DO YOU DISTRIBUTE IT?  WATERING CAN (EXHAUSTING!)…SPRAY IT ON – DOES EACH PLANT GET ENOUGH THAT WAY?”

My response Hi Judy .. I would think that your entire rose garden would be ‘seaweeded’ with oooh, 5 watering cans???  It’s a sprinkling over the roses and yes, as the bushes grow it might be exhausting with watering cans but then load up a spray unit … there are lots of small garden units available so you can get 25 – 50litres of spray distributed very economically .. worth investing in a unit similar to what we use at the Rose Farm! 

Q.  What did one candle say to the other candle?  A.  Are you going out tonight?

 

KABLOOM and TESSELAAR’S PLANT EXPO

This weekend we are exhibiting at this magnificent destination so do come along and see and smell our awesome display of field-grown roses – lots of new-release varieties – over 40 vases of fragrant roses will be displayed!

There is a SPECIAL OFFER during the EXPO ONLY – order any 5 BARE-ROOTED ROSES for this winter and receive one rose FREE*

 

(*select one of our highly recommended roses as your FREE ROSE)

Graham will be doing a presentation on stage at 10.30am on SATURDAY MORNING.

 

ALSO THIS WEEKEND – KILMORE ART EXPO

 If you can organise a group of 8 or more, you will enjoy the following

FREE entry to Art Expo
FREE catalogue and guided walk through Art Expo
FREE entry to one of Kilmore’s finest gardens
FREE walk ‘n’ talk around Silkies Rose Farm and gardens

Here are a few pics of roses in the gardens and pots this past week …

 
(Top Left: MAGGIE Top Right: JEANNE LA JOIE  Bottom Left: HONEY DIJON Bottom Right:  APRICOT NECTAR)
Hope we catch up with you at one of these destinations this weekend – cheers from Graham, Diana, Mooi, Tova, Ben and Leigh – this weekend we’ve got our friend Marilyn helping us as well!

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