Rose probs

floydie Full Member Posts: 119	Rose probs May 10, 2011 16:44:12 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by floydie on May 10, 2011 16:44:12 GMT Just got round to taking the pics. These are the main 2 that are causing problems.

mothergoose Guest	Rose probs May 10, 2011 20:47:55 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by mothergoose on May 10, 2011 20:47:55 GMT Are they very thorny Floydie? And are the leaves arranged in groups of 7? It's hard to tell from your pic, but it looks to me very much like a sucker....

floydie Full Member Posts: 119	Rose probs May 10, 2011 20:50:29 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by floydie on May 10, 2011 20:50:29 GMT They have large thorns 7 leaves and green chunky stems. Thats what i was thinking also, do i just cut them back if thats the case?

mothergoose Guest	Rose probs May 10, 2011 20:55:25 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by mothergoose on May 10, 2011 20:55:25 GMT Yes you can cut them off, but generally they'll come back if you do that. Better to give them a good twist and yank them off roughly....that'll teach 'em ;D

floydie Full Member Posts: 119	Rose probs May 10, 2011 21:02:43 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by floydie on May 10, 2011 21:02:43 GMT I'll attack them tomorrow then, Or should i just dig them out and bin them? I haven't noticed any other shoots coming through.
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merlin Top Member Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." Posts: 2,797	Rose probs May 11, 2011 15:51:40 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by merlin on May 11, 2011 15:51:40 GMT At first I thought wild roses planted by birds, then I thought Suckers. What puzzles me is the "large thorns" wild roses tend to have small but many! It would be interesting to wait just a week or two and see.

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Rose probs May 11, 2011 23:16:50 GMT

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May 11, 2011 15:51:40 GMT merlin said:

At first I thought wild roses planted by birds, then I thought Suckers. What puzzles me is the "large thorns" wild roses tend to have small but many! It would be interesting to wait just a week or two and see.

They are swamping the beds though

. I did think about pulling the one by the wall down so it cascades over the wall. I didn't get round to doing anything with them today so I may do that with the one tomorrow, not sure what will happen to the other yet..

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Rose probs May 12, 2011 7:29:28 GMT

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Post by Cherry on May 12, 2011 7:29:28 GMT

I would definitely dig them out and put your own choice in, if you want one so close to the footpath. They look as if they have long gone to suckers. The amount of thorns does not come into the equation at all as I have some very thorny pedigreed roses and some without thorns at all. Also, all my roses, even the later ones have flower buds on them one variety has about 20 roses already out.

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Cherry Global Moderator Posts: 17,989	Rose probs May 12, 2011 7:51:47 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cherry on May 12, 2011 7:51:47 GMT If you do buy new, put them in a different place Floydie. They can go back into the same position, but this is not without a certain amount of hassle which I will tell you about if you need to do this.

floydie Full Member Posts: 119	Rose probs May 12, 2011 8:11:19 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by floydie on May 12, 2011 8:11:19 GMT Im not a huge rose fan so they wont be replaced. I'll see if I get a spare hour later on to sort them.

Cherry Global Moderator Posts: 17,989	Rose probs May 12, 2011 10:06:42 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cherry on May 12, 2011 10:06:42 GMT It's like all gardeners, so much choice, so little space. There are lots of good alternatives around which may give you all year round interest.

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