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GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 4,244
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Please could anyone suggest a carpet rose with a slightly wild look? Sounds a bit crazy but I grow just two roses at the moment R glauca and Canary Bird. Also has anyone heard of a rose called Blushing Lucy? 
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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 10,269
    Can't help re. the carpet rose, but Blushing Lucy is available here-
    https://www.trevorwhiteroses.co.uk/shop/rambling-roses/blushing-lucy/

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 83,826
    edited January 2022
    It depends what you mean by 'slightly wild look'.  To me that means a rambler type with single or semi-single flowers ... but the ramblers all tend towards needing quite a bit of space ... how much space have you got?   I have seen ramblers 'pegged down' so that they carpeted the ground ... but they covered a very large bank.  

    Rosa 'Super Fairy' is the smallest rambing type I can think of.  

    Lots more ramblers here https://www.classicroses.co.uk/roses.html?pbr_rose_grou

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  • MarlorenaMarlorena Posts: 7,851
    Consider 'Rushing Stream' from David Austin Roses... it flowers continuously, has beautiful foliage, and hips in autumn..
    The single white flowers form a sort of corymb, like a hydrangea..  very disease resistant and no sprays needed..  spreads to 5 or 6 feet.

    If you prefer something in pink, consider 'Scented Carpet' which as the name implies, is scented.. it also produces a mass of colourful hips in autumn.. 
    East Anglia, England
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 4,244
    Thank you to all of you, your knowledge regarding roses is very impressive and I have enjoyed looking at your past posts. I was interested to see that Blushing Lucy is available. A friend of mine who is no longer with us opened her garden for the NGS many years ago. She loved this rose and hoped it would be grown in the future.
    Sadly I only have room for something up to four feet so maybe I am asking too much.
    Will keep a note of your ideas for future projects.  
    RETIRED GARDENER, SOUTH NOTTS, SOIL.

    A good gardener's eye sees more to be improved. Robin Lane Fox
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 4,244
    I have just been in the garden and checked the area again .Rushing stream would be perfect. David Austin suggests a width of four feet can it be pruned at all if it does get too big? Also should I buy bare rooted or wait until available potted?
    RETIRED GARDENER, SOUTH NOTTS, SOIL.

    A good gardener's eye sees more to be improved. Robin Lane Fox
  • FireFire Posts: 17,116
    Bare root is great - now is a great time to plant.
  • MarlorenaMarlorena Posts: 7,851
    Yes, you can prune it any time as it's a repeat blooming rose, so it will continue to flower on new growth... pruning late winter is best, ready for the season ahead..    I would get a bare root if it's still available..
    East Anglia, England
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 10,269
    edited January 2022
    Yes, I agree - bare root is best.
    The bare-root season lasts between around Oct-March. Outside of these times only potted plants are available
    Bare root roses will settle in faster
    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 4,244
    Thank you I will go ahead and purchase one. My soil is clay with mulch and compost added. Would you us mycorrhizal fungi when planting? Is rose food a good idea? I understand that companies importing plants are having all sorts of problems due to new laws and proof of plant health, especially the Netherlands. I wonder if David Austin are having similar problems the other way. 
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    A good gardener's eye sees more to be improved. Robin Lane Fox
  • FireFire Posts: 17,116
    I do add MF when I plant a rose.
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