Container grown roses
Meomye
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Looking at previous posts, I just wanted to say how envious I am of some of the beautiful roses that many of you have managed to grown in containers. I have never been successul at this and would be very grateful for any tried and tested tips at doing so. I look forward to trying them later in the season. Many thanks
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I thought these pink ones wouldn't survive because of the deer.
The Pilgrim
I use large containers and fill with a mixture of soil, compost, and rotted manure up to a few inches from the top. I plant the rose and fill the last few inches with potting compost, which will prevent weeds. I have had to remove quite a few roses from the garden as the deer kept eating them, so I've put them on the terrace round the house. They need quite a bit of watering in summer and dry periods and they need regular feeding.
Malvern Hills and Phyllis Bide
Oh that's funny, not the order I posted them in, but I expect you'll work it out!
Lizzie - do you ever repot or replace any of the compost?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I live in Dordogne, France. Limestone area, so lots of stone houses.
Every May I replace the top layer of compost and plant bedding plants and every November I do the same and plant violas. I also feed regularly with an organic rose compost and in May I use granules for bedding plants that are supposed to last a long time. If you don't feed enough the rose leaves start going yellow and if you don't water enough, like the house sitter didn't when I was away, then blackspot starts appearing. When the roses are happy disease stays away it seems.
I really wanted roses climbing up the house, but the house is on rock and the ground is concreted and paved. I wanted more roses in the garden but the deer developed a taste for them. It was OK at first.
Thanks Busy Lizzie for sharing your photos and tips with us. I had no idea they could grow so vigorously in pots. I would love to see more if anyone has them.