My First ever roses ..... panicking, why have they grown so fast?

Renata Boyle

We bought some roses from Lidl to fill a gap in one of our raised beds, no idea what kind they are - nothing on the packaging (apart from 'do not consume' lol).

They seem to shot up very quickly and I have no clue how to care for them, are you meant to prune roses at regular intervals?  I fed them with some liquid food and they look happy but apart from that I'm clueless, will post 3 photo's in the hope of finding out whether they are all different from each other, one of them is very tall ....

 Rose 2

 Rose 3

 Many thanks to anyone who responds ... am beginning to wonder if there is a limit to how many questions I can ask on GW before it becomes 'harrasment' lolol

Renata Boyle

... did I say 'one of them is very tall'? edit that to '.... they all are very tall'

Fairygirl

I don't grow roses Renata - but it is summer and it's kind of what they do!  

I think most roses respond well to hard pruning but someone who knows about that will come along and inform you. I'd expect it to be spring pruning for most of them though - shrub types anyway - but I know nothing about them! 

Chrissy the gardener

If you wanted smaller rose bushes you should have bought maybe patio roses,they grow to about 2 foot tall. Some rose bushes can grow to 6 feet or more depending on which kind they are.

pruning roses bushes will not make them smaller, if they are tall ones thats what they always will be.

Dovefromabove

They look fine.

Don't prune them now - you'll lose the flowers.

Show us a picture of the flowers when they arrive and we'll be able to make a better guess about what to do next.

They may be climbers - but even so leave them as they are just for now - just think about where you could move them to if they are. 

And don't panic - enjoy them, they look nice and healthy

Logan

Hi Renata Boyle, if they are climbers you could put up a obelisk it would give the border some hight, they look like a highbride tea roses they could be tall ones. Don't prune them now just cut the spent flowers above a leaf joint. If they are bush roses cut them by half in November and prune again in march. If they are climbers don't prune just cut out any dead wood.

Fairygirl

I'd agree - they do look more like climbers. Do you have the names of them Renata? That will help with advice re pruning etc. 

Renata Boyle

Hi Guys, no I don't have any names, I don't know why but there is never any information on the particular variety whenever I buy from Lidl, they are usually in really good condition though AND cheap ... had loads of plants from there and they always do very well ... I have got some patio roses, so pretty and they usually flower twice in succession ....

Ed, no point asking me anything ... as Manuel from Fawlty Towers used to say ... 'I know nothing' ... I just plant (I say 'plant" - I point to where I want something planted and then supervise husband doing the work), feed, water and hope for the best ...

I will post pics when they flower, in the meantime, enjoy my patio roses, can you believe these are the FIRST plants I potted myself ... I'm so proud ...

 

Renata Boyle

oh just wanted to show you all ... my first ever agapanthus, I watched Monty Don on tv then got one at the Yorkshire Flower show ... can't wait to see what it looks like ...

 

Dovefromabove

It'll be fun waiting to see how those roses develop, and as Logan says - obelisks or  pillars would be great if they do turn out to be climbers - if that happens we'll explain to you how to grain the main canes of the rose horizontally so that it produces blooms all over and not just at the top.  In the meantime the fun is in the waiting

Those patio roses look great I'm waiting for my agapanthus buds to burst into flower too.

And it looks as if your Under Gardener is quite good at keeping that lawn nice

Renata Boyle

obelisk and pillars?? omg I daren't even ask lol ....

the garden lawn is miracle, you would not believe what the grass was like when we moved here 4 years ago, it was a total bog, you couldnt walk on it without losing your wellies ... just to give you an idea have a look at the photo below ...

Our next door nieghbour is obsessed with lawns lol,he has got it to how it looks now, he is briliant, has cost us a fortune but now we have grass we can walk on ..

This is what it used to look like in the SUMMER ...

 and this is what it looked like in the winter ...

 to this ....

 He also built us those two raised beds using his dry stone walling skills, and built us a rockery at the front of the house - I have told him he can never move ...