Does Golden Celebration need support?
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Comments (9)Mike, GC becoming a huge rose is just what I'm afraid of. The obelisk idea could work. I probably shouldn't move it after I just planted it...plus I planted it quite deeply with those long roots that Pickering plants have...so I'm afraid I'd damage it getting it out. Joanna, I think that weeping means that the canes droop downward in a cascading effect. I've seen GC grown like this naturally and it is beautiful...but probably much bigger than what I need. Luanne, I have the David Stone DVD and if the bush remains where it is w/o support, I will definitely prune it to encourage it to be self-supporting. However, I wonder if pruning it quite severely each year to keep it smaller (4' or so) would be okay for it. Patricia, I like that creative idea...it just might work for my GC. Thanks to everyone for your helpful suggestions! Shelley...See MoreGolden Celebration growing against a wall - advice
Comments (52)astonishingly, there are roses grown all over Europe in the tiniest holes and as long as the roots are actually getting to ground soil and not contained within a complete container, the minuscule surface opening won't matter at all - heck, there are immense street trees grown with the entire trunk encased by pavement. As for oxygen, there will be plenty of it in the interstices between the soil grains, even heavy clay, as long as drainage remains good - the big issue will be that compacted earth but 3 feet down is a fair depth. For some plants, the shading by pavers is an absolute bonus since the roots are cool and as long as they manage a decent run underground, there is no need to worry - although you will have to water patiently and slowly, dripping a can over the course of a few minutes to allow water to penetrate deeply enough and not simply run off. Once the rose is established (after a full growing season, ideally, but certainly for at least 3 months), irrigation will not be a major issue either. All Austin roses take a few years (at least 3) to make fatter stronger canes - for several years, they will nod and flop - pruning will certainly help to thicken the woody stems but as with most things, time is the answer....See MoreGolden Celebration vs. Gopher
Comments (5)Don't do any pruning beyond your regular winter pruning, which in your case probably won't be til January or so? Hard to give any advice on timing when you don't specify where you are beyond zone 9 in the US. Pruning the tops does not make a plant grow roots. It does rob the plant of the energy it would have used to grow new roots. So, just leave it alone for now. I use thorny rose or blackberry prunings to protect plants from burrowing rodents. Shove the thorniest canes into the burrows. I've also successfully used those sonic gopher repellers that you drive into the soil and they make a beeping noise. Works well enough if you put them close enough together and only try to protect a small area so the gophers or voles have some place else to go. I would think it would work for a single plant. Not a whole yard. You do have to get them all the way into the ground or you'll hear the beeping too, and the batteries need replacing every 6 months. Gophers can eat an entire root system and leave the plant just balanced on the soil with nothing holding it there. Nothing much you can do in that case. Voles don't generally eat the entire root system so the plant can recover once you convince the voles to leave the plant alone....See MoreI've just about had it with Golden Celebration.... or have I?
Comments (12)Lady Ashe is tip hardy for me in W. PA ZONE 5/6. Got it from Chamblee's in 2013. Four years in the garden thus far and it is 9 ft. across (4.5 ft. each direction), growing on a 4 ft. fence, and still growing. Extremely BS resistant. Its first flush is in clusters of no more than 4 blooms, but subsequent flushes are one to a stem on 2ft. long stems. Its growth habit is therefore somewhat climbing hybrid tea like as the season progresses. The flowers are not large, never over 4", but are packed with petals and extremely high centered when fully open. Looks like a layer cake. They last an eternity on the bush. The fragrance is strong but does not seem to carry by my nose. Like all climbers it did not take off in its first 2 years. Last year and this year it zoomed ahead. It does like its groceries and responds best to regular fertilization....See MorenanadollZ7 SWIdaho
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