Austin Roses for Shade
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Problems with David Austin roses wilting in the sun...HELP
Comments (13)Hi there. To respond to wanttogarden, if your plants are new this year, I wouldn't worry about it. The root system probably just hasn't caught up with the amount of green growth that has gone on above ground. The roots will really take off this fall, and next year you shouldn't have this problem. With me, the plants are older but still have the problem of the flowers wilting in the sun (the green growth does not wilt), and I was advised to stop using 100% organic fertilizer exclusively. When something is labeled organic, it cannot have any mined minerals in it, so 100% organic foods are lacking in many important minerals. This can affect flower development over time. I have switched to Rose Tone which gets a good percentage of the NPK from organic sources (although not all) but also has a complete range of minerals included as well. In addition to amending my sandy soil a bit, I am going to see if this helps. Let me know if you have any questions....See MoreAlbas or David Austin roses for shade
Comments (27)Hi Nanadoll, Chicago is on the same parallel as New York and both are on the same parallel as Barcelona Spain. The difference in the zone is the winter low temperature-not the day length or light intensity.Roses like places where its cool all summer-like England. I used to think that roses liked hot spots, and some do, but now I've read that cool is best. In some towns nearby, the roses look great in the summer because the asphalt heat reduces humidity. That is why they have no fungus. The opposite also works- lots of cool morning sun(which dries off the dew) and protection from heat. I have many of my roses in pots that I store in the basement through winter. I can lug them around here and there to capture more sun or cool them off in the hot part of summer or just find their happy spot before planting. I had some roses in a hot spot and they weren't happy-I moved them to a cooler place and they began to grow. I also tried baking soda this summer for black spot and it seemed to work just as well as the disgusting chemicals(which I never spray enough because I hate them getting on my clothes. Some other varieties that worked well for me in part shade were Sheer Bliss,Autumn Sunset,Kordes Perfecta and Sally Holmes. Mirandy is on the shade list but doesn't look too good now-Ill see next year. Sheer bliss grew like a weed, had no black spot most of the summer until the real hot weather and flushed several times.Sally Holmes has great glossy fungus free foliage-but little scent.It is now shooting up at the base of a tree. Ive noticed under trees where it stays dryer, some plants wont fungus as bad too-as long as they get enough angled light....See MoreAny one has luck with Madame Alfred Carriere in full shade? thanks!
Comments (28)Jackie and ordphien, thanks for your posts, I have found them most interesting and informative... and I apologise if anyone thinks I'm putting them on the spot here, but Jackie, if I may take your case in point, and I think you have illustrated to me just what I'm getting at, that when you say your location in particular is a great place to grow roses, and your garden is always superbly presented, but it seems with the proviso that you have to irrigate most of the year... ...I think I read that the Sacramento Cemetery garden irrigates once a week, and maybe this is why Descanso dug out their old roses... ...so the question should be, where are the best places in the States to live to grow roses...? where you've got to irrigate or else the whole place would dry up? or areas where you don't..? I think that's an important question in this day and age.....See Morewhere to plant David Austin - Ancient Mariner Rose - sun or shade?
Comments (2)I bet sun would be better where you are. The desert SW of our country the afternoon shade would be better....See MoreAlfie
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