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Can anyone recollect how long your Spring flush lasts for? I have a photographer coming to my garden and now I am concerned that the date is too late as my roses seem to be very ahead of last year. Some buds are just breaking colour now, but the photographer is coming in exactly one month. The roses in my garden are mainly David Austins and old garden roses. Thanks so much
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It does seem to be an exceptionally early blooming year, but it depends on what roses you are growing in the Blue Mountains, NSW. In the south of Western Australia May Queen, Reine des Violettes, and Souvenir de la Malmaison are flowering now. Nov 16 should be just fine for all your other old roses you are listing. I am sorry I cannot advise on the David Austins.
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Hi Patricia thanks so much for your reply. I assume you are also having a dry and hot Spring in the WA? Interestingly my Anais Segalas is the first to bloom this year and flowering heavily already, though the roses are shattering quickly this year probably due to the warmth. A very long blooming rose anyway. Fantin-Latour, Madam Hardy, Charles de Mills have large buds and Reine de Violettes is showing colour. Olivia Rose Austin, Shropshire Lad and Sharifa Asma have put out their very first roses, with the other English roses not far behind. Terribly year for aphids, but the hoverflies, lacewings and lady beetles have arrived, and some small birds are helping out too. Fingers crossed the roses will be still going in a month. I can't really tell looking back at my photos.
Wishing you a beautiful rose season.
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Not hot and dry here yet HeathRose. We have had good rains and the grass is still verdant and green. I used to say that November 15 was the peak day for rose bloom. However when choosing a day earlier in the year for a proposed bus visit this spring, I was cautious and scheduled it for Nov 10. Right now it seems the peak day is going to be sometime in late October. It will be interesting to see when the wichuranas bloom this year - they are typically blooming in early December.
Having had a day out yesterday I realised that roses are well underway in other gardens also. Perhaps you could try to persuade the photographer to reschedule his visit.
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This looks so lovely. Can I ask how many Purple Rain roses are in this photo? Many thanks, Jessica
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I am new to growing old garden roses. My R. Charles de Mills is still fully clothed in leaves at the end of Winter. With my reblooming roses I will prune them in a few weeks time and any remaining leaves get removed, just wondering if stripping off the leaves of CdM and other once flowerers that have retained leaves is a good idea too?
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I can't say I've ever given any thought to this. However, the once-flowerers are about to launch into their once-a-year event, and might want a maximum source of energy production. I'd be inclined to leave them to drop leaves that aren't necessary.
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25 JUL by
 jedmar
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I wouldn't strip off leaves. The plant knows when and which leaves it should drop for best survival. It optimizes water and nutrient flow
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25 JUL by
Jay-Jay
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Maybe prune after flowering? For it blooms on old wood.
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Thanks so much for your replies. I had anticipated that you would all say the opposite! But very glad to have one less chore to do. The once flowering roses I have are all quite young and I haven't pruned them yet, but might very lightly this year after flowering. Hopefully they will just shed their old leaves naturally.
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28 JUL by
Jay-Jay
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That's one of the reasons I like old roses. They don't need, or like, what someone called "the Morticia Addams style of pruning".
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Can someone who has grown both roses compare this rose to Munstead Wood please? Just wondering if I really 'need' both!
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2000 was a weak grower for me. Munstead was not.
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Hi Robert, thanks so much, that is interesting. Munstead Wood does have healthy thick stems for me.
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Health and vigor depend on many variables, like climate, choice of rootstock, and or growing own-root.
2000 was a better grower than Austin's original, 'William Shakespeare', but marketed over twenty years ago.
Austin is constantly working to improve introductions.
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8 APR 23 by
Gdisaz10
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In my hot humid climate Munstead Wood looks better, also Falstaff. William S.2000 suffers from blackspot every summer. I would say the description of very disease resistant is incorrect as the rose is very susceptible to black spot
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