£1 land roses

Hi, has anyone seen the rose bushes in pound land type shops, they all look dead, I am new to gardening will they come back from the dead, I bought a climbing rose today this was the only one I could find that had some sign of life, thanks in advance for any information.

 

@wiseowl is our expert in this field. But, my knee jerk reaction is: it is green, it has a leaf (of sorts) so its showing signs of life. Nurture it and I think you will be successful. But, if it isn't, for £1 you've not lost a lot but may learn a great deal

Get it out of that bag and into a tall pot with good compost. Keep it well watered and in a sunny, sheltered place

 

Thank you M, i am quite sure this one has a chance, its the others that look dead ?, i am trying to do the garden on the cheap and they have a few more that i would like but they look dead, i have this one soaking in water over night as instructions i will follow your advise and plant it in a sheltered location, many thanks.

 

Me too!!! To that end, I'm having my first attempt at rose cuttings: the bits I've trimmed off I have stuck in a potato and then I have put that into some compost. I'll leave it until Autumn to see if they have rooted. I'm not too bothered if they don't "take", but, I'll be over the moon if they do!

Couple of (cheap) tips:
Did you join in the GC seed swap? A great way of increasing your plant stock for the price of postage and a few seeds in return?
With Easter weekend upon us, that signals the start of Boot Fair season - a great opportunity to find cheap plants and cheap tools.
Sign up for your local "Freecycle" ... I didn't get any plants ... but, I was fortunate enough to get some flint stones (supposedly for a rockery, but plans altered, yet they were still put to good use). It's a matter of keeping on top of the offers and being prepared to give something back too.
Be aware of what your neighbours are growing because a) it gives a big fat clue as to what might grow for you; b) no reason why you can't knock on their door and ask what it is and c) they may offer you a cutting
Even if you don't have school aged children, keep an eye open for school fetes/fairs; some of them have plant stalls.
Have you considered joining your local gardening/horticultural club? For a small membership fee (ours is £2 per annum plus monthly subs of £1), you get expert speakers who share their tips and tricks, plus they sell their seeds cheaply plus ... you get to meet other like minded people who are happy to give you a cutting of this or that.

If you think outside the box, you'll be surprised where you can garner plants from

 

Thanks again M, some good tips there, ive found the pound shops and Morrison's the cheapest places, but obviously not the best places for certain things,

All neighbour's around me just have a few bushes and a lawn there not into flowers, as for joining a club i just don't have the time, by the time ive finished work and spent a few hours in the garden i just want to chill out,

I was pleased with my first years out come and hoping to improve on it this year, i planted lots of clematis around the perimeter fence last year, they did not do very well and lost a fair few hoping i get a show from them this year, i am wanting to put some climbing roses amongst them,

This was around June last everything from Morrison's apart from the grass seed, i got the seed from ebay £15 for half a sack :-).

 

You did well
Morrisons plants are the only supermarket plants I go to now - they are fab quality!

With clematis, did you plant them deep enough? They love their roots in shade, it is only their flowers which hanker for the sunshine. Even with Morri clematis, you need to put them lower into the ground than the level of compost of the bought plant.

 

Thanks M, no i didn't plant them deep enough ive learnt this lesson thanks for the reminder lol, i also bought the ones with just one stalk, doh, i now get them with a few stalks and plant them deeper,

The passion flowers have done best, one was flowering over Christmas.

 

I've had mixed success with poundland roses. One was totally the wrong colour (pale pink) and 2 have died despite being potted up first. They do seem to be very young, weak bushes compared to say David Austen ones. I have 2 which are looking promising now for this year but I planted them in spring 2014. I only buy branded roses such as David Austen or Peter beales but I get them either in the autumn sales or "sad plant section".
I've bought them for as little as £3-5 like this and a bit of tlc does wonders.
Here's one I got in a sorry state last summer for £6 just a month or so later. It's called Lady Emma Hamilton.

 

Thank you CharlieBot, that looks lovely , its mainly the climbing type i want to introduce, i will have look round for some better ones, i guess its like anything you get what you pay for, thanks for all help and pointers appreciated .

 

Hi Martin, if you have a look through the posts for last summers " What's looking good in June " or July you'll find the photos of my Roses, all bought from Poundland.

I think you take a risk as per labelling etc anywhere. Last year I bought 1 Orange, 1 White and 1 Salmon pink, guess what... Every one turned out red, the one colour we didn't want as we already had 5 !

 

PS..... I think you'd be better planting them straight into the final positions rather than in pots.

 

Thank you Anthony, Lol sorry you got all red ones, well at least they survived , no i wont be using pots thanks,

i have a set finish in mind its hard to describe, but i want a mixed hedge consisting of climbers of all types, hopefully i will chose the correct types to bring some sparkle to the garden all year round, also make a good habitat for wildlife ,

Last year my first year i introduced ivy different types clematis passion flower and some type of climbing berry growing shrubs,

This year my final hedge planting year is climbing roses and anything else that climbs and will have interest, suggestions welcome

 

Hi @martin-f do you have a wilkinsons a near you? Our wilkinsons store has some fantastic plants & bulbs & are very reasonably priced

 

And to add to Beckies post..... Later in the season they also do good potted plants in flower, so you can see what they're like before you buy them.

 

Have you thought of adding any of the hardy Fuchsias. Ones from the Fuchsia Magellanica range can grow up to 12' and there are also ones that will climb if given some support such as " Lady Boothby ".