fragrant rose for container

Hi,
I'm after suggestions for a suitable container rose for the patio.
I would like a nice fragrance but am open to colours.
Pot is blue glazed approximately 18" diameter and depth which houses a tired unattractive hebe at present.

I have read the sticky planting guide which I will follow.

Cheers
David

 

Thanks, sounds great.
I have found it mail order as a bare root but it seems the wrong time of year for that.
Is it a matter of trying local nurseries til I find one?

David

 

It's ordered!
Thanks again.

David

 

Hi,
My bare root rose arrived. It had a little light mould on the roots and no obvious signs of life.
Now happily transplanted into the pot with John innes 3 and compost.
How long should it take to begin to sprout?
Only planted Tuesday when it arrived.
Only bought potted roses before.

Cheers
David

 

Hi,
well my rose is now sprouting nicely from the bare root plant.
Do I keep all the shoots or do I need to do any selective pinching or anything?

Thanks
David

 

Growing roses in container is no big deal.
Forget about that they will out-grow the container in a short time ( unless it is a huge forklift sized container) and you will have to replant them in the ground. If that is true , then Japanese Bonsai has been WASTING its time for the past 900 years. Just treat your rose as if it was a really BIG bonsai. That means that your rose will thrive if it is in a a similar potting medium, which is regularly fed and watered and has its roots trimmed and the medium renewed every couple of years.

All but the most rampant growers will live quite happily in reasonable sized containers.(20-30 litres). Where fragrance is concerned, Gertrude Jekyll takes some beating but needs to be re-pruned by half after the first flush.

 

Hi Woo

I mostly buy the reasonably priced Sankey Bell Pots in 38cm and 46cm sizes which hold 15 litres and 25 litres of potting mix. The mix I usually use is three or four parts peat to one part sand and one part perlite to which is added dolomitic lime at a rate of 3ml (by volume) per litre of mix. In the spring I add 3ml (by volume) per litre of slow or controlled release fertilizer. When watering I occasionally add tomorite or B&Q soluble plant food.


Graham Thomas is year 3 in a 25 litre container



Gertrude Jeckyll is in its third year in a 15 litre container.



Abraham Darby is year 4 in 25 litre container. It is in fact 13 years old in total -having spent the previous nine years in the ground in a spot from where it had to be moved. When moved I shortened the anchor roots to about 7 inches long





I found this article informative some years back....
The root to pots of success - Telegraph

 

Hi,
So do I leave things alone or do I need to do any selective shoot reduction?

Thanks
David

 

Hi David

Your best policy for the first season is to let it grow as much foliage as possible and leave any pruning or reduction to when it is well established. The only thing that you can pinch out in the first year (and most people don't have the heart to do it) are most of the flower buds which will redirect energy into making more foliage quickly rather than flowers.

Kevin