How do I Restore this Rose and Also Which One Is It?

I inherited this rose when Dave's Nan passed away last year and have no idea what it is. I was thinking of giving it away as I wasn't really a fan of roses until I saw this one flower this week.



I first thought it was the variety called "remember me" but now I don't think it is. The flower measures roughly 2" in diameter and smells lovely! It has these strange hints of pink against the peachy petals






My next question is that it came to me in a very neglected state and have no idea how to make the whole plant bush up so it fills out this pot. There was a fern growing in this pot as well which I have recently removed and wonder if this would help the rose at all.



Also I have no idea what type of rose it is. I was told that it was a patio rose but have no way of telling if it is or not.

Please help

 

I am sure woo will be along soon but I would
# prune the stems off with no leaves
#remove the top three inches of soil and put fresh multi purp compost taking care not to disturb the roots too much the knobbly bit (union) musnt be beuried in the compost.
# u can pay a fortune for rose food like uncletoms rose tonic or toprose or use tom feed ots up to u.
It looks like my "warm wishes" lovely

 

The flower has almost doubled in size now and is nice and frilly! It went from a peachy colour to a pale pink. Is there a special term for when the flowers do this, as I assumed all roses kept their colour while they were in bloom.

 

No, the colour usually gets paler from bud to full-blown, though not with all roses. Have you considered putting it in the ground as there is always a steadier supply of water and nutrients down there. But maybe you are better at watering and feeding than me.

If you repot, be careful, as roses have one main woody root with very little fibrous root and the soil may all fall off it causing a bit of a set back because it has to recover from this.

I agree with the idea of cutting out all dead wood now, but in the autumn you could prune all stems quite hard which will rejuvenate the whole bush. That way you will still get a few flowers this summer.

 

I am quite happy to plant it in the ground. But I was told when I inherited from the father in law that it was a patio rose. But I am starting to wonder if that's not the case anymore as the blooms are so large. I've always imagined patio roses have very small blooms, where as the rose in question here has blooms almost as big as my hand now. I've cut back all the dead wood down a few days back but am still not sure what to do with the stem with the live growth on it. I can't really cut it to 12" because it's already at that height. Also I don't understand how cutting down to an outer bud will induce more growth in the future.

I would very much appreciate that. I just want to know if it's a patio rose or not, so I can plant it in the ground. With 70,000 different roses I think it will be highly unlikely to find the exact one.

 

I would say that Sweet Dreams looks more like it than Flowerpower. But the centre is more "frilly" than Sweet Dreams rose.

The other bud is in flower now and will have to grab a picture of it before it fades as it looks more orangey than the first photo I took of the other bud on here.

What is the definition of lightly trimming it? Does that mean I just cut the flower heads off or cut back slightly further than that? Also should I overwinter it this year in the greenhouse? My garden is turning into a bit of a wind tunnel and I'm concerned that the cold weather may have done some damage last year. I will admit that I have neglected it as I was more interested in the wild fern that was growing in the side of the pot. Since I removed this fern from the pot the rose has really shown encouraging signs and am surprised it flowered so quickly soon after I had done this.

I wonder if I should put it in a smaller pot as it seems to look a bit lost in the current one, which I backfilled with soil when I removed the fern. Could I use comfrey tea as a soluble general fertiliser instead of going down the shop bought route. Also I have a large supply of wood ash at my disposal, could I use this as a potash feed? As I understand that wood ash contains potash.I'm quite happy to go out and buy the feeds, but thought I would ask if I could make this myself instead.

Also how regularly should you feed roses? I also was given a rambler rose earlier this year and haven't fed that either. Could I give the same amount of feed to both roses or would I have to give more to one than the other, in other words could I overfeed them?

 

A better picture as I adjusted the colour slightly on my camera.

 

IT really is stunning. Does it have a scent?

 

Beware it doesn't contain much potash, but it does contain a lot of calcium carbonate, which will increase the pH of the soil (making it more alkaline). This may not matter, but something to be aware of.

I feed my Roses twice a year, both occasions with Top Rose. First time is in Spring, when they start into growth, and second time is after the first flush of flowers has finished.

I reckon more frequent feeding would be needed for container grown plants though.

 

It does indeed, but you have to stick your nose right up to the flowers in order to smell it. Not like my climbing rose which you can smell as you walk pass it. It might be because it has more flower on it though.

I cut some of the dead growth back last week and noticed yesterday that new leaves were starting to emerge roughly in the top third of the top growth.

I'm pretty sure when it arrived here it had 3 stems of growth on it and now only has one. I wonder if this was caused to wind rock. I will have room in the greenhouse for it (if I put it in a smaller lighter pot first) but do I continue to water it as normal or allow it to dry out a bit, or water sparingly? I don't want it to over water it like I did with one of the established fushias I also inherited with this rose.

I don't usually make comfrey tea to feed my tomatoes and add the leaves directly to the soil of my tomatoes as a sort of mulch every month or so. I wonder if I could do the same thing with the rose as I don't have a way to brew comfrey tea at the moment. Also the smell puts me off quite a bit. I presume as it would be in a more concentrated form that the rose would also like it too?

Ah yes I forgot about wood ash altering the PH of the soil. Can you buy potash in the shops, or could I make it organically in another form? Or do Rose fertilisers have all of these ingredients included? Also is it a dry fertiliser or something I would have to mix up in a watering can?

Check the top of the top of the page