Hello All, I have the above names Rose at the front of the house - gets plenty of sun, this is it's 2nd year. It looks healthy enough and is growing like billiow - the blooms are quite small (about 7cm across) - there are plenty of buds but so far only one has opened. My question is this - how long should a bloom be on the bush before falling? It bonly opened fully on Friday and already it's fallen - this morning. Will it always be this short lived, or is it because it's still a fairly new plant? Thanks, Springy x
Hi Springy, roses vary considerably in the length of time they take from opening bud to dead head, some last barely 2 days, others over week. Of mine Golden Showers and Oranges and Lemons only seem to last 2 to 3 days, Penelope not much longer, others keep going for longer. It might be interesting to compare different peoples experience of flower life of different varieties and if the weather, location, soil type etc have any bearing on it.
Many thanks, Mike. So, if a Rose is described as repeat flowering, does that mean that the buds just keep coming throughout the summer, or does it mean they will get lots of buds, the flower then it rests for a couple of months then get more buds? I'm sorry, I remember saying I was 'green'... I wasn't kidding!! Springy xx
Repeat flowering usually implies roses which flower at intervals througth the summer and autumn (until first frosts). The intervals between flowering "flushes" and duration of flushes is usually about 2 or 3 weeks. A few repeat flowering varieties though may only have one or two short flushes after the main early summer show. Continuous flowering roses as the term suggests continue flowering right through the summer and autumn. Summer or once flowering, bloom for a short period, about 3 weeks, usually in June, a bit earlier in the South, a bit later in the North. In mild areas on the south coast a few varieties will continue blooming past christmas, the latest I've had was February 16th, while others will start blooming in April. A good very hardy climber I can recommend is Calypso (AKA berries and cream or Poulsclimb), semi double red and white (hence berries and cream) starts blooming early and continues after most others finish.
Thanks Mike, appreciated. There is no way I'm gonna dig up 'Perpetually', even if it isn't exactly what I wanted. It's soooo healthy and happy looking, that would be criminal! At the end of summer/autumn, I'm re-hashing the back garden - bringing an edge border forward onto the laen area and putting up a small fence, the other side of which will be raised beds. I want to dig up and re-plant Ena Harkness and try and train along that fence. S x
