tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699630917946487602.post8929278554382951981..comments2023-03-26T13:17:36.668+01:00Comments on New shoots - biopic of a rebellious English garden...: Nitty gritty, down and dirty... Hoehoegrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00745640711509233722noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699630917946487602.post-639100514159369922013-03-20T19:19:05.911+00:002013-03-20T19:19:05.911+00:00Hi Ann
many thanks for your comments. I have now p...Hi Ann<br />many thanks for your comments. I have now posted about English roses and I really hope it could be helpful to you to learn from my mistakes! As you can see from the post I have done my homework this time and I am treating them as they deserve to be treated ! <br /><br />You say yours are frail and spindly - have they lots of space around them, not crowded in by other plants, and are they in full sun or light shade ? (Some varieties can tolerate light shade). The David Austin site advises pruning back by 1/3 to 2/3 so I would be reluctant to go further than that. Have you given them a good feed ? <br /><br />I would be interested to hear how they progress !<br />Hoehoegrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00745640711509233722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3699630917946487602.post-25902115316585353832013-03-19T08:21:20.215+00:002013-03-19T08:21:20.215+00:00hello, found you via the Patient gardener... did y...hello, found you via the Patient gardener... did you write about roses? Being in Manchester, I bought 3 England's Rose for their rain resistance & flowering season & a Fighting Temeraire for it's wonderful open blooms, in 2011. The England's Rose plants are very frail looking; I have followed supplier's instructions to cut back by 1/3 instead of hard back & really wonder if my instinct to decimate them would be better in the long run. Do you have a view on their advice? thks AnnAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13053087608959177604noreply@blogger.com