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Posted by annabel__WA z3 W Australia (My Page) on Thu, Apr 21, 05 at 2:06
| I received my gambler's pack yesterday but because I have roses coming later, have decided to put most in pots this year and into the flower beds next year. That way I won't have to disturb the roses too much and can always bed in the pots. Some are self rooted and may be put in pots this year and bedded with the bulbs next autumn. |
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Annabel, I am delighted every year, when I see the garden display in the centre of Ballarat's main road. They have beds full of shrub roses that put on a constant display of bloom during the Summer and Autumn. They prune these rather severely in mid winter, and the daffodil leaves come up, completely disguising all of the rose bushes. These put on a lovely display in late Winter & Spring, and as they die back, the roses start to put out new growth and bloom. It is a very clever and well managed planting.
I have just made a planting of the little Floribunda rose "Sweet Dreams" - 6 plants in a bed, and I have planted fairly heavily between each bush, a mixture of pink trumpet daffodils. I am hoping to achieve a similar effect. |
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- Posted by deejaus Melb.Vic. Aust (My Page) on
Sat, Apr 30, 05 at 20:41
Sparaxis,
That sounds like such a good idea, it screens the 'ugly' time of both plants. What would be the best sort of roses to use for this?
Cheers,
Dee. |
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| Something low and bushy, - I am using small floribunda roses, but some of the smaller Kordes roses would be good. |
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| When I went back to Scotland, 1990 and 92, the daffodil shows stunned me. Banks and beds of them everywhere and along farm lanes. My mother had hers planted with her roses, and I think that perhaps all the towns and cities may have done the same as I know they also had great rose displays. But the climate there suited both. |
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| Lots of questions here......It sounds like a good idea but: How close would you plant bulbs to established roses? Would rose food and other feeds be harmful to bulbs? Does it matter if the ground is watered regularly over the summer?. Would that make the bulbs rot? Cathy |
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| Feeding does no harm and many bulbs just love being fed!! With our sandy soil this is important. I tend to have things like Freesias and shallower planted bulbs, but, as I said, Mum's daffodils were in among the roses for years, and lilies like being near roses prob because of the extra food and water. I will prob put some daffs or lilies in my rose beds this year as I am putting in new roses. Normal garden watering will not harm bulbs, and the bigger bulbs are deep planted so won't get too wet as they do not sit in water. |
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If your soil is sandy then watering won't worry the bulbs. If you have heavy soil, then you should not need to water your roses too often anyway. Roses are very drought tolerant if they grow in heavy clay loam. Mine get watered once a week at best over the summer. I have close to 200 - many different types. They all look healthy.
Rose food won't harm bubls - they have much the same requirements. |
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