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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2008 12:26:58 GMT
I have a rose (planted 2 years ago too!) (ps - nowhere near the Ceanothus mentioned in my other thread) called Tiny Rambler (or it may be Little Rambler .. .not sure now) Anyway - for past 2 years it has flowered and flowered away like mad - pretty much throughout the whole summer and well into autumn.
It has flowered fabulously this year so far, and I noticed when dead heading it last week that the majority of stems seem to be fairly bare, i.e. very few leaves around, and it looks quite straggly. It has a second flush of flowers on a few stems at the moment.
I gave it some rose food at the weekend - I wonder if there is anything else I can do to give it a boost and hopefully grow back some leaves.
Thanks ever so.
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Post by Ruthie on Jul 24, 2008 19:08:49 GMT
If it's lost leaves in summer it may have blackspot or rust or one of the many and varied diseases which roses succumb to. Have you noticed anything wrong with the remaining leaves? Or are there leaves on the ground which may give you an idea what has caused it?
If it's just bare lengths of stem with few leaves but the rest of the plant is OK it could probably do with a rejuvenating prune. Ramblers are best pruned after flowering and it would be best to refer to a book if you are not familiar with pruning, rather than me try to give you a rambling (and probably wholly inaccurate) lecture on rose pruning.
Hope this helps although there could be many other possibilities. It's hard to tell without seeing the offending rose!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2008 10:18:37 GMT
Thank you for your help.
Had a really good look at it at the weekend. Some very bare little stems in there, some really green leaves (newer ones) but older leaves are quite brown-spotty so I have given it a good squirt with Justrose, and shall give it a haircut too.
There are a few stems in full flower at the moment, and a few buds waiting to open so hopefully all is not lost and a prune will sort it out.
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Post by fozzie on Jul 31, 2008 18:09:05 GMT
Thank you for your help. Had a really good look at it at the weekend. Some very bare little stems in there, some really green leaves (newer ones) but older leaves are quite brown-spotty so I have given it a good squirt with Justrose, and shall give it a haircut too. There are a few stems in full flower at the moment, and a few buds waiting to open so hopefully all is not lost and a prune will sort it out. All but a few roses will suffer Blackspot. Unless the infection is really severe for a number of consecutive years then no major damage or death will occur. If you wish to be organic then spray with a milk/water mixture with a ratio of 1:9. As for pruning, if it is a rambler then it best pruned after flowering unless you want the heps . In that case wait till mid winter. If she is only two years old I would do very little if any. If not this year then next year she will throw up a large strong shoot, when this has established itself you can remove the "weaker" first few years growth down to ground level. If you are training her against a wall or fence then keep the shoots as horizontal as possible to increase the number of flowers, |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2008 13:33:01 GMT
Interestingly enough, there are 2 very strong shoots that have appeared this year and shot up massively (both with buds at the moment).
Maybe I will leave it alone for a while then. I have it growing up a fence panel, with a climbing rose on one side and perennial pea on the other, mixed in with a Clematis Montana that has stretched along from about 3 fence panels away. Next year should be colourful!
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