r/DavidAustinRoses

Hi everyone!

I’m very new to English Roses and got my first one this spring! This is Carding Mill and she was blooming like the pictures until this bloom. I’m not sure if this is normal, has anyone seen anything like this before?

She is in a terracotta pot and the first picture was her second bloom. The pinker one was the third bloom/today.

It’s still very beautiful and we are in a terrible heat wave with heavy rain here and there randomly, but I water it when it’s dry.

Just wondering if I need to do anything because I love them and they were pretty pricey (at least to me).

Any thoughts appreciated!

I got these in March and planted them in 22 inch pots. First year and they have already blessed me with blooms!

What are these little white things all over my rosebuds? Is this something to worry about? If so, how do I fix it?

This is my first year growing roses and it is not for the weak 😆

Grown from bare root planted in early April. She’s slowly recovering from a Japanese beetle issue and she’s my only rose in a grow bag, so a bit slower to bloom than the rest. Stunning, nonetheless.

Thankfully, my roses survived the UK heatwave and now starting to enjoy the summer. Getting some amazing blooms this week. Best time of the year!!

1: Potted Roald Dahl
2: Desmedona
3: Gabriel Oak
4: Lark Ascending
5: Queen of Sweden

I'm looking for a climbing rose to fill a gap in my border against a wall. I already have one with small pink flowers (pictured. fairy something?) that looks beautiful and does very well.

The spot gets a good amount of sun. I'd prefer something not pink / red, that flowers generously and will cover a lot of the wall which is around 5-6ft higher than my border.

Any recommendations?

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I only ever had drift roses or knockout roses that were easy until I moved to my new place. My first non-drift was Don Juan - it got crown gall disease. I pulled it out by the roots, dug a hole 1ft wider than the reach of the roots, threw away the soil, and even burned a fire in the hole where the plant was.

I waited 2 years to plant a new rose in the same garden bed. The new rose (a David Austin Golden Celebration) was planted last year about 10ft away from where the infected Don Juan was. Meanwhile…… this whole time, I had one knock out rose sitting in that garden bed. It is planted about 5ft away from the original infected Don Juan and was just chugging along fine until about last year.

Last year I noticed it only had about 2 rounds of blooms and then started looking super straggly. No signs of anything specific on the plant but it just looked overall weak. No new growth after the first flush, dropped leaves, etc. I chalked it up to issues relating to the jumping worms. The jumping worms infestation is INSANE here and they really got into the roots of the roses and undermined all of the soil and caused everything to dry out super quickly if I didn’t stay on top of watering.

This year, however, it is looking INCREDIBLY sad!!! And I’m super stressed about it bc this knock out is directly next to my brand new Golden Celebration and I’m worried it has another infectious disease! It had one flush of blooms and now NOTHING!! Not even a single new leaf!!!! All the leaves currently on it are ragged as heck and I’m now seeing yellowing in the veins of the leaves. (Pictures attached)

They get filtered sun from 12:00-3:00 and full sun from 3:00-sunset in the summer. They don’t get much morning sun due to the shed being to the east of the plants

I will be sad to see this rose go if it has to but I would do anything to try and protect my golden celebration!

TLDR:
My knockout rose is showing signs of infectious disease but I am not sure and need help identifying it.

4 years ago I had one rose bush planted 10ft away that had crown gall disease but I pulled it out and sanitized the area best I could.

Photos attached are:
1 & 2) recent photos of leaves showing yellowing in the veins
3&4) Photos of the same plant from a few weeks ago when they started to bloom

Hi all,

I thought i posted this already but appears i didn’t but would you recommend a rambler or climber to replace that ivy on my way. It’s facing SW and gets a few hours of sun.

Also, I’m thing a rose that can handle some shade, please recommend a rose that blooms a lot!

I’m new to growing roses this year. I bought 3 varieties from David Austin and planted them in planters on my roof deck. Two are doing pretty well as far as I can see. The desdemona has this red new growth that makes me wonder if it’s Rose Rosette, but I’m not sure . Since I’m a newbie I figured I’d ask you guys what you think this is and what I should do.

Lady of Shalott decided to bloom pink during this heatwave.

First bloom of of my potted Roald Dahl in its second season. Pictures don’t do it justice either in my opinion, looks like it’s glowing when the sun hits.

Whilst I change my mind most days, I think this might be my favourite rose in the garden!

Blooms are about to go over but I just loved her colours nestled into the other plants today

Che meravigliosa, quieta eleganza. Rispetto alle mie altre rose questa non viene attaccata dai parassiti. Ha le foglie immacolate, e speriamo continui così! Ha atteso un po' di più per regalare i suoi primi fiori e non è sfacciata come Princess Anne, sensuale come Young Lycidas o esuberante come Harlow Carr (amo tutte le sorelle!) ma la trovo ugualmente stupenda!

I got this as a bare root this winter and it’s doing great so far! This is my first ever rose plant and it’s safe to say I’m in love 🥰

Some David Austin roses from the summer so far. My favourite is probably the simplest, Tottering by gently. Dannahue blooms like mad but they only last 1-2 days. Bring Me Sunshine has been in a small pot but still produces a lot of flowers. Princess Alexandra of Kent produces HUGE blooms, but strangely for me at least, not a lot of leaves.

Is this lady of shallot or carding mill? Bought it as lady of shallot but not sure if it may be carding mill as it is not as orange as my friends LOS

How long must I wait until everything is back in stock? Next Spring? Nooooo