This month’s rose of the month is the ever popular rugosa rose, Roseraie de L’Hay.
The Wonders of Foliar Feeding
Today, some of the worst problems any rose grower can face, be they novices or experts, are diseases. These come in the form of such horrors as Black Spot, Powdery Mildew, Downy Mildew, Rust amongst others. The only foolproof way to keep these monsters away from your garden is simple, have no plants.
However, a garden without plants looks rather bare, so of course, this simply isn’t an option. So what can we, as gardeners, do to combat the growing problem of disease?
Of course, the answer most people come to is spraying with fungicides and pesticides to keep back the waves of disease and pests. However, at the Country Garden Plant Centre, we have found that Foliar Feeding is a much better way of keeping our roses looking beautiful and healthy all year around.
We used to spray our nursery of 30,000 roses at least once a week with fungicides to keep black spot and rust away, but nothing we did could keep downy mildew at bay. After reading an article somewhere about a man who used foliar feeding on his large garden at home, we decided to give it a shot.
We began Foliar Feeding in 2012, as soon as the leaves started to show on our roses. Since then, we feed them regularly through the growing season. Since we began foliar feeding, we’ve seen a huge dip in the number of roses suffering from downy and powdery mildew, and the amount of roses to suffer with rust and black spot through the season is less than half of what it was before.
Foliar Feeding is what keeps our roses looking strong and healthy throughout the year, so if it can do wonders with our roses, why not try it with yours?
Blue For You – Rose of the Month
A stunning floribunda with an abundance of blue through to mauve blooms in clusters.
The colourful blooms have a paler centre adorned with attractive golden stamens.
The bush can get a little untidy if the spent blooms are not removed regularly. Once the spent blooms are removed the repeat is as quick as any other floribunda.
There have been few blue roses produced in recent years, and even fewer good strong growing blue roses, but this is definitely one of them, and one of our favourites here on the nursery.
Rose of the Week – York Minster
York Minster – Year: 2011 – Height: 3ft to 4ft
A lovely new floribunda bred to raise money for York Minster.
Beautiful creamy/white blooms tinged with amber. Repeat flowers from early summer right through until autumn.
Reportedly a very healthy rose with good disease resistance.
A sweet and pleasant perfume.
Beautiful creamy/white blooms tinged with amber. Repeat flowers from early summer right through until autumn.
Reportedly a very healthy rose with good disease resistance.
A sweet and pleasant perfume.
The York Minster Rose was launched at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2011 with a presentation to HRH The Duke of York and Princess Beatrice. The rose also featured in the 2011 award-winning Welcome to Yorkshire garden, The Art of Yorkshire.The rose was developed by Harkness roses and funds raised from sales will help to restore and preserve York Minster for future generations.
www.countrygardenroses.co.uk
January Newsletter
Just a quick reminder that our Bare Root Rose Season finishes at the end of JANUARY. As the winter so far has been extremely mild, many of our roses are coming out of dormancy so we will start potting everthing up in a few weeks. Please get yout Bare Root Orders in as soon aas possible. If the weather deteriorates and it gets much colder we will have a think again and keep you informed.
POSH BIRD HOUSE FOR POSH BIRDS
Our new range of Posh Bird houses have bea huge success, so much so that we have doubled out stock and varieties
They obviously went down very well as Christmas gifts as we almost sold just before Christmas. However the factory turned up trumps and we did not have to let anyone down.
Apart from being very decorative and beautifully finished in they also bring more birds into the garden which means less green fly and troublesome insects on the roses.
Some people hvave even put them on their window ledges nd are able to see the new inhabitants from the comfort of their sof’as. All in all, a resounding success and a great boon to the garden and gardeners.
Rose Cuttings Grown On their own roots
This year we are growing lots of New Rose Cuttings grown on their own roots.
Advantages of Own-Root Roses
Own-root roses have increased vigor and bloom plus higher disease resistance. Also eliminates complicated pruning. Instead just sheer back to promote more foliage and blooms.
Own-root roses have longer life expectancy.
In cold climates, roses on their own roots tend to be not only hardier, but also to remain true to the original variety should they die back in winter. The bud union of a grafted rose is the most vulnerable spot to cold and it can be easily damaged in a cold winter. In contrast, own root roses can freeze all the way to the ground and because they have their own root system, they come back as the same rose originally purchased.
Own-root roses naturally send up shoots from the soil, which eventually creates a shapelier bush than a grafted rose, plus more flowers.
Decreased likelihood of rootstock suckers.
The elimination of grafting guarantees that your roses will always be the same rose you selected when it was purchased. If you’ve ever had a beautiful yellow rose turn red or white, you know what we’re talking about!
In the early stages they are smalle and cheaper to post or deliver due to being a lot lighter in weight.
At the moment we are only producing The old fashioned Shrub roses and selected climbers
If you are interested in Rose Cuttings grown on their own roots, drop us an e mail andwe will keep you up to dte with avaiilbility etc.
OUR MAGNIFICENT SEVEN ROSES.
We are often asked “Which are our favourite Roses” ? And “Which roses would we recommend” ? Unfortunately our favourites change quite often as their are so many fabulous new roses coming on the market every year. Which roses we recommend is easier as we always have a few criteria that never changes. HEALTH, PERFUME AND RELIABILITY. Health is always top of our list as their is no point in having a beautiful rose if it s covered in disease through the summer. Perfume comes next as this is always what most customers ask for. Reliability . All good roses should perform well year after year with the minimum of fuss.
With these rules in mind we have arrived at
OUR MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
Each of our seven has proven Reliable, Healthy over the years and they always delight us with their various perfumes and colours
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For full details pease see the OUR MAGNIFICENT SEVEN on our Web Site
Rose Of The Week
JAM & JERUSALEM
Floribunda
2010. 3ft
An exciting addition to our floribunda section and looks sure to be popular with Women’s Institute Members. The blooms are spectacular confection of salmon and orange blends which fade to pink and yellow as the blooms age. A healthy rose with foliage of Glossy Olive green which shows the blooms off to perfection. A neat bushy plant that will brighten up any garden or should be quite happy in a large container. Flowers from early summer right through to the autumn.The colourful blooms will give a great display as a cut flower in the house. Mild and pleasant fragrance. Bred by Fryers. AWARDS . Gold Standard Award 2010 Certificate of Merit Belfast 2012 Australian National Rose TrIals. Bronze Medal 2009
Specially named for the Cheshire Federation of Woman’s Institutes. Also known as SAGA.
Jam And Jerusalem was also the name of a hilarious BBC comedy sit com starring Sue Johnson, Jennifer Saunders, and Dawn French.
Details of all our roses are available on our web site.
Over 1000 varieties to choose from.
The World’s Best Roses
THE WREN
floribunda
2008 , 3ft
A very attractive modern rose with a lovely old fashioned look Massesd of blooms thoughout the season of apricot fading to pink. The show starts in early summer ang goes on with hardly a break until the first frosts. The healthy medium green foliage sets the blooms off to perfection. Will grown in the garden or a large container, but for the best results place in full sun. Makes a good cut flower A very pleasant sweet fragrance. Bred by Kordes in Germany.
AWARDS Gold standard Award 2010
Also known as Floral Fairytale and Afternoon Delight
Named to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Women’s Royal Naval Service. The Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS; popularly and officially known as the Wrens) was the women’s branch of the Royal Navy . … First formed in 1917 for the First World War, it was disbanded in 1919, then revived in 1939 at the beginning of the Second World War, remaining active until integrated into the Royal Navy in 1993.
YORK MINSTER
FLORIBUNDA
2011 3FT-4FT
A lovely new floribunda bred to raise money for York Minster. Beautiful creamy/white blooms tinged with amber. Repeat flowers from early summer right through until autumn. Reportedly a very healthy rose with good disease resistance. A sweet and pleasant perfume.
The York Minster Rose was launched at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2011 with a presentation to HRH The Duke of York and Princess Beatrice. The rose also featured in the 2011 award-winning Welcome to Yorkshire garden, The Art of Yorkshire.The rose was developed by Harkness roses and funds raised from sales will help to restore and preserve York Minster for future generations.
Awards. Gold Standard Award 2012
Details of all our roses are available on our web site.
Over 1000 varieties to choose from.
CHRISTMAS NEWS
Don’t Forget.
Last Posting Day For Christmas Gifts
Friday 20th December
Christmas Closing Times
We are closed for the Christmas period from
Monday 23rd December until Monday 6th January 2014.
Monday 23rd December until Monday 6th January 2014.
Please note : No telephone orders will be available during the holiday period. You may order On Line at any time over the holiday period but there will be no deliveries until Tuesday 7th
January 2014.
WIN A ROSE GARDEN
WIN A ROSE GARDEN
Test your rose knowledge with our on line Rose Quiz.
Answer all twenty questions to win around £200 worth of roses
Full details on the web site Home Page
LUXURY BIRD HOUSES
LUXURY BIRD HOUSES
We have recently introduced an exciting collection of luxury garden bird houses. Check out our web site and explore our extensive range of bird houses and feeders, inspired by real buildings found around the world. Our replicas are fully functional bird houses, but with a breath-taking amount of attention to detail. Please explore at your leisure, click on any of the pictures to find out more information about each design, we hope you will find the right model for you.
MAKES A FABULOUS CHRISTMAS GIFT
OUR SCENTED CANDLE RANGE
is proving very popular. Once again a very popular and inexpensive Christmas Gift
SPECIAL ROSE OFFER
For the next few weeks We are offering Three Beautiful Red Hybrid Tea Roses for the price of ONe Buy One and get an extra Two ABSOLUTELY FREE (Supplied Bare Root)
See web site for details.
WINTER ROSE TIP
WINTER ROSE TIP
Most roses are winter and frost hardy in the ground as the roots are well below ground level
Roses in Pots and containers are more susceptible to frost damage if the temperature goes below freezing. To make sure your roses are safe during excesive frosts, wrap BUBBLE WRAP materiaal around the outside of the pot and tie with string or wire to save it blowing away.
May we take this opportunity to thank you all for your custom.
A Merry Christmas and a Rosy New Year
From All At
THE WORLD’S BEST ROSES
JAM AND JERUSALEM
Floribunda
2010 3ft
An exciting addition to our floribunda section and looks sure to be popular with Women’s Institute Members. The blooms are spectacular confection of salmon and orange blends which fade to pink and yellow as the blooms age. A healthy rose with foliage of Glossy Olive green which shows the blooms off to perfection. A neat bushy plant that will brighten up any garden or should be quite happy in a large container. Flowers from early summer right through to the autumn.The colourful blooms will give a great display as a cut flower in the house. Mild and pleasant fragrance. Bred by Fryers. AWARDS . Gold Standard Award 2010 Certificate of Merit Belfast 2012 Australian National Rose TrIals. Bronze Medal 2009
Specially named for the Cheshire Federation of Woman’s Institutes. Also known as SAGA.
Jam And Jerusalem was also the name of a hilarious BBC comedy sit com starring Sue Johnson, Jennifer Saunders, and Dawn French.
Details of all our roses are available on our web site.
Over 1000 varieties to choose from.
ROSE OF THE WEEK
White star
Climbing rose
2009 5-8ft
A lovely award winning small white climber which flowers all summer long.
Plenty of attractive repeat blooms of white with golden stamens and the petals have a ruffled appearance.
Quite versatile as it will grow on a South or North facing wall and is quite happy in the garden or container.
Healthy glossy medium green foliage which is very disease resistant
Scented.
GOLD STANDARD AWARD WINNER
Since 2006 a few roses are selected each year for this prestigious award. Based on cumulative information from invited independent judges, the Gold Standard is awarded to worthy varieties.
Health, floriferousness, scent and commercial appeal are all considered key factors in the final choice.
For further information please see Gold Standard Roses on the Main Menu.
Bred by Harkness. UK
Details of all our roses are available on our web site.
Over 1000 varieties to choose from.
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