with my plants. I bought 3 David Austin "Mary Rose" plants. The flowers I'm choosing are namesakes of people I love that have passed on, a "Grandma's Garden" so to speak. My question? Can I add a few new plants each year until the garden is developed or do you think it should be established at one time?
2007-07-29 10:37:07 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
It's just fine to do it little by little. That is how I have put together my rose collection. I have found over the years that it pays to buy only quality roses that have been bred to resist disease. David Austin are great roses and there is a company called heirloom roses that breed their own roses. Both these breeders specialize in own root roses which is optimal as well. I would warn you about the Hybrid Tea. They are beautiful but they are very disease prone, very fragile, and tend to have a short life span. They also tend to loose their graft unions. Anyhow, if you are interested here is the site for Heirloom roses. I purchases four of their roses just this year.
http://www.heirloomroses.com/cgi/browse.cgi?page=item&cat=13&item=248
Happy planting
2007-07-29 13:25:58 · answer #1 · answered by Sptfyr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you can do it a bit at a time, that's what I'm doing. I've filled the spaces with cheap but pretty perennials and other shrubs, and pull them out as I find a rose I want. I've been at it 4 years and nearly done. I think this way you put more thought into placing each one, you look at the garden in summer and think, "Hmm, a peach rose would set off that purple one just right.." or some such thought
2007-07-29 11:18:31 · answer #2 · answered by florayg 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i'm not sure of the answer,
but too bad you don't have email, I have found some roses that are not known in the US of A
i'm currently trying to get them to take root, I will try to post photos later
2007-07-29 10:44:37 · answer #3 · answered by magnetic_azimuth 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋