Surviving a Storm, & Planting Bare Root Roses for Cutting// Stems by Suzanne Cut Flower Garden 🌺

[@flutterby0202]

I have just finished planting out 6 beds of dahlia tubers on my new farm here in Adelaide South Australia, and we are about to have 3 or 4 days of 38°c-42°c. My flower farm is in an old market garden paddock, which is subject to high winds and the baking sun, so the race was on to mulch and net - to stop the mulch from blowing away. I previously had about 14 out of my 300+ tubers poking shoots through until two unexpected hot days baked them off, so fingers crossed that they get the chance to reshoot again now. Your new roses look gorgeous, and I'm so glad that you didn't sustain any really serious damage in that storm.

[@karengemmill6205]

❤ well done Suzanne.

[@flowerfairy1950]

Jude the Obscure is my favourite; the perfume is devine 😇

[@stemsbysuzanne]

oh dear Jude I really do not need any encouragement, but I just looked it up and it looks absolutely wonderful, definitely one for the wish list🌺

[@mhubertcfi]

Those look beautiful! I am always surprised how often I use my Bonica but it is on the shorter side so mostly for arrangements

[@stemsbysuzanne]

My Bonica has very long stems, but a little on the weak side. I am very excited to see how they turn out🌺

[@susankerr85]

We missed the storm luckily but we have had a heavy frost -6 for a couple of weeks now so not a lot has been done...I want to do my wreath so will have to cut frosted foliage and leave it to defrost! 😊

[@stemsbysuzanne]

I am glad you missed the storm. We have not had a frost for a day or two, but the wind has totally dried out loads of the foliage's that looked perfect before the winds🌺

[@bewoodford2807]

I am not keen on shrub roses as I have found many have weak stems and the flowers tend to droop downwards. I must be doing something wrong? Maybe harder pruning? I have the timeless roses. I haven't found mine to have a strong fragrance. They do smell but not strongly.My favourite of the 4 is cream. I found the Charisma and Purple to be of a similar colour but the flower forms are different. Maybe it was down to the poor summer last year? I have grown mum in a million which smells gorgeous. I love Just Joey. My mum always had it in her garden, Beautiful rose. I love all the Queen Elizabeth roses- lovely shaped bush and gorgeous flowers. I have just ordered apricot Queen Elizabeth. Can you recommend a good thornless, very fragrant rose for cutting. I have Zephirine Drouin. Thank you Suzanne. happy gardening 🙂PS The timeless roses are nt that thorny. I cut them and no issues with thorns. Hope that cheers you 🙂

[@stemsbysuzanne]

No, I seem to find that my shrub roses in the cottage garden do just that, I think perhaps I should stick to hybrid teas. I am disappointed to hear that your timeless roses are not highly scented, they may end up in patio containers after all. Yes Mum in a million was another one of the roses recommended during the talk, and I am still keen on a just joey, i just require a larger garden😊. I am pleased that your timeless roses are not to thorny thats a positive and certainly cheers me up. I have climbing rose golden showers and iceberg, both fragrant and thornless, but terrible vase life, so no recommendations, I still really rate champagne moment very highly and its not to thorny. Happy growing🌺

[@bewoodford2807]

@@stemsbysuzanne I have Golden showers and Iceberg too. We seem to have similar tastes in roses, lol!