[chrissie B]

the leaves on one of my rose bushes have gone a bit pale , its a cutting i took about 2 years ago and it flowered last year , its got a lot of leaves and looks healthy enough but I'm thinking it may need something it was taken from a darker leafed rose .
Chrissie b

[Aunt Sally]

Try giving it some rose fertilizer and see if that greens it up  

[compostqueen]

or some dung  

[flowerlady]

plant some garlic and/pr chives nearby too   ... they make great companions  

[Aunt Sally]

plant some garlic and/pr chives nearby too   ... they make great companions  

The smells don't combine well though  

[flowerlady]

:shock: You're not supposed to 'niff the garlic !!!!  :roll:  

[Aunt Sally]

:shock: You're not supposed to 'niff the garlic !!!!  :roll:  

How can you prevent it - niffy stuff  

[Davenports]

Galric or chives is also a good way of detering aphids away if grown underneath a rose bush.

[chrissie B]

i tried the garlic one year i didn't seem to make any impact on the aphids , it was a bad year though .
Chrissie b

[gobs]

It doesn't seem to make much difference, I'd agree, the pale leaves can be caused by a lot of things, feeding is a good one for starters, beyond that if they are yellowish pale, can be a particular deficiency or virus or...etc.

[chrissie B]

but its only a baby , its greenish pale not yellowish , going to give it some poo and its not had its banana this year so far.
chrissie b

[gobs]

Oh, baby leaves are much lighter in colour, hopefully it's all there is to it.

[chrissie B]

it looks very healthy and it was my first cutting that took now i take them from all the roses when i prune they are all over the place ,just love roses
Chrissie b

[Angelah]

I've never tried rose cuttings, this year I stuck the prunings from our one rose and stuck them in the ground - to discourage the cat from using that area as a toilet - it's worked, but also it looks like some of them may have taken. How soon am I likely to know? Should I pot them on at all at some point, or do I just leave them where they are? If so, for how long?

[gobs]

I've never tried rose cuttings, this year I stuck the prunings from our one rose and stuck them in the ground - to discourage the cat from using that area as a toilet - it's worked, but also it looks like some of them may have taken. How soon am I likely to know? Should I pot them on at all at some point, or do I just leave them where they are? If so, for how long?

I'd leave them for the season, only to establish well, I don't think it matters too much when exactly you move them after that, best before new growth in next spring, but it's hard to kill a rose, once going.