Roses

Shapey Fiend

My parents are looking to buy some roses for their garden. They used to have them until about 5 years ago but my mother stopped my father spraying them with chemicals and they didn't do very well without it. They were planted 40 years ago anyway so kind of on the way out.

From what I've heard most of the roses on sale here at your typical garden centre are dutch roses and not very well acclimatised to a wet west of ireland climate. They're not as popular as they used be either so the selection seems kind of limited. Where should we go to buy the best planters?

lk67

Shapey Fiend wrote: »

My parents are looking to buy some roses for their garden. They used to have them until about 5 years ago but my mother stopped my father spraying them with chemicals and they didn't do very well without it. They were planted 40 years ago anyway so kind of on the way out.

From what I've heard most of the roses on sale here at your typical garden centre are dutch roses and not very well acclimatised to a wet west of ireland climate. They're not as popular as they used be either so the selection seems kind of limited. Where should we go to buy the best planters?

Absolutely not true. Most roses for sale in garden centres are grown my a specialist rose grower in Dublin. There are some imported ones too occasionally but these are usually hardy varieties too.

Shapey Fiend

Well that's great to hear. Where do you distribute to in the Clare/Limerick region?

lk67

Shapey Fiend wrote: »

Well that's great to hear. Where do you distribute to in the Clare/Limerick region?

I don't! :-) I'm not connected to the growers, just know the industry a little.

Any local independent garden centre should have them in stock now, or very shortly. Give your local one a buzz in the morning, ask them are they Irish grown ones just to confirm.

Sonnenblumen

There are roses and there are David Austin Roses!

It would be very difficult to match the diversity, beauty and quality of David Austin Roses.