This is why more nurseries should carry David Austin English Roses. They just make any garden more beautiful.
They are not terribly difficult to care for, and David Austin roses have varieties they do actually recommend for partial shade.
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Is this Princess Anne? Yours looks so much healthier than mine. Maybe I haven’t given mine enough space. Is it quite prickly too?
It is prickly but this is Strawberry Hill. What is your rose doing? Is it fed enough? My roses are many feet apart in this garden with other shrubs and perennials planted in between
It is just quite small. I think I feed them enough – early Spring then June with David Austin rose food. Had a look on DA website and Strawberry Hill is a much more vigorous rose than Princess Anne so maybe that all it is!
Huh. Maybe it is just one of those roses that is a little particular…but maybe it will surprise you once it has gotten more established. What is growing around it?
Quite a large Sambuca, two peonies and bits of bedding. The Sambuca is maybe swamping it a bit?
oooh I love Sambuca….is the Sambuca in its growing space or does everything have a little air in between? that is a lot of stuff needing food around it. have you tried banana peels?
http://www.ars.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Roses-Thrive-on-Routine.pdf
Thanks for the advice sheet, will give my rose some TLC!
I wrote that for the ARS in the 90s but a few gardens later I still use it as a guide even for myself … BUT I no longer use cocoa mulch.