Meine Mutter ist im März umgezogen – also habe ich ihre drei Hochstammrosen, die vor ihrem Haus standen, ausgegraben und in meinen Garten verpflanzt. Ich habe sie im April beschnitten – wenn man an den Stielen kratzt, sieht es so aus, als ob kein Lebenszeichen zu sehen ist. Nach Süden ausgerichtet, Südost-London – etwas Schönes. Womit kann ich sie ersetzen?
Von: too-much-curry
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Ah such a shame! Sorry that they didn’t survive the move. What about a small climbing rose to train along the fence? They tend to have relatively deep roots so might not disturb your beds or dry them out too much. I recently got the rose Warm Welcome and it’s a stunner without being too massive in my terraced garden. Smells amazing too.
If you’re after something more structural, I saw some wonderful fennels used for the brilliant architectural structure at Dixter recently. They look fab through autumn too as they dry out into seed heads and bleached stark stems.
Whatever you replace with, get a new fence first if thats yours.
Why not just replace them with new standards roses, or Callistamon (bottle brush plant) would look nice.
I love the copper fennel, nice and tall and tasty, insects love it. Tree mallow too but it’s a biannual, young buds taste like hazelnuts and the beautiful flowers are tasty in salads. Clump of Veronicastrum could be nice or even just an interesting variety of foxglove, rusty foxglove is a cool one. Could even try pears (Louise Bon of jersey/beurre hardy) or apples (discovery/gull) on a dwarf rootstock. Ooh or maybe even run some wires through and have thornless blackberrys / Logan berries or even Japanese wineberries! Sorry I’m a bit of an edible geek.
I’ve seen some stunning half standard Euonymus Alatus that would look lovely in this space.
I’d go for another tree rose. They rarely survive the moves. 🙁