:) how long can roses live if they are under water/ waterlogged?
at the moment they seem fine, everything else on that part of my plot has gone yellow and died, :(
thank you / shades x
Don't know really never experienced such a thing.
I would have guessed a fair amount of time considering their root system i.e it is quite woody relative to most flowers & veg, and more so if they are species grafted onto stock of wild rose origin
:)thanks for replying TG/ shades x
Hello
Roses don't like to be waterlogged is there any way to remove the roses and replant them in a drier conditions.
When the water as gone down you replant them, As you know that you can't replant a rose where another has been but there is a solution to this what you do is dig a hole get a cardboard box but box in the hole and plant the rose as normal this stops the rose from getting rose sickness and a year or so the cardboard will have rotted and your roses will be healthy i have done this a couple of times now all's o.k
Cheers
Brogusblue
;D thank you very much for your informative reply Brogusblue / shades x
It depends how deep the water is, but I've had them survive in very waterlogged ground for a significant amount of time, about a fortnight as I recall, although this was in winter. By the way, there is an easier way of solving the problem of "rose sickness" - a product called Rootgrow, which is beneficial fungi that you mix into the planting hole; they encourage root growth. I've read that rose growers have successfully planted one rose in the space that they've taken another out of using this, with spectacular results.
:) as i didn't know what to do as replies all different ;D i left them,
they still look great and are flowering,
rest of that bed yellow and dead :'( due to waterlogging /shades x
They'll grow in fairly claggy clay soil, so I probably would worry more about roses in drought. I'd keep an eye on them and as long as they look happy, leave them be..