Gardening: Hints and Help!

From your photo, at first I thought it might be a standard Rose. But after magnifying it, it looks like two very tall stems coming up from the bottom, so not a standard. In which case, those could indeed be new growth. If it was me, for this year, I would be tempted to let the shoots grow, and see if they produce flowers. If the flowers are the same as those on the two tall stems, then great, you have new growth. If they are different, then they will need cutting off. In the Autumn, depending on how it flowers, you can then cut back the tall stems, and you should get more stems next year. 

It looks a very old Rose given the size of that woody base, so guessing it’s precious to you. I dug up my Grandfathers roses when Mum sold his house, and we transplanted them into Mum’s garden. I decided kill or cure and with Mums permission gave these overgrown and rather neglected blooms a very drastic prune. It was a bit of an “oh god, let it work” moment, but many years on, I can now report that they are all doing really well, and blooming away merrily. Very disease resistant as well. We know they were originally planted into what was Nan and Pop’s new home in 1950, so this year, they are 70 years old😲 No idea what they are, but they are a precious family heirloom, such memories.

I have a beauty out today. Label long gone, but it’s stunning. Smells as good as it looks as well....

Edit, please post photos if it flowers Bakers, will be very interested to see it😁👍

B2 you could also look to see if the leaves match the ones growing on the main plant, check for extra leaves, thornier stems etc. I expect you've got new shoots because the roots have been disturbed. Hope you can keep it going! 

Thanks brue and takethedogalong you're both echoing my thoughts.

It is an old rose the one mum and dad bought in Woolworths donkey years ago. No label when purchased but cheap for that I expect 😉. It is red  and has flowers on both dad 21 June and mum 7 October birthdays, well it did! Dad's been gone 19 years and I don't think he'd done 'town' for decades before 🤣. The ground stock is very moss covered. Mum loved her garden and pottered but found bending difficult so everything got taller, roses a nightmare to dig, transport and plant 😱. I've lost one, highly likely another and have an iffy one. The move was kill or cure  - at least I tried type thing. She used to cut back for the winter and half up your calves were attacked by dead sharp stalks 😂

Takethedogalong that red rose you've posted looks much like I hope this will do 🤔. Yours is lovely. So much of my garden is memories too, its lively to wander and recall 😀.

Maybe you could put a photo on here when a flower appears and someone might recognise it. I've got a tea rose with a similar name to our son, in this hot weather its come out earlier than his birthday next month. It's similar to the rose TDA posted, good scent but straggly!

Full of memories ours Bakers. We were trying to recall what it looked like when we first moved in 36 years ago. Remember two bland lawns with an ashphalt  straight path. A few straggly roses and I can’t recall any flower beds or borders. The beech trees at the bottom end of the garden were much smaller as well. We kept it as tidy as we could while both working, and our main hobby was our horse and showing, so we had little time or inclination to do much for a good while. But I come from a long line of gardening enthusiasts, so the genes eventually kicked in. We brought lots of stuff back from holidays, still do, so many memories are there. Then family and friends bought us treasured plants, most of our roses were bought as presents. Mum is still around, but I hope one day to have Pop’s roses, and keep them going. After us, there’s no one direct in line, so I shall have to leave them in our Will😁

I have just had a look at some very dark red roses online. I recall my sister saying she had bought the two she gave me as “black” roses, so it might be Black Baccara, rings a bell, and looks very similar. Definitely a Hybrid Tea.

Can't seem to get a photo to show rambling rector in all his glory so these will give a flavour! Contrasting colour trees are 'borrowed' from neighbouring gardens 😉

Pretty pleased with my first show of opium poppies too. The slightly different colour one at the back on the right came from my sister in law just before she moved, that's it's 2nd flower 1st was single with darker mauve centre today's is mauve double.

Edit did find photos of 1st flower not quite a double or single but rather pretty.

Lovely garden, lots of contrasting colours and interest. Love poppies, I usually ask for a seed head if we visit an interesting garden and spot a new colour. Once you have one though, you are set for life😂

If only there was a way of not making our details public on here, we'd be set 😂

Mum had lots of Californian/Welsh poppies but I can't get them to grow here 😤

I'm indulging in enjoying the garden its scorching here, jobs can wait. However I keep getting dragged into posting on threads on here 😱

Bakers, ask Ro for my email address if you want to, I would be happy to swop some seeds and a chat with you away from here😁

You're both welcome to use me ,as an intermediary if you wish. Email address is in my profile.