Hello Dear Rose Friends,
As happens every season, we received most of the roses we had pre-ordered with our growers and earlier this week, a straggler, Firestar, finally arrived but we didn’t get any Slim Dusty and a few other obscure varieties which we thought might still arrive!
It’s always a challenge and we are so grateful that if there’s an issue, our lovely customers are so gracious and kind in accepting a substitute or perhaps a refund if that works under the circumstances. Thank you!
… Standard rose delivery is still causing some issues in our online store where we’re trying to explain how we need to get those lovely 90cm standard roses to you at the most economical cost … $64.50 is the minimum charge for the box which is 113cms tall and is no longer accepted by Australia Post but has to be courier delivered to you via Star Track.
In weeks to come, when our standard roses are potted, we’ll be posting them too! This is great news for many customers so please call us during business hours if you need 90cm standard roses delivered to you.
Open hours when phones are manned and we welcome you to visit Silkies Rose Farm, Clonbinane: 9am-4pm every Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
GROWING YOUR ROSES IN POTS ... PERMANENTLY ...
Plonking roses into well-prepared soil for their life of flourishing in your garden is way, way easier than having a ‘garden of potted roses’ as we know many of our customers are now doing. Here’s an email exchange with Sophie which may enlighten you to the challenges and what we highly recommend when your roses are going to be permanently in pots …
Dear Diana, Graham and Mooi (and the rest of the team), I am a new customer and purchased one of your Earth Angel bare rooted plants.
I am inspired by your dedication and amazing choice of beautiful roses!
As a new and self-taught gardener, I would truly appreciate some support with questions I have regarding the care of my new beautiful Rose plant. I need to pot it for few years before transplanting in my front garden (as the site is not suitable yet for roses).
What would be the best soil recipe/mix and ratio to use in the pot? (Regular potting mix, acidic potting mix for roses, chicken manure, regular or mushroom compost, blood and bones?) Warm regards, Sophie
MY RESPONSE … Hi, buy top quality potting media with all the goodies added and don’t add anything else in the first weeks apart from regular applications of seaweed solution – then fertilizer every 4 weeks, foliage feed in between times, deep-soaking watering every time you water the pot to make sure every single component of the potting media is dampened! You can apply a coir-fibre mat which is available from
GuardnGrow
209 Bish Road
Murrawee VIC 3586
0407 324 518
info@guardngrow.com.au
The coir-fibre mat will provide a nice mulch over the pot, reduce weed infestation and retain even media-temperature during hot weather.
Growing roses in pots can be very rewarding but you must be attentive to your plants needs at all times! Happy pot growing … cheers
HAVE A GIGGLE
Q. Why did the computer sneeze?
A. Because it had a virus!
WE'RE CAUTIOUS ...
When you call us to place an order, we take credit card details and place them directly into the eftpos unit – none of your details are kept on paperwork so when you wish to place another order, we’ll need those details all over again!
Same if you place an online order through our secure systems – if there’s need for a refund or whatever, we cannot access your personal details. We, like you, want the security we deserve and your information is secure with our business!
HAVE ANOTHER GIGGLE
Q. Why did the toilet paper roll down the hill?
A. To get to the bottom ... really?
POTTED ROSES VERY SPECIAL OFFER ...
Have these two magnificent roses, which are now potted into our extremely high-quality potting media, delivered to your door this week so they’ll flower prolifically from this coming November onwards …
Two truly lovely rounded shrub roses which would do equally well in pots or planted in your garden border …
GET THESE 2 SPECTACULAR ROSES ONLY $69.95*
We hope you enjoy pruning your roses if you haven’t already done so and if you have pruned already, perhaps it’s time to consider adding fertilizer over the rose garden and applying the organic rose management program NOW as foliage emerges.
Whatever you do, enjoy these last weeks of winter gardening as we storm our way closer towards spring and aaah, the thought of our roses flowering again. Best wishes from all of us here at Silkies Rose Farm as Mooi is getting better and watches on as we’re madly potting our roses …
