Boscobel looks great too. I'm getting used to the "punk" pots.

Your videos are always a delight. The roses are gorgeous and the birdsong is lovely.

What a healthy bloomy rose!! Your videos are wonderful!

Gorgeous! I dream of my Boscobel looking like that!

Hoang

Beautiful rose ! May I ask which soil do you use for your pots ?

pink rose, mostly Miracle Gro potting mix,

Hoang

When l use MG in pots , my roses dont grow or bloom that much .l have to feed liquid fertilizer every week . Do you do the same ?

Hoang

Yes , David Austin roses dont grow well for me . Summer temps are 95 Day/80 night average with 90 % hummidity . I shovel pruned a lot of them .

Austin roses are more bush than flowers for me .Actually Boscobel is my best Austin so far .it is healthy and always has some blooms .

Here he is today :

pink rose, you should try James L Austin, it doesn't mind the heat at all, bloom form stay consistent throughout the year, no shrinkage

Hoang

I was going to ask you about James Austin . Great to know he is good for you . Are yours grafted or own root ?

pink rose, grafted but i do prefer own root

Hoang

Your Boscobel looks wonderful, but good to know that bloom are different once heat sets in

Pink rose,

Are your Austins on Fortuniana? Some Austin varieties grow vegetatively on that rootstock. When I first got Benjamin Britten and Gertrude Jekyll on Fort they were huge sprawly and mostly bloomless, giant thorny weeds. Later I read Dr Malcom Manners say the same thing about Austins on Fort. Some others have been terrifc for me, such as Evelyn and Abe.