Fried roses

[mowglika]

My garden gets the sun all day long, and I’ve created a rose border where I think the sun shines on it at its hottest.. from around 11am til sunset. I think my roses are not taking the recent heat well and they are looking dried out and ‘fried’ after a day of being in bloom. Any advice? I planted them last month so I’m loathe to move them plus I don’t have any space. We water them in the evening and did last night, came home this evening to find the blooms like this

Do you soak them? I don't mean a quick sprinkle with the hose but fill a watering can and soak the earth with a whole can?

No they probably get a once over with the hose same as everything else. Do I need to soak them like that every night do you think?

dropping flowers is a raction to stress (heat, draught)
once they are established they will do much better.

Lovely rose! I'd give it a really good soaking every evening for the next few days. It's not been in very long so won't have established itself yet and it's been very hot and dry. You could maybe remove the flowers to help but the foliage looks good, it'll be fine. Plants can look a bit floppy at the end of a hot day but amazingly they'll perk up again by the next morning, especially if you water them well in the evening.

When the hot spell is finished only water them when they appear to need it ie not as a matter of course. This will encourage them to grow deep roots to search for water and they'll cope better in future hot spells.

I have one rose bush that’s south facing and is the same. It was in the garden when we bought the house and I’ve rescued it from neglect. It is planted in an area of poor soil covered in large pebbles, which doesn’t help.
Every evening I drench the soil with water in the hope of saving the best ever flowers. I have fed it and tried to make it stronger.

Thanks for the tips, I guess there’s no trick to protect roses bushes from the effects of direct sun..? great tip re encouraging deeper roots

Tomorrow is going to be absolutely baking with no cloud I am looking forward to the week of rain coming up!

A newly planted biggish shrub with large leaves that's in flower is going to need a thorough soaking daily in hot sunny weather or during a dry spell until it is well-established.

And there is an old wives tale about not watering during the day. It's rubbish. If it is drooping a bit, water immediately, don't wait.

I water mine twice @mowglika during this warm weather, first thing as I wake up and a lighter watering in the evening. It does the trick. And I just planted mine a couple weeks or so ago too

I've been watering everything new.y planted every day, to the point that I worry about overwatering. Can not wait for rain, tomorrow where I am. I have a Chinese red birch tree arriving on Friday, just so pleased that the soil will be moist when I put it in. I was a bit worried.
The sun has been amazing, so many things in full bloom. Just gorgeous

@mowglika

No they probably get a once over with the hose same as everything else. Do I need to soak them like that every night do you think?

Yes. I try to give them at least half an inch (1.25 cm) of "rain", which works out at 12.5litres (or just over 2 gals) per sq metre.

After you've done your normal watering, try poking your finger into the soil. It can be surprising how little the water has penetrated.

If it's drooping in the day and is in the sun put a sunshade to protect it.

Thanks I have done this today so will see how they look towards the end of today, they’ll have had full sun for 10 hours today .

I also just saw garden brollies are a thing so I may get a couple to put out during July and august