Hello, A few questions please!

[Drunken Allotaholic]

Firstly Hello Everyone.

I have a few questions to ask if you dont mind!

1. When to plant bare rooted Roses?

2. When to plant bare rooted Gooseberry bushes? [1 x red 1 x white]

Also I have a little patch of garden with a lot stone on the ground but it is free draining and it also gets good sun in summer is this workable after the addition of a little compost?

Many Thanks for your Replies.

I also hope i have posted this in the correct place.

[bazzaboy]

hi DA, welcome.

Important to put your approximate location in basic info as latitude can significantly influence advice and when best to undertake various tasks....

Assuming UK, yes now is the right time to plant bare-roots, whilst dormant, providing the proposed location isn't water-logged or frozen. If it is you'll need to take temporary measures to keep the roots in best condition.

RHS have useful advice on planting bare-root trees, shrubs etc, see
Trees and shrubs: planting / Royal Horticultural Society

and for roses....:
Roses: planting / Royal Horticultural Society

Gooseberries:
Grow your own gooseberries / RHS Gardening

On the stony ground matter it really depends what you're intending to grow there - e.g. vegetable root crops like carrots and parsnips would be problematic (even more so if freshly manured) whereas permanent fruit bushes, several herbs and (according to tradition) rhubarb might quite like it. Might also depend what the stones are, e.g. if chalk/limestone could be good for brassicas but not so much for many other veg that prefers a slightly acidic soil.

If VERY stony might it be better for a cold-frame or standing area for containers? You could of course slowly reduce/remove them over time and use elsewhere (e.g. for hard-standing for a water-butt, pathways etc).

[Aberdeenplotter]

^^^^^^

wot he said

[Newton]

I'm sure there's another drunken alcoholic here.........welcome!

Or two.........or three"......or

[veggiechicken]

Hi DA and Welcome to the Forum. As Bazza said, if you add your location it would help us, especially with advice on planting times and varieties.
If your ground is very stony you could consider building some raised beds and plant in those. There's plenty of advice on here about types of raised beds and what to plant in them.

[Bigmallly]

Welcome to the vine DA, good name!. Pop a little intro in the.....hmmmmm.......intro section......

[Drunken Allotaholic]

Hello Everyone.

Ok I dont think I made Myself very clear last night! Could be down to opening that EVIL second bottle of vino

I already have two raised beds in my garden and grow summer veg, I also have a little bit of a grassy bank which is at the very rear of my garden (NO rude comments please ) it has a few rocks in the ground and i was thinking if i cleared a little hole for each tree-bush i could add some compost and I could have a pretty and productive bank instead of a rocky waste of space!

Im more interested in using 4 bushes for the bigger picture really gooseberries to share with Mr Black Bird and roses for the bees so on!

[veggiechicken]

If I'd realised initially that you were from Aberdare I'd have said Croeso! Its always a pleasure to welcome another South Walian, particularly one who seems to be one of the Welsh Nutters
We understand sloping gardens and rocks only too well Raspberries are shallow rooted and the Blackbirds love those too

[horticultural_hobbit]

My roses went it two weeks ago. Made a hole, put them in, covered with dirt and mulched.

[northepaul]

The only things definately not to put in the stoney ground are carrots and parsnips really!