I intend to begin doing that next spring or this winter, and wonder about how you keep track of your roses.

We recently had a few days of rain, and I see that a few roses have black spot, but that black spot will go away soon or will not truly affect the roses. Yet some of the roses get much more black spot. I think I would like to have a checklist or a document of sorts that tracks the roses and possibly even their instances of bloom.

I probably still have a document on Google, but after relevant information, information to describe the rose, the lines become very long. I guess I could make the document hold the name of the rose as I scroll.

Do you have an easy system?

Sammy

list of all my roses

list of roses I've discarded or given away

list of when and from whom I've bought my roses (unfortunately not quite complete)

location of the roses (front triangle bed, front rectangular bed, roses at the edge of the hillside, etc.) It's quite a mess since I've added and subtracted so many lately, really need to start a new one

list of roses I may want in the future (very short now, most entries crossed off since I'm downsizing)

list of roses that do well in the heat

thoughts about garden design

Ingrid

Which reminds me I have a lot of updating to do.

I first document how it came out of winter. Then after I spring pruned it. After that it gets a full plant shot about once a month through the growing season. Last shot is in the fall before it goes into winter. If it has any anomalous growth or blooms during the season those get shot too. I walk my roses every day and I never go out without my camera.

I'm a book, pencil, paper person myself. But I really like the idea of what Seil does. And on that note, many THANKS to Seil for uploading lots of those photos to HMF!!

Type of Roses
Bloom Color
Bloom Time
Mature Size
Repeating?
Year Planted
Purchased At

I have tabs for roses, hydrangeas, clematis, sun perennials, shade perennials, miniature roses, and then I have a tab for things that I've grown that didn't make it. It might seem like overkill to some but I enjoy the process and it's really helpful when I want to think back and remember details. :o)

Tracking disease history is a pretty good idea. I might have to add that to my spreadsheet.

Michaela

I use Evernote for a number of other things and have considered putting a more expanded journal onto it. That's a good winter project. I can add links to other sites, for instance, comments that appear here and of course hmf. Annd since Evernote is synced on all my devices, I can work on it while waiting in airports and doctors' offices.