22,153 Garden Web Discussions | Roses

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gibsongirl74_gw(6)

Thank you! I will check out Pinata and Jacob's robe. Let me know if you know if any other cold hardy climbers!

    Bookmark     April 4, 2015 at 5:33PM
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jacqueline9CA

It LOVES California. I say that because I see very old ones all over - not tended, but still blooming like mad. I haven't seen noticeable disease on any, either. There is one up the street from our house. We just saw it walking back from dinner. It has a Dr. Huey rootstock flower on the bottom of it. I have told the lady who lives in that house how to take off the rootstock several times in the last 5 years. Nothing. My point is, JC must be pretty strong because it is still 95% of that plant.

Jackie

    Bookmark     April 4, 2015 at 6:14PM
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Buford_NE_GA_7A(7B)

Pot them up and get really good potting soil. Pro Mix has a growth enhancer in it. I potted up six of the nine roses I got from Palantine and they are going gangbusters in the pot. The ones in the ground have new growth, but not as much. Of course it helps that I was able to take them inside during the freeze last weekend. The ones that were planted I was able to cover and they are fine.

    Bookmark     April 4, 2015 at 10:30AM
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nummykitchen(Z5B)

Okay thanks guys, mine are now potted up and in my three sided window area. I will bring them outside when it is over freezing for a few days in a row, lol! I am nervous about potting them up although I don't know why. I did use a good potting soil. I guess only time will tell. I potted up my Palatine roses that came in Nov. 2013, wintered them inside and planted them in the ground in spring 2014 and they are fine but I did have one from that batch that didn't leaf out so was a loss (Philatelie) -- ugh, so nervous about these. In pots I have Neil Diamond, Raspberry Cream Twirl Climber, and Rio Samba. I NEED Neil Diamond to make it, I think I am most excited about that one. :)

Andrea

    Bookmark     April 4, 2015 at 5:41PM
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Kippy(SoCal zone 10. Sunset Zone 24)

Backfrom my visit. With only two Grosso Lavemders but I did enjoy these roses:

Tranquillity

Windermer

Heathcliff (looked and smelled great)

Boscobell

Hmm does that look like RMV on Tranquillity?

A whole cart of dead heading

    Bookmark     April 4, 2015 at 4:05PM
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Kippy(SoCal zone 10. Sunset Zone 24)

I should add they did not have Bolero that I noticed and I was unimpressed with Grand Dame. I did get a kick out of a lady explaining to her friend how the nursery forgot to pinch off all the extra buds on a florabunda spray so the HT put out the extra buds.

    Bookmark     April 4, 2015 at 4:11PM
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greengrass12(5)

Well my Abe Lincoln is on the opposite end of the spectrum coming from the not so elite Walmart. It did produce 3 beautiful red roses last yr here in zone 5 which was more than I expected for first year purchase. If it recovers from the severe pruning then I plan to regularly spray hot pepper juice around it that hopefully deters the rabbits. I grow hot peppers so supply won't be a problem.

    Bookmark     April 4, 2015 at 3:50PM
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seil zone 6b MI

Well, if you wanted to try and save the cane I would recommend taping the wound with some floral tape. That should help protect it. But if you see it's not doing very well then take it off right away to save the plant from the stress of trying to keep it going.

    Bookmark     April 4, 2015 at 4:05PM
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sara_ann-z6bok

Jim, that is impressive indeed, lots of blooms! Thanks for sharing.

    Bookmark     April 4, 2015 at 9:26AM
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23

Not a great photo, but here is my oldest 'Firefighter'. The wall on the right is six feet tall.
About half the flush was already picked for bouquets. Behind FF is Iochroma 'Purple Queen'.

1 Like    Bookmark     April 4, 2015 at 2:42PM
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sam 4b Adirondacks

I like soil food web too. It was great for Diane to mention DR Elaine Ingham. Cakes and cookies.

    Bookmark     April 3, 2015 at 10:41PM
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Dingo2001 - Z5 Chicagoland(5)

Steve great website! Thanks for the link:)

Julie

    Bookmark     April 4, 2015 at 10:34AM
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Patty W. zone 5a Illinois

If you can find them locally they are available at Mills Mix with free shipping after a certain amount. Prices are higher locally than what those in southern areas seem to pay at that time it was $25 to $30 for a 50lb. bag. I used to get mine from a place called Country Brothers Supply Store. They did not stock it but would order it for me. Did a lot of calling before finding a place to get the supplies.

    Bookmark     April 3, 2015 at 3:54PM
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fduk_gw UK zone 3 (US zone 8)

I get my alfafa pellets from a horse feed manufacturer, 40 kilos, delivered, for £24. I could possibly find it cheaper elsewhere, but honestly, the difference dissapears when you count in time and petrol prices.

    Bookmark     April 4, 2015 at 10:24AM
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ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9

I've occasionally seen little green worms on the underside of rose leaves. I'm afraid I've been squashing them, but I wonder if these are the aphid eaters that lorrihz mentions. I'll leave them alone from now on.

    Bookmark     April 3, 2015 at 10:13PM
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fduk_gw UK zone 3 (US zone 8)

If they're on the underside edges of leaves they might also be rose sawfly larvae, don't know what the local name is, but they're a pest. I have the kind locally that lay their eggs into the cane, and they are a tremendous nuisance. The caterpillars are ok, although left unchecked they can defoliate a small bush, but I can mostly let the bluetits and finches deal with them. Generally, I find that bugs that appear in multiples are pests and bugs that appear as singletons are predators.

    Bookmark     April 4, 2015 at 3:17AM
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jerijen(Zone 10)

I am in Southern California -- where the weather is growing hotter and drier.

I grow principally Old Roses, and I have grown many roses up against a south-facing retaining wall, and the only ones that handle it well are very heavily-foliaged. I've had several things cane-burned so badly they gave up and died. We do better with trellissing up against the wall, behind the roses, but it is "iffy." You may do better if you have afternoon shade, but walls are tricky in hot climates.

With the weather getting so much hotter, and watering restrictions coming in, I think we will be growning mostly salvias, along those beds. If anything.

    Bookmark     April 2, 2015 at 5:45PM
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comtessedelacouche (10b S.Australia: hotdryMedclimate)

Brightstar, Thinking some more about your plans, I feel your best option might be to contact Heritage Roses in Australia Inc., who have groups all over Australia with a number of regional groups around NSW, including one in Sydney.

Because this is such a challenging/borderline possible situation, I feel what you need is some very specialised advice from locals with both expertise in the sort of roses you want to grow, and the local climate/conditions. From there, you could discuss the microclimate of your particular location and those spots you're planning to put your roses. I would think they would be able to tell you more reliably than we can how they would be likely to do, and/or suggest more suitable alternatives.

I'm not sure if there are any Antique Roses forum members here from NSW - is billyteabag from there maybe, and some others? There may also be a few in Victoria around, and we have Adam in WA, but they may not have detailed knowledge of your sub-tropical Sydney conditions. And a lot of people do 'lurk' without participating much. There may well be many in areas of the US whose conditions would be fairly similar to yours, but since you're planning on quite a large investment here, of time and effort as well as just financial, I think you need to be very sure before you plunge in.

The website for Heritage Roses in Australia is: heritage.rose.org.au and I see there that the co-ordinator for the Sydney group is a lady called Glennis... can't remember her last name.

Please do let us know how you get on, and don't hesitate to pick our brains again here or on the ARF. I hope you'll find some great solutions for your garden, and be able to post us some gorgeous pictures one day!

Comtesse :¬)

    Bookmark     April 3, 2015 at 11:42PM
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Bethanie_Smith88

Here is a picture of mine the day I planted them. I deadhead 2 out of 3 a few weeks later just to keep everything looking clean .

    Bookmark     May 21, 2014 at 11:07PM
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Gwen Elliott Farwick

I cut mine back in April to about 18-24" inches and then fertilize when I feel fairly certain a killing frost is behind us. I deadhead daily - cutting back to an outward facing stem of 5 leaves as taught to me by my father - it opens up the growth which should help eliminate disease. Cutting that much back when deadheading keeps growth in check but I do let them get to about 4' high. I don't like them to grow into each other (I have two sets of three along a fence outside a pool) as I want to be able to get around them to deadhead. I also don't like them coming through the wrought iron fence - just a visual preference. Deadheading daily doesn't take much time and is kind of Zen, plus it keeps the blooming going without too much down time after the initial blast of blooms. I fertilize with Root Tone every 6 weeks until August 1st. I don't water them, other than when applying fertilizer and rarely have Blackspot problems. I do hang a Japanese beetle trap in a discreet location nearby.

    Bookmark     April 3, 2015 at 9:42PM
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ms. violet grey

My order was supposed to ship March 30. I called to ask for a tracking # today and was informed that because of the size, shipping is delayed until April 27 th.

    Bookmark     April 1, 2015 at 7:38PM
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blueKYstream(6)

I ordered a few roses in December. I'm in Zone 6. I was told that the roses I ordered would ship the week of April 27th. I'm hoping it's not much later, because I ordered a rose for my mom's birthday. The original ship date is already a week beyond her birthday, so I hope it isn't pushed back much further. You would think they would notify customers of a later ship date if a later ship date was in fact the case.

    Bookmark     April 3, 2015 at 7:23PM
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irisgal_z9

Great photography!

    Bookmark     April 2, 2015 at 4:04PM Thanked by jasminerose4u, California
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jim1961 Zone 6a Central Pa.

yum yum says the ladybug... :)

    Bookmark     April 3, 2015 at 10:07AM Thanked by jasminerose4u, California
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Kippy(SoCal zone 10. Sunset Zone 24)

I pruned mine back to almost 4 foot canes.... I think it would easy make 8 feet wide of floppy canes with giant blooms and wilty looking leaves. But boy is she pretty right now!

    Bookmark     April 2, 2015 at 9:46PM Thanked by Desertgarden-Las Vegas, Z8b/9a
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jo_pyeweed(z9 SF Bay Area)

Lynn, my YL has 8 - 10 feet tall canes that arch over. It's free-standing, and about 5 feet wide. For the first 4 years, it was a sprawling, messy plant and the pencil-thin canes couldn't support the blooms. The canes are still thin but now grow upright until they arch over, particularly with the weight of the big blooms. I think this rose would be great tied to a pillar or obelisk.

Mine is a grafted plant starting it's 6th year. I have never pruned it.

Jo

    Bookmark     April 2, 2015 at 10:30PM Thanked by Desertgarden-Las Vegas, Z8b/9a
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sara_ann-z6bok

Beth, you made some good choices. I don't know if you liked your Forgotten Dreams before, but it has been a good rose for me. I've had mine about 13 years and it is a healthy rose, never any blackspot, good bloomer and wonderful fragrance.

1 Like    Bookmark     April 2, 2015 at 7:35PM
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bethnorcal9

Sara_ann I had mine for probably 10yrs. It was in a pot the entire time. Not sure why it died. I'll be glad to have it again. This time it'll go in the ground at some point. Yours is lovely.

    Bookmark     April 2, 2015 at 9:53PM
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meredith_e Z7b, Piedmont of NC, 1000' elevation

Mine didn't bloom last year after dying back really badly because of the cold :( That is, unless what I have is now Dr Huey, lol! We'll see this year. Mine never got very tall, even with non-extreme winters, but it had a bad graft. So I transplanted it in a new spot and buried the graft well. That made it very happy after a while, until those new canes got zapped by a sudden huge freeze! But it grew great last year. I could see it getting quite tall in the right spot :)

    Bookmark     April 1, 2015 at 7:15PM
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jjpeace (zone 5 US/zone 6 Can)

To be honest, 8 to 10 feet is just perfect. I am not looking forward to prune roses with a ladder so the height is just what I am looking for. I will see how mine do this year, hopefully like Meredith said, not Dr. Huey..lol.

    Bookmark     April 2, 2015 at 6:54PM
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