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Removing buds due to thrips?
Posted by reesepbuttercup 7a- Utah
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Buford_NE_GA_7A(7B)Updated This year I resorted to cutting off all the blooms/buds that were thrip damaged. This is a bad year for thrips. If you do that, make sure you put the buds in a plastic bag, seal tightly and put in the garbage, do not compost. I di...
winners-named-2015-biltmore-rose-trials
Posted by henry_kuska
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Samuel Adk zone5aUpdated Hey Paul Keep up the good work and thank you very much for your description on rose care and focus on soil health and the three strikes rose out. your videos. They are great. Thanks
Spring Flush -- Finally!
Posted by nummykitchen(Z5B)
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fragrancenutter(Zone 10b)Updated Very healthy and beautiful roses! I really like your bouquet. The painted roses are very striking. I admire people who grow roses in the middle of the lawn. You must be dedicated to keep the lawn edges sprawling towards your ros...
Is this really Henry kelsey?
Posted by bltmstratheepan
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Patty W. zone 5a IllinoisUpdated Yes I believe this is Henry Kelsey. If you check out Help Me Find roses then click on the search/lookup tab. Then type in the name of your rose and it will come up. At the top of this page there is a photo tab it will bring up man...
Post your rose bush pics here!
Posted by allencla
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jacqueline9CAUpdated Yay! This is what I love about this forum - it connects people with rose questions with LOCAL folks with answers - in this case very local! Do take advantage of this, allencia - local knowledge about roses is the best you can get....
Using insecticidealternative question
Posted by sharon2079
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jerijen(Zone 10)Updated Here is some information on leaf-cutter bees: http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05576.html If something is tunneling into a cane further down, I suspect it is not a leaf cutter bee, but something else. If you don't have a c...
brown spots on canes
Posted by rosecanadian
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rosecanadianUpdated Thanks! That was my thought...but I've been wrong many time before. :) Carol
"Perfect Moment" stood out!
Posted by rouge21_gw(5)
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Ken (N.E.GA.mts) 7a/b(7a/b)Updated I grew it when I lived in Fl. as a hedge. Beautiful color, great foliage and some of the most wicked thorns you can find on a rose bush. 20 of them across the back 50' property line. It put a beautiful end to a problem I had with ...
Is this canker?
Posted by Garden Garden
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jerijen(Zone 10)Updated Yes. Canes can sunburn. But this is not that. Cut it off down to healthy tissue.
Partial shot of front yard rose bed/second flush
Posted by Sara-Ann Z6B OK
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kentucky_rose zone 6Updated I feel like I am there seeing your roses in person just by looking at your picture....such a lovely visit!
ID this one for me, please
Posted by nummykitchen(Z5B)
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nummykitchen(Z5B)Updated Oh no, Seil! That's too bad! Hope you find one soon, it is a lovely rose, over winters well here and is a bloom machine! Yes, Gail you should totally get another Camelot :)
A rose or roses that have surpassed your expectations
Posted by Sara-Ann Z6B OK
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nanadollZ7 SWIdaho(Zone 7 Boise SW Idaho)Updated Grace, Sonia, and Sharifa--three great beauties in rose form. Grace not only looks hand painted, she looks like fine porcelain bisque. Diane
Roses bending over question
Posted by nickjoseph(5 Milwaukee, WI)
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michaelg(7a NC Mts)Updated Usually he type of borer that causes wilting tips is not the type that drills nursery chambers in cut cane ends. The latter is the Small Carpenter Bee. I tolerate these without any major problems. One borer that drills way down th...
campfire rose-colorful, disease resistant
Posted by henry_kuska
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Patty W. zone 5a IllinoisUpdated I could only find one but I'm happy.
Hansa Rose Dying?
Posted by victoria321
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michaelg(7a NC Mts)Updated Where is the OP?
What does everyone use to raise potted roses up off ground?
Posted by Donna R zone 6a
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allenclaUpdated I fill the very bottom of my big pots with old plastic water bottles before putting in potting mix and plants...it helps improve the drainage and makes them lighter to drag around when I need to move them into the garage for winte...
does anybody know anything about black cherry ice cream
Posted by sharon2079
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rosecanadianUpdated Oh my goodness!!! How can that rose NOT be out in commerce!!! It's exquisite!!! I also decided (just now) to go look at his other roses (never thought about it until I read above). They're GORGEOUS!!!!!!! I can't believe he's no...
Summer flush!
Posted by Joe Moose, Zone 9A
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rosecanadianUpdated Well done!! It's so rewarding when our roses listen to us and grow! :) They look wonderful! Carol
Suggestions for red rose with yellow reverses
Posted by dublinbay z6 (KS)
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rosecanadianUpdated Wow!!! Pat, your Gina and George look AMAZING!!! I have Gina (in a pot) - she's great, but not as large as yours. Wonderful!! Carol
Roses at the Huntington
Posted by Desertgarden-Las Vegas, Z9a
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jasminerose4u, California 9bUpdated I found these photographs of the Huntington on Hoov's blog: Huntington April 13, 2015. You have to scroll down until you get to the April 13, 2015 post. Thanks to Lynn and Hoov, I'm starting to appreciate those distance shots. Th...
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