22,153 Garden Web Discussions | Roses
Thank you. I received the two Signature in Jan and Pure Posh in Feb. Their pictures on HMF and J&P look beautiful and I cannot wait to see their blooms.
Talking about rose vendors, I bought two roses from Heirloom (own root) and they look great too. I am sure will buy from them again if I need own root roses.
I have been ordering most of my roses from Regan and pick them up locally. Their bare roots roses are very healthy too.
Helen
Oh, Beth - I'm so glad you are almost done with this nightmare! You were already prime candidate for GardenWeb Rose Hero for having 2000+ roses and posting such exquisite pictures everywhere, not to mention all your helpful and supportive comments. But moving 60 well-established roses in one day by yourself - that's worthy of its own Special Hero Award all by itself.
I'm sorry to hear of the loss of specialty roses in that area too! You are the keeper of many hard to find and rare roses in the US, and it's sad to hear of them fading on you. If you feel like posting a list when the smoke clears we might be able to see if we have cuttings to share. I sincerely doubt anything would survive in my zone 5 yard that wouldn't survive in yours (in fact you are the cause of many dying attempts to grow roses like Butterscotch or Smoky), but I'd be happy to attempt cuttings of anything unusual I might have to replenish the collection.
Hang in there, and we send virtual hugs and red wine from the GW family.
Cynthia
Thanks guys! Thanks Cynthia! You're sweet. I just want the ones I had to dig out to make it at this point. They don't look so good, but I think they'll make it. I didn't get around to taking pics again. They left the big John Deere caterpillar thingie in the backyard til Monday and the dump truck outside. Didn't get paid yet either. I was kinda surprised.
Got the bird feeding pergola moved. The property is so sloped we had an awful time getting it level. It's a big 10'sq aluminum one with slats across the top. I got is free at work a few yrs ago cuz it was missing parts. Ok with me. Was only bolts missing, which we bought to replace them. I hang bird feeders all over it and have a new ceramic bird bath which I use for a feeder instead. Put the peanuts there for the jays. When they get the rest of the equipment out of here, we'll do the dog's pen. Then I can start planning beds. Yippee!!
My roses will look like that frequently in the spring when temperatures fluctuate like what you describe. They get frost nipped when the new growth isn't quite prepared for low dips in the temperature. You can pull off any foliage that annoys you, or the rose will drop it off on its own and grow lovely new foliage for you. Others may chime in if there looks to be anything else contributing to this, but it looks like normal spring variability to me.
Cynthia
It really depends on where you are. Anywhere around here, Iceberg is horrible for blackspot, and really needs to be sprayed. Sombreuil has had unimpressive blackspot resistance, but is better. White Dawn is a seedling of New Dawn, and supposedly not as good a rose. White New Dawn is a sport of New Dawn, so has all of its merits, but is a lot harder to find. White Cap is also a good white climber, though it isn't quite as hardy as New Dawn. I expect a lot of dieback on it this spring.
Same as pruning the big ones, twiggy growth is relative regardless of the variety. The mini twiggy growth would be smaller than the best canes.
Remove dead wood and prune to leave the center of the bush open as you
would a larger rose.
mustbnuts, I hope you are able to take a picture of the bloom of Vick's Caprice. I've always thought that is such a beautiful rose.
If I knew how much money I spent over the last nine years on roses, including the many dozens I've discarded, I'd probably go into shock. But, really, I can't think of anything else that has given me such a sense of anticipation, excitement and satisfaction so many times during those years. A large part of life should be enjoyment, in whatever form that may take, so let's not feel guilty (unless of course you've sold your firstborn in order to finance your hobby!).
If you really want to know, you can try cutting a piece of the root off and planting it in a pot. 'Dr. Huey' is known for coming back from pieces left behind in the soil after removing a rose grafted onto it. While it would probably take a year or two before seeing a bloom from a root cutting, you'll be able to narrow the guesses down by looking at foliage.
:-)
~Christopher
Not all rose roots are equal. If you have alkalin soils, Dr. Huey will be much happier and will do a better job than when he is planted in acidic soils.
Multiflora can handle acidic soils and will make vigorous growth there and is a better rootstock in my acidic soils. It took me a long time to learn this as most 'serious' local rose growers grow in soils that are made for roses, and that don't have a lot in common with our native top soils (and the layer of clay that's under our too thin top soil. )
Belinda's Dream seems to be happy on its own roots in good loamy soils as well as in acidic emended soil in my yard.
That was too bad having 3 appointments cancelled! And then still not to have had anyone actually look at it. However, it's good to know you have finally got a firm lab diagnosis and are getting appropriate treatment for it; I hope there is some way you can get follow-up from someone to check the Staph is fully cleared up by the end of the course. That's a pretty scary thing to have! Don't forget to take probiotics or eat gallons of live yoghurt to replace all the good gut bacteria that will probably have been wiped out by the abs. Some Astragalus (Chinese herb) to re-boot your immune system afterwards would probably be helpful too, if it's available there, or even after you get home.
Best of luck; thanks for letting us know how things panned out, and do let us know of any further updates. It's certainly made me and I'm sure others more aware of the possible serious consequences of such unfortunate rose prickle close encounters.
Comtesse :¬)
Here are both bushes side by side. They are both young, but they should give you an idea. I've been wanting Sheila's Perfume for a while, so I was very pleased when I found her. For this reason, and the fact that I haven't had both long enough, I couldn't recommend one for the other without being bias. Pardon the crappy pics.
I see crocuses up and almost ready to bloom in many peoples' yards. I see various bulb shoots coming up as well, probably tulips and daffodils. No forsythia, which does not seem to be popular in my neighborhood. Tree crews just pruned all the city trees in the entire area. I am afraid it is still too early to prune my roses. And how far down should they be pruned?
Do you have pear trees or those pink weeping cherries? Those are blooming here now, too. And other orchard trees like peaches and apricots.
I usually just prune out the discolored canes from winter, back until the canes are nice and green. Then prune out any canes that will cross too closely to another one (unless it's a small plant that needs all the canes and leaves it can get). You can take some height off of most modern roses if you like (or leave them tall), but if the rose only blooms once a year wait until after it blooms to do that.
Some of the good canes may not actually be a great green. I have some that get kind of purple in the winter. That's fine. And some old canes can look kind of dead when they are just woody, so look for live buds pushing leaves if it's a particularly woody rose bush.
Then you do have to cut off canes that have bad, cankered spots in them. You have to cut those off below the cankered area. Those are usually pretty obvious, I think (or I don't worry about the small ones). I hate to have to cut off long canes for that, but if you have a big bad spot on any cane, the cane will have to come off sometime. The canker can spread/creep down and up the cane, so go on and take care of that before the rose wastes all kinds of energy on the cane. Sterilize your pruners between cuts when dealing with canker.