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Are these good bugs?
Posted by KarenPA_6b
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meredith_e Z7b, Piedmont of NC, 1000' elevationUpdated I forget the name of the stinging guy, but it is mostly white and hairy with small red parts, too. Those popped up a few years ago and make an annual appearance in one bed now. My young wheelbug is still guarding his mulberry bush...
A tisket, a tasket, a bunch of roses in a glass basket!
Posted by scott_madison
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Prettypetals_GA_7-8Updated My goodness. You have a heavenly garden!! Everything is absolutely gorgeous!! Love your bouquet too!!! Can't wait to see more!
John Cabot as a climber
Posted by janepa(Z5-6 PA)
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Margaret MartinUpdated I have prairie princess on a trellis too. She's also a survivor but more in the traditional form of a climber. She's not blooming yet or I would post a picture.
Almost Coastal so. Ca. Looking bad. You??
Posted by martinca_gw
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jerijen(Zone 10)Updated In Southern California, watering is now problematical. Where possible, I am watering with graywater. Heavy fertilizing is out of the question. The weather is cool. There is a lot of overcast. I'd say, remove damaged leaves, wa...
tiny green caterpillars have decimated all the leaves. What to do?
Posted by soozifroozi
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dublinbay z6 (KS)Updated They are rose slugs. Lots of roses suffer from them about this time of year. It is a annual event. Most gardeners just squish them and wait patiently for the good predator bugs to show up and eat up the rest of them. The leaf d...
Dr. Earth alfalfa meal?
Posted by ellatiarella(SW Mich 6a)
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ellatiarella(SW Mich 6a)Updated Alfalfa meal is as if you put alfalfa pellets in a food processor or blender and ground them up almost to a powder. The Dr. Earth alfalfa meal also has added "Pro-Biotics beneficial soil microbes". From my reading, it ...
Rose Site Question..
Posted by pinkkpearls
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jkellydallas(8a)Updated Everything I've read says a minimum of six hours of sun, but you are so far south, that I think it would be OK, I'm in Dallas, and a rose on the back side of my house doesn't get that much, but it's really happy, Late afternoon ...
Pretty, fragrant Double Delight
Posted by Sara-Ann Z6B OK
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nickjoseph(5 Milwaukee, WI)Updated I love it!!! I saw one at a Plant store in our area (Milwaukee, WI). It had blooms on it & they were the size of my fist! I wonder how they do in Wisconsin weather with disease and life after our lovely winters.
Latest blooms....
Posted by bethnorcal9
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bethnorcal9Updated Mine's in blazing hot full sun!
need help with my 65 year old rose.
Posted by chrstine wolfe
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chrstine wolfeUpdated Thank you all so much. This was a rose that my Mom got from the White House when she worked for the Justice Department. It is the most beautiful and fragrant rose ever. My Mom, Rose, recently passed away and I am just beside mys...
Random rose virus study
Posted by henry_kuska
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henry_kuskaUpdated Ann, at first I did not understand the significance of your question about excessive thorns. As you have stated in your e-book: "Hyper thorniness is not a dependable indication of RRD" I have a copy of the full Chinese p...
I just gotta have it!
Posted by sara_ann-z6bok
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parker25mvUpdated The 3 must-have classic rose varieties are, in my opinion, Mister Lincoln, Sunsprite, and Sterling Silver. I could live with just these three.
Elle, Tiffany in hot and humid
Posted by teka2rjleffel(z10FL)
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kublakanUpdated I'm not impressed with Tiffany as a flower, but as a plant it's definitely a survivor. Elle is gorgeous, but as a plant she's similar to Peace, which for me has always been a piece of...
Best purple rose
Posted by debbie_gardener
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parker25mvUpdated My favorite is definitely Sterling Silver. I realize it is not considered the most prolific bloomer, and there are many other purple roses that are more vigorous, but I still prefer it over other purple varieties such as Sweetness...
Hybrid Teas
Posted by dmoore66(6 NorthWest NJ)
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nippstress - zone 5 NebraskaUpdated Thanks for the photo. This definitely looks like something weather related and not a function of your care or any particular disease. Botyris can crop up in humid weather but usually if those roses haven't done this routinely, the...
Sunrise Sunset - 2 foot high world conquerer
Posted by nippstress - zone 5 Nebraska
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nippstress - zone 5 NebraskaUpdated Hi Donna Glad you like these! I have two of these trellises bookended at the front of my house, as well as one in the back yard, and my husband helped me stabilize them so they stay more or less close to the house and upright. The...
New house, old roses-part 4
Posted by allencla
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jacqueline9CAUpdated allencla - does it re-bloom, or not? If it re-blooms, it is not Dr. Huey. Jackie
when can I spray with these high temps?
Posted by emily2002(8aFL)
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Buford_NE_GA_7A(7B)Updated early in the am, before the sun is bearing down on the leaves. Or an overcast day if you get one. I have also sprayed in the evening when the sun is low in the sky.
Breck's rose sale-5 for $19.99
Posted by summersrhythm_z6a
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BethC in 8a Dallas, TXUpdated Cindi.....I forgot to respond to your question. The nursery is Covington's in Rowlett. They are out of the $10 roses but have about 75 at $14.88. Well make that 73 because I bought two last night. Those will stay on sale unti...
anybody having problems with knockouts?
Posted by emily2002(8aFL)
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emily2002(8aFL)Updated thx as usual for the suggestions. all kos are own root, my property is on a slow slope and has no drainage problems, will look at the base of the plant and also plan to dig up the dead rose and take a look at the roots. will upd...
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