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my knockout roses have slugs!!!!
Posted by kulrich8903
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kulrich8903Updated The flys are back I keep spraying and no new leaves. I think I lost them
Worst Rose Name EVER
Posted by kstrong
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23Updated The story on "Happy Butt" was that the hybridizer wanted to name it after a dear friend named Gladys. Gladys said "Oh no, please do not!" So the hybridizer named the rose "Happy Butt". Repeat the n...
Worst Rose Names
Posted by Sylvia Weiser Wendel
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rabainsz7bpnwUpdated Marlorena.. I have golden showers which I grew as a bare root this March and looking forward to the pretty yellow roses. And I had no clue that it means something else too.. That's interesting
Thank you for the help!!
Posted by luvsflwrs(6B (Boston))
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jim1961 Zone 6a Central Pa.Updated Ditto on can't wait to see pics..
Let's talk English style cool toned Pinks! +help me choose some!
Posted by DandyLioness (CA 9, SZ 14)
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noseometer...7A...ABQUpdated This is the second year for my Falstaff, and so far I'm loving it. It's not pink, but deep magenta, fading to purple (and a nice purple, not a sickly one). The flowers are durable in rain, the flowers nod, which I like (and which ...
Bamboo trellis
Posted by rabainsz7bpnw
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seil zone 6b MIUpdated I bet if you google it there are plenty of instruction out there.
Electron
Posted by Ken (N.E.GA.mts) 7a/b(7a/b)
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James_Shaw_San Francisco Bay AreaUpdated That is one lovely Electron, Pat--thanks for sharing.
What's wrong with my Knockout Rose?
Posted by suz9601
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seil zone 6b MIUpdated And water deep, not just a surface wetting. Roses like at least and inch of water per week. So water it slowly for a long period of time about twice a week. In very hot, dry weather you will need to water even more often. If y...
weak canes
Posted by ellatiarella(SW Mich 6a)
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seil zone 6b MIUpdated We've had a lot of rain lately and that doesn't help because it adds a lot of weight to the blooms pulling them down. I have several that were covered in beautiful buds but as they opened and it kept raining they since laid down ...
New growth below bud Union?
Posted by reesepbuttercup 7a- Utah
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msdorkgirl(11)Updated That has many healthy looking canes and very green, congratulations and enjoy. Where did you get the bareroot DA from? Just curious, I have ordered and am impatiently waiting for some DA's too, and Tranquility is one of them.
Your most prolific hybrid teas & grandifloras?
Posted by sara_ann-z6bok
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SoFL Rose z10Updated oooh, thats a really nice one (fragrant Memory) and I've never even heard of it until now. Heres my list (in order of most prolific) Dick Clark (i've never had a rose bloom as much and repeat as quickly, its practically always in ...
Asking for Prayers
Posted by Sara-Ann Z6B OK
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Marlorena-z8 England-Updated ..This is always a worry but very best wishes for your daughter, and we hope a speedy recovery....
spots on rose
Posted by NDDeb Zone4a
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NDDeb Zone4aUpdated I just found out that the yard was sprayed but we were assured they protected the plants with cardboard before spraying. The peony next to the rose has some tough looking leaves too, and saw that last year after they sprayed. Th...
unknown rose with single flowers
Posted by wolfgang_danninger
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wolfgang_danningerUpdated Thanks for the answers. I got seeds with no name of this rose from a garden society, The seeds were from northern Italy. I grow the rose in the east of Austria. The climate is zone 5, Vine is growing here. In most of the winters b...
Winterizing tree roses in pots
Posted by Prettypetals_GA_7-8
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summersrhythm_z6aUpdated Jeanine, Don't put your email address here for safety reason. The only rose trees can be planted in the garden is Polar Joy, a super hardy rose tree. Other than that you have to bring it in the garage during the winter, and water ...
HELP! Chipmunks eating roses
Posted by shelleyh(z5 NY)
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Donna R zone 6aUpdated Does anyone know how to make the pepper spray? I have been using cayenne pepper powder on my petunias, as we have groundhogs that are decimating them and also my lettuce plants. I am at wits end with them-they eat a ton. When it r...
What is wrong with this bud?
Posted by jacquierz5bmi
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jacquierz5bmiUpdated Thank you Buford! I have never heard of that before so I'm glad it isn't some disease.
A picture of the front yard rose bed.
Posted by zack_lau z6 CT
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jjpeace (zone 5 US/zone 6 Can)Updated It is quite beautiful indeed. I love the roses against the fence, it is a classic!
'Rio Samba' and 'Strike it Rich'
Posted by Marigold33
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23Updated 'Rio Samba' was a good rose but it faded badly to a muddy color--the sun is very bright here, so YMMV. 'Tuscan Sun' is quite good in that color range. But that is here--I have no idea what it is like in zone 6.
Lots of disease after a month of cool weather
Posted by hoovb zone 9 sunset 23
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23Updated The hot-humid thing--it's not as bad as I expected. Suppose to be back to good old June-Gloom tomorrow. It's been so dry for so many years I've forgotten about foliar diseases--perhaps this is a harbinger of the heavy El Nino win...
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