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SoFL Rose z10

Oh wow Kublakan, Thanks. I totally will. What great advice. I'll stop by sometime this week (eeeekk :)
Our Lady does not have big flowers Jack, they are small but they are plentiful. They also hold their form for a good amount of time and last well as a cut flower. As I recall they she also had few bug problems. But I guess that may depend on where you live/put her/how many pests you have in your garden, etc.
Our Lady is one of those roses that gets so full of flowers that you have to stop and ask what kind of rose it is.

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Katie

I'd like to share about an Intrigue! This was 2 Springs ago, but hang on - it gets better.

Anyway, I got one and planted it in a large decorative pot. That beautiful perfum-ey wonder bloomed about 5 times. I'm in the desert southwest, long growing season. She was so beautiful. Grew her on the morning-sun-side of the house.

Well the following Spring the aphids came, as they do, and I don't use sprays anywhere here and usually Nature takes over and either birds, or enough ladybugs, etc. take care of the aphids. Well, I didn't watch closely enough, and be darned if they didn't kill that rose.

So here we are 2 years later and after 2 years of lamenting (I truly missed that rose), today I found 2 of them at Walmart. Both had blooms on and oh how I have missed that fragrance. These will go into the ground this time and for the first time this year, we had to spray a couple of things due to aphids. Hated to do it but I will not lose another plant to them.

Tried the Dawn treatment, hosing them off daily, nope. They were still winning. I won this battle!

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seil zone 6b MI

Read the directions for both very carefully. It should say if it can be mixed with any thing else or not.

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rose diseaserose mosaic disease
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seil zone 6b MI

Do you have a question about this disease?

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seil zone 6b MI

It happens from time to time. May be too much nitrogen or maybe odd weather. Either way the next bloom will probably be just fine.

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Need2SeeGreen(10 (SoCal))

My Ch-Ching! is doing it too, in fact I was just about to post about it. (I am still going to post, but not about the proliferation, now that I know what it is...)

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jim1961 Zone 6a Central Pa.

I just noticed our Viburnum bush is way behind and just might bloom with the roses this year... That has never happened....

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nippstress - zone 5 Nebraska

Yep, we had a long coolish spring and the daffodils lasted forever - long enough to overlap with the early tulips for quite a while. Then May hit, with torrential rains so far, and WHOOSH all the tulips disappeared almost overnight, even the ones that are usually May bloomers. We counted a dismally awful 12 inches of rain starting at 8 pm and lasting all night. I was up all night wet-vacuuming the basement (my husband had to call it quits at 1 am), and the news has said at least half the basements in town are flooded, even ones that don't usually get anything. Sure wish we could send some of this rain to California - particularly with more rain expected this weekend.

Cynthia

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kentucky_rose zone 6

Love your rose story and the roses are beautiful!

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nanadollZ7 SWIdaho(Zone 7 Boise SW Idaho)

You have some sumptuous bouquets to beautify your home. I agree that flowers can do wonders for a room. I especially love Tamora and Oklahoma. Diane

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nanadollZ7 SWIdaho(Zone 7 Boise SW Idaho)

Just looked it up. It's similar to the Cornell (University) formula for mildew. My recipe called for the liquid soap, and Cornell's uses vegetable oil. Both recipes use baking soda. I just made a quart at a time, but Cornell's is for a gallon, and uses larger amounts--a tablespoon of each ingredient instead of a teaspoon. Diane

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michaelg(7a NC Mts)

There are lots of sprays that will control PM. Peroxide works if you have a formula that doesn't burn foliage. Baking soda is about as effective as potassium bicarb but somewhat more likely to burn. "Remedy" and "Green Cure" are just two brand names for the K product--read labels.

In addition to using the iron product, I would check the pH, and if it is above 7, apply 1/2 cup of sulfur per square yard to gradually acidify. the soil.

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sutekesh Switzerland(6a)

All those great roses! lol - space that's also my big dilemma! Am planning a new 30m bed along our back border just don't know how wide I should make it? Haven't told my husband yet, lol

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fduk_gw UK zone 3 (US zone 8)

Nanadoll - thanks for the reminder to check hmf for synonymous of roses that I'm interested in - I tooo liked the look of Julia Child and regretted it's seeming lack of availability. Absolutely Fabulous is however, available pretty much everywhere!

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Nicole Vabre(zone 4 NW Iowa)

Wow, wirosarian, thanks for the link - GREAT info in Zimmerman's videos! That just made this new journey I'm on with roses that much easier!

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Marlorena-z8 England-

...I grew William Baffin many years ago over here, and found it quite a vigorous rose and a sprawler.. canes flying out everywhere... I certainly wouldn't want to grow it in a pot... I grew it up an arch and it was a bit of a struggle getting all those canes to the support, but it was a generous flowerer, I give it that..

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Patty W. zone 5a Illinois

By the way they really look good.

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Beth zone 8a Dallas, TX

Thanks! I had a lady stop by this afternoon to ask me what kind of roses they are. I told her and she said her's didn't look anything like that. She's right, they don't they are about 6 ft tall and sparse on blooms. She said they'd never been pruned and of course she didn't know anything about feeding them. As I drive down our street every 2nd or 3rd house have red KOs in their flower beds and many look terrible. KOs may be easy to take care of but they still need some care. You can't just stick them in the ground and not do anything with them.

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jerijen(Zone 10)

What books ARE they?

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ladyrose65

My library won't take book donations anymore. I will call local rose society. Thanks for all the input. Sincerely, Avis M.

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bethnorcal9

Beautiful!

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sara_ann-z6bok

Thanks Beth

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nikthegreek(9b/10a E of Athens, Greece)

Yes that can happen if the rose was delivered in a peat substrata not containing wetting agent that dried up before getting watered. The trick in such cases is to soak the rootball thoroughly in a bucket of water squeezing gently until bubbles stop coming out.

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meggrnt

Thank you everyone this is what I have done so far to my poor plant....I buit it a little raised garden bed till I can get the rest of it cleaned out around it and plant more flowers. This spot gets sun most of the Day...it doesn't look pretty right now but I plan on fixing that soon. This was all I had around the house right now.

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Patty W. zone 5a Illinois

Ping Lim no longer works with Bailey's. I had read that Bailey's was investing less in the rose business. About cried when I read this. Was afraid these gorgeous healthy roses would be become difficult to find. Mr. Lim's website indicates that his roses may purchased directly from him but I did not exactly understand the process. If anyone else does please let me know. They also appear to be selling them grafted. I like own root.

This post was edited by pattyw5 on Sun, Nov 9, 14 at 19:13

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Aline Murray

Last year we bought a Como Park rose and planted it in a border along the front of our yard . It was full of beautiful flowers all summer . This spring it's very hearty and has two runners approximately 2 to 3 feet from the original plant. Has anyone else experienced having runners ? I cannot remember which retailer we purchased it from . Does anyone know where the Easy Elegance roses are sold ?

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Marilyn Harding

I found this page when searching after noticing earwigs around our newly planted bushes here in a Greece. They are reddish rather than dark as in Ontario, Canada. There are only a few just yet and I appreciate the many suggestions to combat them if they become a menace to the plants.

On a note to Jeri in ER. I remember candelling the ears of a friend of mine who came complaining of feeling that something was inside and sure enough what was drawn out was part of a earwig - the unmistakable horned bit. So just to know there is a quick, safe and easy remedy for much more than earwigs. Thanks for all the good advice!

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Patty W. zone 5a Illinois

Preying mantis love eating earwigs for a snack.

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