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Any hope for Love Song?
Posted by nickjoseph(5 Milwaukee, WI)
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blueKYstream(6)Updated I'm sorry about your Love Song. I had read that it was winter tender, so I chose Poseidon. I'm not sure how well they compare except for color though. Hopefully, you can get another or find one that suits your needs!
John F. Kennedy
Posted by BethC in 8a Dallas, TX
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nippstress - zone 5 NebraskaUpdated For what it's worth, here's a bloom from my new JFK from Lowe's, for comparison whenever yours blooms. There's the vaguest hint of cream at the center in the bud stage, but this disappears to the snow white blooms Seil mentions. Y...
best place to find tree roses online?
Posted by Melissa Mc (6b)
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Patty W. zone 5a IllinoisUpdated Regan Nursery and Edmonds Roses are two good nurseries.
How much space in between roses?
Posted by Donna R zone 6a
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nippstress - zone 5 NebraskaUpdated From what you know about these roses, you seem to have the front row vs. back row as good as you can know, though Dark Desire is too new to know exactly how big it'll turn out to be in different zones. I'm planning on mine being r...
how to begin? best tips?
Posted by yellowducky
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yellowduckyUpdated Thanks SO much everyone. I posted this and then promptly went out of town, so I'm sorry for the delay getting back over here. What great advice. Searching locally is a great idea. There is a rose garden in downtown Raleigh that...
Black spot or something else?
Posted by rabainsz7bpnw
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michaelg(7a NC Mts)Updated The product shown is neem oil with the azadirachtin removed. It will burn leaves in hot weather, as will baking soda--or even in moderate weather if the plants were not well hydrated before spraying. The large purple smears could ...
Black Spot? Please help a beginner.
Posted by Jenniro (Zone 6a MI)(zone 6a)
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cjrosaphile(z8 Pacific NW)Updated When I first started with roses, I remember getting quite upset about any disease or bug issues, concerned that my new roses would die. After a few years, I saw a pattern develop here in rainy Oregon. After the roses leaf out , it...
So hopping every one is safe in Texas
Posted by Patty W. zone 5a Illinois
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Patty W. zone 5a IllinoisUpdated Nicely said Seil
Help with what's wrong with these roses.
Posted by jennrs24(z5)
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seil zone 6b MIUpdated Great idea, Sam!
How long should a bloom last? - (Livin' Easy) 9b
Posted by dixonticonderoga
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fragrancenutter(Zone 10b)Updated It also depends on how hot it is. For example, we are heading into winter now in Australia so blooms like Jude the Obscure will last 3 days. In summer it will blow in one day! Thank goodness it is always in flower. Jude the Obsc...
Rose placement advice?
Posted by danuv 7a NW Ga.
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danuv 7a NW Ga.Updated Graham Thomas should get between 5-6 hours of sun there. Watering him should't be a problem but thanks for letting me know. My baby Abraham Darby (or Darling as my son calls it) throws a fit if I go more than a couple of days with...
This is my first rose plant. It rained and it bent. What to do?
Posted by Amir Eghbal
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seil zone 6b MIUpdated If you go out and shake the bloom a little you'll see how much water it collected. Water is heavy and makes the blooms nod like that. Once the water drains out and the bloom dries it will stand back up.
How to approach this monster
Posted by susan4952(5)
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seil zone 6b MIUpdated I agree with Michael, let it finish that gorgeous flush. Then you can prune it back some as you dead head it. As it grows back for the re-bloom begin tying it up to a support.
Miracle on the Hudson?
Posted by sabalmatt_dallas(Z8 Dallas)
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roseseek(9)Updated MOTH was bullet proof in Encino and I've raised a few seedlings from it. The rose has performed admirably in Europe as well as here in the US. Robert Rippetoe has done well with it. He is obsessive about disease issues and as they...
Simsalabim Rose
Posted by bonsaimaster1
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nancylee2(Z10 Gaviota Coast)Updated Hoovb, thanks much. That is likely why it went for a princely sum at the auction. Good for fundraising.
Help! Are my roses dead?
Posted by Victoria Schossow
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sowandgrowUpdated I have only had my roses 3 years, and my memory isn't that great so I was waiting to see which roses were cane hardy..now that they are leafing out I will start trimming them back to the ground (the dead canes that is. I hadn' s...
What happened to Double Delight?
Posted by redsox_gw
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redsox_gwUpdated One of the roses I lost was Duchesse de Brabant, a bit of zone pushing and now, dead. However, Cramoisi Superieur is alive and well although it never gets large. I think with DD planted at the soil level and then soil erodes ove...
Double Delight
Posted by mrc90_z7b_it
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rosecanadianUpdated Those are all lovely shots of a lovely rose!! Wow! Carol
Rose observations
Posted by Sara-Ann Z6B OK
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seil zone 6b MIUpdated A lot of varieties, particularly older moderns, were never tested as own root plants from the start. Own root wasn't an option. Everything that came out was grafted so marketers could produce big plants faster for sale. So bree...
Best performers for (south) Florida
Posted by SoFL Rose z10
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SoFL Rose z10Updated Where did you get your Austin's on fort?
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