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Are there any good thornless roses?
Posted by parker25mv
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fragrancenutter(Zone 10b)Updated If you like the HT blooms I would suggest Memorial Day and Frederic Mistral. These two have few thorns: Memorial Day Frederic Mistral
What roses are you getting for next year?
Posted by Kachana(DFW Zone 7)
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bethnorcal9Updated Hmmmm... I just got ROSE OF HOPE from Chamblees a few weeks ago. It hasn't bloomed yet. I hope I got the real thing! Also got DELIGHTFUL PHYLLIS and she just bloomed. Very pretty. And got a replacement BENGAL TIGER too. Many of wh...
Southern CA members
Posted by BethC in 8a Dallas, TX
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BethC in 8a Dallas, TXUpdated How exciting! Thank you everyone for the lovely ideas. Oh, an auction! Wonder what the hotel would say if I brought roses into the room for a week?
question about arrangement of roses
Posted by Jim Reichert
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Jim ReichertUpdated As I continue to tweak the bed, I've started to cut back on the number of plants. I think less is more in this case, so I am down to 10 plants. Ideally 3 larger ones and 7 smaller ones. I also wanted to add some brighter red. F...
Buying Bare Roots from Europe?
Posted by Bunny Rose
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roseseek(9)Updated Much has changed in the past year. With the spread of the Long Snout Asian Borer, only cuttings/budwood are permissible, from specific countries, as long as they don't exceed 10 mm thickness. A friend in Washington State, last yea...
Roses Out, Back in. Lost Good Soil. Advise Please
Posted by martinca_gw
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Buford_NE_GA_7A(7B)Updated Zach, I was able to dig up a lot of soil when I dug up my roses. I also was able to get most of the usable compost from my pile, which was also dug up. Martin, you are probably right.
Link for rose rosette virus videos
Posted by henry_kuska
henry_kuskaThe following youtube link https://www.youtube.com/user/AggieExtension contains links to recent videos of talks given by some of the rose rosette researchers involved in the federal grant (it is my understanding that this link will...
2 rose viruses apparently are the same?
Posted by henry_kuska
henry_kuska"Rose yellow leaf virus (RYLV), a pathogen whose nearly complete nucleotide sequence has been determined recently [25], is considered an isolate of RrLDV (and not a member of a separate species) on the basis of the high sequence...
Cherry Parfait or Love and Peace?
Posted by alameda/zone 8
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katalea12Updated Dear alameda!!! Honestly if i were you i would buy both!!! They are simply heartbreakers to me, SO beautiful even now i want them after seeing these glorious pictures!!!lol Well done fellow gardeners!!!just brilliant blooms
I assume many/most rose gardners are interested in mosquito repellants
Posted by henry_kuska
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michaelg(7a NC Mts)Updated Here in Appalachia, we had very few mosquitos until albopictus (the Asian Tiger) showed up maybe fifteen years ago. Now they are awful through the summer in town, not so much in the woods. They breed in stump holes and man-made co...
Olivia Rose Austin and The Poet's Wife are available at Regan
Posted by bayarea_girl(NorCA 9)
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Kachana(DFW Zone 7)Updated Thank you, Kate. I think I'm going to love Olivia Rose, too. And, I have not given up on Pretty Jessica yet. I'm not getting her this year, but who knows what next year brings? LOL!
seaweed extract - drought problems
Posted by henry_kuska
henry_kuskaI wonder if this will work with roses: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-10/asfh-seb102815.php
La Marne or Double pink Knockout rose?
Posted by Brooks23(Kentucky zone 6)
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Brooks23(Kentucky zone 6)Updated Expecting a frost tomorrow so might put a bucket over the rose just to help it get settled
What's wrong with these leaves?
Posted by Kachana(DFW Zone 7)
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Kachana(DFW Zone 7)Updated Henry, I only have pictures of the young branches when I first became suspicious: I know they look quite normal in these pictures, but when they matured the leaves stayed red and they curled up at the edges, and the canes were qui...
Please show your Minis and Minifloras
Posted by Sara-Ann Z6B OK
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mustbnuts zone 9 sunset 9Updated Still might be too tall for where I might have space, but I am going to see who sells it. Thanks Beth!
Malathion Treatment For Chilli Thrips?
Posted by hoihoisoi
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Buford_NE_GA_7A(7B)Updated Ann, we had a speaker, Don Myers, who is also a judge talking about pesticides. I believe he works for Bayer. He lives in NC in the Chapel Hill area. He didn't specify where in NC, but I assumed they were in his yard. I have seen ...
Container Size for Fragrant Clou
Posted by antipodean(10b)
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antipodean(10b)Updated Thanks Buford, much appreciated. Unfortunately I have no idea about the rootstock so may have to do some additional enquiries.
Right place, right time
Posted by Ken (N.E.GA.mts) 7a/b(7a/b)
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Sara-Ann Z6B OKUpdated Great bargain, Ken!
Help, own root rose has cane turnig brownfrom bottom up.
Posted by sharon2079
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Patty W. zone 5a IllinoisUpdated Here are some previous articles rose cane die back this year anyone else? - GardenWeb that were on here. They maybe able to give you more information on wether or not this is VW. From your description it does not sound like it but...
Tall Orange Rose with Good Looking Foliage?
Posted by hollie_z9(z9Santa Cruz CA)
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hollie_z9(z9Santa Cruz CA)Updated Wow, Wildfire gets tall! I'm going to have to move it down a bit if it gets that wide too. I sure hope it works here. Glad to hear WF does get going! Mine is not a vigorous grower so far but maybe it's putting down roots. I lo...
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