22,795 Garden Web Discussions | Roses

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jazzmom516(Zone 7 LI, NY)

I have a few David Austin roses; someone recommended Queen of Sweden and I agree its Blackspot resistant. I have in my yard growing Tamora, a small apricot colored rose; Molineux, a lovely medium height golden yellow rose (my favorite) and Alnwick Castle, now renamed The Alnwick Rose, a medium pink rose with medium height. and finally Pat Austin a medium height orange/coppery colored rose. Most of the DA roses in the US are not BS resistant so buyer beware.
If I had to add roses again to my garden I would chose Kordes roses because many are BS resistant.

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Sow_what? Southern California Inland

gibsongirl74_gw, thanks so much for liking our facebook page! I've observed Queen of Sweden and Tamora for several years in clients' gardens. Queen of Sweden has exceptionally beautiful blooms that are held upright on a 4 - 5' shrub, and Tamora remains a small shrub with plenty of pretty apricot/pink blooms. Both have remained healthy in our mild winter/hot, dry summer climate. We have several other Austins not on your list at Humpty Dumpty House, and they are among our most beautiful and best performing roses. Lots of pictures and detailed evaluations are on our Facebook - please visit. Your simple act of "liking" our facebook page can help us get our gardens reopened. Here's the link to our Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/HumptyDumptyHouse

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jim1961 Zone 6a Central Pa.

I noticed today while driving that everyones forsythia are in bloom here...But a lot of roses around just have the small swollen leaf buds so far... Ours are a bit more advanced than what I seen today...

Most people around here buy a rose stick it in the ground and forget about it... I seen so much dead wood last year sticking out of peoples roses I wanted to run into their yard and prune the poor things...lol

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stir_fryi

I live in the Detroit area and did mine yesterday. I was shocked to find leaf buds on them! So much for lopping them down nice and even...

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bethnorcal9

It happens occasionally, but I wouldn't say it's a normal characteristic. I have an own root rose I got from Heirloom about 12-15yrs ago called WONDERSTRIPE. It has at least 4 separate plants all in a big cluster. I really should remove some of them. I also have an own root STOKES I got from Roses Unlimited over 20yrs ago, and it shot up a second plant almost a foot away. Good thing tho, because the original plant died.

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bayarea_girl(NorCA 9)

Beautiful garden. Thank you for sharing.

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huckdog1

Such beauty! You have worked hard and they are lovely.

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michaelg(7a NC Mts)

Gosh, a plant in my neighborhood, also from Heirloom, grew about 30' wide in that period of time. Is yours getting winter damage?

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comtessedelacouche (10b S.Australia: hotdryMedclimate)

Can you tell us something about your climate - zone and general location, plus what sort of spot it's in in your garden (sunny, hot/shady, cool/ near a brick wall, etc)?

:¬)

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Please identify this rose
Posted by Gary(USDA ZONE = 9b SUNSET ZONE = 18 (Riverside, CA, USA))
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Gary(USDA ZONE = 9b SUNSET ZONE = 18 (Riverside, CA, USA))

Gotcha! Will do.

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Gary(USDA ZONE = 9b SUNSET ZONE = 18 (Riverside, CA, USA))

Thanks, muchly to all !

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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23

Perhaps the alcohol was supposed to be applied to the gardener.

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jasminerose4u, California 9b

Okay, I went out and purchased plain aspirin. I placed it in warm water a good hour ago and I still see powder at the bottom of the cup. It gets dispersed when I stir it up, but I see one might want to improve the solubility.

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Can you ID this rose?The shape and form may not be too accurate due to the rose being cut back to canes each fall.
Posted by Gary(USDA ZONE = 9b SUNSET ZONE = 18 (Riverside, CA, USA))
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bethnorcal9

Got any pics of the earlier stages?

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Gary(USDA ZONE = 9b SUNSET ZONE = 18 (Riverside, CA, USA))

As George Carlin (aka "The Hippy Dippy Weatherman") said: "Weather forecast for tonight: dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning".

I'll post more pics when I can again SEE the rose by dawn's early light. (It's 7:52 PM, PST now)

Update: This rose doesn't have any new buds now but it should have in a couple of days. I'll post more photos then.

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zack_lau z6 CT

For me, the hardest roses to get established are the the ones with really hacked root systems--I had a pair of boxed PJPIIs like that. OTOH, I did get Queen of Show with one of those roses. Transplant shock can also set a plant back. I've found with experimentation that the worst time to transplant a rose is right after the Spring flush. Much better to lop off the buds and transplant the rose before it blooms.

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Rosecandy VA, zone 7

" Sometimes, for what ever reason, a rose just isn't a good one." - This is SO TRUE! I got a dud Iceberg last year. It did bloom decently, despite being a breeding ground for black spot from the day it arrived to the day the first frost put it into dormancy. Its canes were thin and limpy and its leaves were scarce. I was sooo disappointed because I had heard nothing but great reviews from people all over the country. I contacted the nursery that sold me the rose (Heirloom roses) and the replacement they sent already looks so much better than the dud! Hopefully it won't breed black spot like the last one did. If it does then I'm not trying again. Try contacting the nursery you bought Midas Touch from and ask them if they'll replace it since it's "failed to thrive".

One more thought: do you feed your roses? Maybe Midas Touch needs more nutrients than the other roses and doesn't compete well with them. How much space does it have? My Midas Touch is doing wonderfully and it's only a year old. It isn't very large yet, but it is about the size of my other one-year-old roses. It's own root also, if that makes a difference, with plenty of space to soak up nutrients.

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Posted by Gary(USDA ZONE = 9b SUNSET ZONE = 18 (Riverside, CA, USA))
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23

Pull the weeds and give it several inches of mulch. Weeds take water that the rose could be using. Mulch holds in moisture and cools the roots. The rose will be all the better for that, especially in hot hot hot Riverside. You will get many many more flowers.

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Gary(USDA ZONE = 9b SUNSET ZONE = 18 (Riverside, CA, USA))

O-kay! Do-kay!

Thanks to all responders !

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seil zone 6b MI

Like Michael, on my first prune of the season I tend to err on the side of caution and leave some of those inner tan canes. I always have to go back through later on in the season and do a tune up pruning anyway. So if I see that that growth isn't doing anything at that time I'll take it off when I do my second prune.

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Patty W. zone 5a Illinois

Thanks for the additional information Seil. I appreciate all I can get.

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Need2SeeGreen(10 (SoCal))

Wow, thanks so much!!!! I was wondering if something like that was possible.

Your plant looks very happy!!!

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rosecanadian

Stunning flowers!! Mine usually has the less petalled look - but it flowers up a storm. I would love to get that stuffed looked on Ch-Ching!!

Mine has no fragrance - how about your Ch-Ching roses?

Carol

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wirosarian_z4b_WI

That might be worth a try but make sure your drain holes are open in your pot. Also do you know about the right way to pot a plant? Here is something worth reading.....Container drainage

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mietone

Thanks for the link. I'll definitely read it.

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