22,795 Garden Web Discussions | Roses
I will have to check next time I'm D&B supply, a ranch and farm store that I frequent quite regularly (too regularly; but I should call or check online. They are just getting gardening stuff going). Great prices on bird seed, garden supplies, and they really promote the Black Gold products. I'm wondering if Black Gold is made in the Northwest. I'm jealous you have the Tones locally. I have to get mine on Amazon, but have found some amazing deals for those, and no shipping costs, either. Do they ever take a loss on that, since I order by 36 pound bags! Diane
I would ask your supply store, they might be able to order them for you and you would save on shipping. The place I get mine from got bought out by someone early last year, and the new owners didn't order any and were swamped early spring by alot of people and they said if you ask for it they could probably order it, as long as they know it sales. I got some cheap last year and stocked up on a place going out of business. I shouldn't have to get any thing this year, but next year I will. :)
Steve, good reminder on Drift roses. I think you may have changed the way I'm going to do this. Which varieties stay the shortest for you. I do have Oso Easy Lemon Zest and while it's not a miniature, LZ has been quite small so far. I have Innocencia also demure.
Finally identified my miniature like rose which came as one of the Balconia roses. It is Little Chap aka Knirps, Toscana Vigorosa, ect. These three are very hardy and disease free so far. I love tiny flowers but may be better off with roses along these lines. Drift roses well work if I can find one that doesn't spread to far. Thank you for helping.
Tamara, yes that drop down does pop up, but when I'm typing in something to search I type it very quickly and hit "enter". The drop down doesn't show up in time to remind that I have to click something before hitting "enter". That mistakes causes me to have to either hit the back button or get lost and have to restart by finding the roses forum and try again.
One example: When I'm in the Roses forum I search "memories" and hit enter. Many threads from many different forums pop up, and I realize that I forgot to wait for the drop down. I erase the "s" to force the drop down to show up and all that shows up is search in Gardenweb and Advice - no Roses option.
I find it incredibly annoying to have to wait for the drop down and select the forum every single time I want to search something new - an extra step that I nearly always forget, especially when I'm engrossed in my research. That is why I'm still struggling with the search.
If I'm coming off as irritated or angry I don't mean to be; I'm just tired at the moment. Thank you for responding and sorry I waited so long to answer back!
Oh Sara I know what you mean. I always go back and look at the previous years pics to see about when I should expect some blooms. Even one bloom. Usually though the sucker I am I've already picked up roses I reserved at a local nursery that always carries nice roses and lots of english to boot. I usually get them the last week of March and usually don't get blooms on mine until late April early to mid May if memory serves me right. If I see some at our big box stores too I grab a few bc I just can't walk away. Judy
Kim - I have been in and out of GW for a while with my own issues and hadn't realized you were moving! It sounds like you have a terrific plan and the worst of the rose moving accomplished for now. I don't envy you the hassle of reshaping and tearing out the existing trees, but as you say the ground stability and lack of gophers makes up for the hassles in the long run. Do any of those trees have invasive suckers that you'll have to watch for, or possible regrowth from pieces of the roots? In my old house, we had invasive deep-rooted plants like Virginia Creeper and "Tree of Heaven" (a massively mis-named junk tree), that I swore I wouldn't deal with in the new house. I was actually glad our new house owners weren't remotely gardeners, so there was little to need to remove to get started.
I'm very glad you've been able to save your own seedlings, since those are priceless and irreplaceable testaments to years of work. In the renovations of the new yard, would that include a greenhouse, or is that unnecessary in your coastal paradise of temperatures? That would be a top wish for me in my retirement here in zone 5, but since I'm nowhere near that age yet I'm not pining too much.
Best wishes on the move and let me know when you're settled enough to want some more band pots. I'll just hang onto them until you want them, as you have plenty of work cut out for you in the meantime, but I always have a collection of them.
Cynthia
Thank you, Cynthia! Great to "see you"! Much appreciated. I don't think what has to be removed will regrow, except the Algerian Ivy (ewww!). The worst is, especially in engineered soil, ALL roots possible must be removed or the potential for oak root fungus increases dramatically. It's going to be a "word deleted", but you have to do what you have to do. No, ma'am, a green house isn't a necessity as freezes are virtually non existent. I'm looking at the mountain of "stuff"...a dumpster is looking better and BETTER! Kim
Before I posted my photos (on the antique rose forum) I downsized them to an 800 x 600 size and then just dragged them over to my post. I have my pictures in a folder on my computer and just opened the folder to the pictures I wanted and, as mentioned, dragged them over to the post, i.e. the pictures and the post were on the screen at the same time.
I'm not even sure I'd be comfortable calling myself a small-r rosarian. I've been growing roses for only about 5 years; before that I chose plants that reminded me of roses but weren't as intimidating - begonias, dahlias, etc. Now I'm up to 55 roses; mostly floribundas with a handful of HTs, shrubs and minis thrown in. A couple climbers too but I don't have a lot of room for the really big ones. If I did I'd try Jude the Obscure in a heartbeat! I'm living in Toronto Canada, and my neighourhood is a nice little microclimate that qualifies as USDA zone 5b; at times I can even stretch that to 6. My yard is full of mixed perennial beds and has all types of light areas. I've got almost as many varieties of hostas as roses, and more iris, but only because they don't take up as much space. I also love lilies and peonies, particularly the intersectionals. In my "past life" I was a wildlife biologist and worked at several different zoos in Canada and the US throughout my education/career as a keeper, trainer, wildlife educator, and researcher. I loved that work more than I can say, but ultimately, when the time came, being at home for my kids came first. To my immense pleasure, I found that my appreciation for nature, science and taxonomy, my obsessive devotion to detail and my love of living things of all shapes translated very naturally into gardening. I'm not a member of any rose society yet, but now that you mention it... I'd better look into the local club scene!
This is the big version of my current profile icon. It's not a rose shot but it reminds me of a very special time in my life. The shot is about 10 years old, and is me visiting with some young and friendly elephants. I will always feel highly privileged to have had such experiences.
Karen
I visited Nelson's a few weeks ago and saw their mail order operation up close. They send out the same roses that you'd find in their 3gal pots but in 1 gallon pots instead. I'm impressed with the ease of the ordering process and the varieties that they offer. If you find a rose on their regular website that you like they will work with you on sending you that rose, even if it's not on their mail-order website.
The shape makes no difference. The size does. As long as it's a big enough container for the size of the rose it will be fine.
Thanks. It is a 20 gallon and I am sure it won't be big enough long term but should be okay for awhile until I can get some more flower beds put in. We are going to rent a tiller later this spring and get some more beds put in as soon as I can figure out where they will need to go. We have 4 acres but a good deal of it is shaded by giant old oaks and pines.