22,153 Garden Web Discussions | Roses

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taoseeker

Roses are sort of longterm investments. What you do early in the season will show later on, even the next few years. You can safely add compost and water now, but wait for cooler weather to fertilze. When spring comes mix some organic fertilizer in a good radius around the plant, three feet or so for larger roses. The more mulch you add the more nitrogen will be drawn out of the soil and spent to brake it down. Then adding a bit of fertilzier becomes a must. I don't know for your area or climate, but twice a year for solid organic fertilzer is a must for reblooming roses when you have a long growing season.

Best of luck :- )

This post was edited by taoseeker on Sat, Aug 30, 14 at 17:03

    Bookmark     August 30, 2014 at 4:55PM
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azjenny

Here is a picture of a different rose bush with a different kind of bloom. I'm not sure I know all the terminology yet, but it has less petals, is more of a flatter open bloom and doesn't smell as strongly, but does smell.

    Bookmark     September 1, 2014 at 9:02AM
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seil zone 6b MI

It could be any HT rose. They all grow differently. I have some that get 6 feet tall and only a foot wide like a column and others like to grow sideways instead of up. Veterans' Honor is always tall and narrow but my Hot Romance is never more than 2 feet tall but it can get 4 feet wide. Each variety has it's own growth habit and without knowing what varieties you have we can't say whether this growth you are experiencing is normal or not. If you want you can prune it back to shape but if it wants it may just grow right back!

    Bookmark     August 31, 2014 at 7:09PM
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xyzDaylilyDaddy

Here is the offender in action, A modest plant on the right with a cane shooting all the way across the plant on the left.

Yeah, it's hot and dry here. Pay no attention to the parched lawn.

    Bookmark     August 31, 2014 at 8:19PM
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kentucky_rose zone 6

I have had several roses that appeared to have crown gall. The growth would look like cauliflower or brain. Early March I dug up Over the Moon and Grande Amore (side by side) that had crown gall visible at ground level. These roses were several years old, Dr. Huey and own root, and different vendors. I think it's just in my soil and when opportunity knocks, it will appear. Over the Moon never was vigorous, but Grande Amore always was.

    Bookmark     August 31, 2014 at 4:15PM
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Brooks23(Kentucky zone 6)

Dang! I am going to watch the whole flower bed. Cauliflower or brain is a good description. :-(

    Bookmark     August 31, 2014 at 4:56PM
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fwill

Thanks you.

    Bookmark     August 31, 2014 at 2:26AM
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kentucky_rose zone 6

I had a few leaves like that, too. It's hard not to panic, thinking is it the early, early stage of RRD that hasn't been documented? Sometimes I'll pull the leaves off. Maybe it's environmental or another insect or spider? I am glad you posted this question and I would like a definitive answer instead of my speculation.

    Bookmark     August 31, 2014 at 3:54PM
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canadian_rose(zone 3a)

WOWZA!!!!!
Totally stunning!!!
Holy Cannoli!!!!!!
Okay, we've established that those are killer pictures - but how good is the rebloom??
Wow!
Carol

    Bookmark     August 31, 2014 at 2:01AM
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bonsaimaster1

Thank you very much carol. Actually the re-blooms are just as good. the first pic is actually another bloom picture taken a month before the following pictures. The stripes are more or less consistent, and for that i am perfectly happy with this plant!

Dallis

    Bookmark     August 31, 2014 at 4:36AM
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Kippy(SoCal zone 10. Sunset Zone 24)

That is interesting Jay.

The problem with standards, is the tall "trunk" that can not stand the cold and is the Dr Huey part. But start a new thread on protecting them and bet some one can tell you how they have had success....being in SoCal, I am jealous of some of those colder weather roses, but am really amazed at how much work some people need to do to keep their roses alive. You know how much they love their plants!

    Bookmark     August 28, 2014 at 7:37PM
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susan4952(5)

I am a bit of a fanatic with my tree roses. The grafted roses have great difficulty surviving a NORMAL zone five winter in the elements, as the graft freezes
. I have about ten in large pots that are rolled in after 3 hard frosts. I have two, Black Cherry and April in Paris that have survived in a very protected spot outside. Some of the tree roses are tall bushes that have been trimmed to a central chosen branch and cultivated to flower from the top. Much like a topiary hydrangea, hibiscus, etc. that way the root supply is underground and protected. Reagan has a wonderful inventory.

    Bookmark     August 30, 2014 at 10:35PM
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thonotorose

Kippy, that would be quite a sight and perhaps a teaching moment, too. If doable that is the way I would go.

I have a van so they were poking out the back door with a red flag. I shall get a few more soon and plan on asking a neighborhood handyman, with a truck and trailer, to get them for (with) me. We are hiring him for some other stuff, too.

Roof rack would work: Bring a furniture type pad and some strong ties. The Depot/Lowes guys do this stuff all the time and can be very helpful. Just plan on there only and then directly and carefully back to your garden.

Maybe some good tape and some bubble wrap if the rod bundle curves down onto your car surface in places. Don't be worried that the rods themselves will slip and slide. They are very rough surfaced and if they are tightly taped to each other they should remain that way for your trip home.

Also, I wouldn't plan on bringing more than three or four home at a time till you have some experience in the endeavor.

My tripiods are mostly of 1/2 inch by 10 ft rods so much easier to handle and find. The 3/8ths X 20 ft may have to be ordered, though it was locally available here a couple of years ago.

Also, let me give credit to Denise, Imagardener, for this wonderful, quick and cheap method. Don't know if my fellow Florida Rose Bud still checks in here, but she is the one that posted the idea on this forum.

    Bookmark     August 30, 2014 at 2:06PM
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vasue VA (7A Charlottesville)(7A Charlottesville)

Don Juan is a climbing rose that grows typically at least 10-12' tall & 8' wide. You're concerned that the Knockouts will eventually grow too big for the space, so just checking in with Don Juan's eventual size. Since you plan to train the long canes horizontally, the height will be reduced by adding to the width. Jackson & Perkins recommends planting 8' apart for solid coverage. ( http://tinyurl.com/mr5r7a8 ) Click on "plant description" at that link for further details. So I'm with kippy & brittie here that you wouldn't need more than 2 for your 15' fence.

Though you're thinking of trellis to space the roses away from the fence, consider the suggestions of boncrow & kippy for espaliering using the fence. Eyebolts of appropriate length can be screwed to the fence to hold horizontal runs of wire, or blocks of wood or whatever can be attached to the fence at right angles to project from it to hold shorter eyebolts for the same purpose. (And light to medium weight trellis can be attached in the same manner from the fence.) This is the simplest, least expensive & most unobtrusive method. Canes are lightly tied to the wires with soft material, as you probably saw in the videos, in a figure 8.

Check out kona's photos - 3rd & 4th down on the left in the link below - to see how this has been done. There are only two runs of wire. While you're there, check out all the photos of this lovely rose & the ways it's been grown.

Here is a link that might be useful: Don Juan photos

This post was edited by vasue on Sun, Aug 31, 14 at 19:38

    Bookmark     August 30, 2014 at 5:23PM
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kaesgarden(Wa Cascades Zone 7)

Fantastic, Thanks so much Kim, the very least i can do for a plant so obvious to live is transplant somewhere else.

Fingers crossed, i'll wait until the end of September early oct. I'm sure by then Wa state will have more than plenty of rain.

Cheers.

    Bookmark     August 29, 2014 at 12:35PM
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roseseek(9)

You're welcome! I hope it helps. Good luck with the transplant. Kim

    Bookmark     August 30, 2014 at 4:13PM
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emrogers

I'm very curious to see what answers you get because I'm not an expert at all when it comes to the exact soil etc.

From what I have heard KOs are no picky at all about they're soil conditions. I'll tell you what I do for my roses that I have in containers right now. I use organic potting soil a mixture of the cheap organicic compost from Lowe's and do a miniture of half and half. I also when I make my mixture I add in some organic bone meal then I top it off like mulch with the organic compost. I then immediately water once planted with fish fertilizer. I have had great success doing this and my roses in my containers are fuss free and pretty.

I won't comment on the container type because I do not think I know myself how to pick one. Maybe this isn't the correct way but it works so far for me.ðÂÂÂ

Elce

    Bookmark     August 30, 2014 at 11:57AM
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emrogers

Oh! How exciting!! I missed a rose sale similar to that here in Dallas and was just sick about it.ð«ð«ð«ð«ð«

    Bookmark     August 30, 2014 at 11:49AM
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seil zone 6b MI

My favorite source from Canada is Palatine Roses but I don't know if they have own roots or not. I do know they use multiflora root stock.

    Bookmark     August 29, 2014 at 2:29PM
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sam 4b Adirondacks

My Viking Queen took a couple years to really get good . It is worth it. It is my best performer this summer growing up over the trellis. In the winter I have to lay it down and cover with leaves.

    Bookmark     August 30, 2014 at 1:23AM
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jasminerose4u, California(9b)

I enjoyed seeing the full article, Henry. Thank you.

    Bookmark     June 6, 2014 at 12:50AM
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sandandsun(9a FL)

Another look at the winners:

Here is a link that might be useful: Rose Trials Asheville, NC USA - May 24, 2014

    Bookmark     August 29, 2014 at 9:23PM
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fig_insanity Z7a E TN

Jackie, I think this is actually WISLEY 2008, with no "N".

John

    Bookmark     August 29, 2014 at 4:21PM
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jacqueline9CA

Thanks, John. Now I found it. One of the pictures looks as if it could be a climber in this country - that would explain why it is putting out "long, thick canes" instead of blooming - it is waiting to bloom until it thinks it has achieved a respectable height. In any case, planting it in the ground should solve everything.

Jackie

    Bookmark     August 29, 2014 at 4:54PM
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behlgarden(9)

Even I didnt spray any chemicals on my roses for past 3 years and I saw them decline to death. Now that I am getting new roses that are small and may not bloom until Spring, I will treat the planter with chemical, I am sure good things will return back to normal within a year but I have to do this, just spent a lot of money on 40 new plants and it gets too expensive. I was under the impression that nature will create battle against these critters but I only saw these take over nature and kill everything.

    Bookmark     August 29, 2014 at 10:55AM
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zack_lau z6 CT

Rather than keeping those nasty borers out, can you trick them to bore into something else? I've had borers infest bamboo poles used for staking rose canes.

    Bookmark     August 29, 2014 at 11:29AM
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felco8

If ur interested in spraying try Forbid or Floromite.

    Bookmark     August 29, 2014 at 2:06AM
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cecily(7 VA)

Pull off all of the old leaves then wash the foliage every day for three or four days like Jeri said. If you wanted to spray something because spraying would make YOU feel better, you could order a miticide online (you're unlikely to find such a specialty product locally) but you need to start washing the foliage with water immediately. Since it would take a couple of days for the miticide to be delivered, the washing will have cleared up the mites by the time it arrives.

    Bookmark     August 29, 2014 at 7:44AM
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