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Wow, so many options :) Thank you all!

Poor katydid. I love to hear them at night. I would give her a stern talking-to . . . and then resume drowning as many Japanese Beetles as possible. :-)

Here is a link to a full paper. Of interest is the picture of a diseased rose and the finding that this virus is whitefly transmitted.

" Our results showed that the virus was transmitted by whiteflies in a persistent manner and caused systemic leaf curling and stunting on host plants (Table 1)."

http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs13314-014-0147-9.pdf

Here is a link that might be useful: link for above

From our county which is a major producer of tomatoes, there used to be no problems with white flies. Winter got 'em.

Then farmers started extending their tomato season (and getting more $$$ for the out of season vine ripened tomatoes) by growing their earliest tomatoes in poly houses, and along with the $$$ came some major white fly problems.

Fortunately the tomato growin' is about twenty to thirty miles down wind of my roses.

Seil and KR - I'm sure I've had late growth like this, I've never noticed it to this extent before though. I recall a few times having a few blooms in late November and maybe early December. Kentucky Rose - Your frosty rose pictures were gorgeous. I think Saturday morning it got down to about 28. At least for the next week we're supposed to have highs in the 60's and lows probably in the mid 40's. We're supposed to have rain Monday evening into Tuesday. I have a few large buds that haven't opened yet, not many though. Souvenir de la Malmaison has several that I think will open in a few days. I can't wait to see what they look like this time of year.

I think roses continue to grow at 45 degrees and above...
Once temps drops below 45 degrees and are constant things will slow way down...

This post was edited by jim1961 on Sun, Nov 2, 14 at 20:26

The canes still look green. Try potting it up and see if it recovers. You'll need to keep it moist but not soggy and don't fertilize it until you see new leaves forming. In your cold zone it may not get any new growth now until next spring. Keep it very well protected for winter and see what happens.

The white stuff looks like some sort of insect infestation causing a variety bark scale, which can be scrubbed off, and the winter should take care of it shortly. I'm new to roses, but I've seen it on other shrubs like crape myrtles and azaleas.

I have plenty of roses with brown edges, Belinda's Dream being one of the worst affected, but most of them have it to some degree. The only answer is rain, and more rain.

Ingrid

You planted roses in the hottest part of the year if you planted them only 3 months ago. Three months ago was July 30th. They look toasted and no wonder. They are struggling to get going. They'll look better and grow better if we get some winter rains. The cooler weather will improve their looks greatly and you should see significant improvement by next April. That would be the time to start fertilizing.

Mulch. It keeps the soil cool, helps keep the soil moist, and as it breaks down adds nutrients to the soil.

I had some nice blooms open up--Gemini was almost at exhibition stage on Wednesday.

Typically, blooms are done by mid November. But, this year I have two dozen bushes in the front yard, where the microclimate is warmer--direct Southern exposure next to a busy road.

It was supposed to get down to 24 degrees here last night, I think it only got down to 28, think the roses are okay now. I'll have a few blooms, but not many. My roses look like they are setting on the spring flush, they are loaded with lots of little buds. I believe the almost spring like temps, combined with the rainfall made them think it was spring, I hope they don't get confused when it's really spring. LOL!

Thanks, everybody, and glad you like them. Maybe the Great Pumpkin will actually send us some rain tonight, as predicted!

Sylvia

Very lovely, Sylvia, and a great combination of pinks. You have my kind of taste!

Ingrid

My AD is horrible here. Pretty bloom but horrid plant, but I do not spray. If you do not spray either, there are other roses that should do better

If it did well for you before, then I would try it. AD is not one of the monster Austins. Mine stays quite mannerly.

Thanks Henry

this was awesome. good advice for cold zoners

DA catalogue has been ordered.

DA catalog is lethal, the ultimate rose porn. Put it down, and walk away slowly.... :)

So yea it seems healthy enough again anyway. Winter is coming in Ireland now so I wouldn't expect any growth for the next few months.
I will feed it and keep the rootstock away and hopefully it will get stronger..
The other rootstock at the left, in the top image had already completely taken over.. there was nothing left of the graft..

That's wonderful! Congratulations on the successful reclaim. I wish you many beautiful red roses in the summer.

Know Berkley well --just didn't realize there was such a deer population

"The Friends of the Berkeley Rose Garden has been very active over the past decade in restoring key historical features and improving accessibility to the garden. Working in partnership with City gardeners, the Friends continue to play a key role in improvements to the garden. The construction of a new entry and overlook on Euclid Avenue sparked new interest in the park. In response to the growing depletion of roses by hungry deer, a perimeter fence was erected in the late 1990s."

We don't have a new house yet, otherwise I probably would directly transplant them.

That's good info about wind shake, thank you!

the media is more important than the shape or form of the pot ...
IMHO ...

i would spend more time worrying or thinking about that ...

and i would insure it is lightweight enough .. that you can lift the pot ...

and its not the weight of one pot that is important... its the sum total of all of them ...

what starts as just a little heavy on a single pot.. can become back breaking over a large volume.. trust me on that ...

then there is the actual problem of moving them.. when you move ... even worse with thorny canes sticking out the top ...

and your pail might be hard to move.. if the plant is taller than the handle .... thats a lot of dead weight from ground level ....

think about all your variables.. not just one ...

ken

Good luck with your Queen Elizabeth. I used to have three of them, they did great for me.

I have 6 that I inherited when we bought our house over 10 ears ago and they were my first experience with roses. I have managed I keep them alive all these years and learned something along the way lol. Good rose and always has blooms but it can get some black spot.