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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.

This is not my photo, but this is what the Osiria Rose looks like, unedited.

Here is a link that might be useful: Osiria Rose

This is so funny , I'm glad others were able to help you . I had seen a pic online of a koala bear dry and cute , then one of a koala "wet ", and horrifying looking.It really was convincing , to one who had never seen one in real life , wet or dry.
Well I made a total fool of myself at work , showing my pic to my boss who had many times caught me in the most rediculous situations of ditziness. As soon as he saw it , he said it was fake . One quick google search proved that , and now I don't believe anything anymore . Lesson learned ! Lol

In agreement with lionheart on the color and the bush itself. I lost mine to hungry voles.

I guess that's what happens when you put a rose in really nice soil and let it grow. The predators move in. And they stay as long as there are roots to eat.

Thanks for the information, and Ann, sorry to hear that you lost yours to voles, they can be nasty. It sounds like I will love this rose! Any thoughts on whether it might be shade tolerant?

I've attempted to grow FC on its own roots a couple of times. I came to the conclusion that it's one of those HT varieties that remains puny as an own-root simply because it doesn't develop a strong root system on its own. It was only when I gave up after several yrs & SP'd mine that I realized how inferior the supporting roots were.

seil, I had my first FC for years. If it hadn't died, I would still have it. Treat yourself to a new one. Palantine has it grafted on Multiflora. You will be happy. FC is a great rose when it's thriving.

So gorgeous!!!! I know, roses are so addictive, and so enriching.
Carol

Thank you all for your nice comments on one of my babies.
I just cut that cane full of blossoms and put them in a
pretty vase with water and food. Easy way to make a bouquet.
Brandy usually lasts well after being cut.

andrea

I'm having this issue this year as well.

Regarding the organic methods of plastic or newspapers around the roses in spring, how big of an area would I need to cover? To the drip line? Or does wind possibly have them landing outside of that?

Last year I read about a blogger who attempted to deal with RM by removing the top couple inches of soil in the fall, but she reduced her blogging this year and only vaguely stated she still has some RM but continues to instagram fabulous rose pics. Based on the pics, I'm tempted to remove topsoil followed in spring with a newspaper barrier.

Thanks for these posts.

I'd go beyond the dripline as far as you can...
Maybe contact the blogger to see how she did it and how things worked out?

Removing soil?

Read this in a article:
There is some anecdotal reports that removal of any mulch and loose soil around the plants in late fall will remove the embedded larva which burrows about 1-2" below the surface. Again this material must be removed from the garden or anywhere within 150 feet to prevent return of the insect.

http://www.pghrosesociety.org/rosemidge.html

Seil, I really do hope you're right. This year was so disappointing.
James Galway which was a bloom machine for the past few years (literally hundreds of buds at a time; I couldn't even count them all) had an ok blush in June and about 5 blooms since then. I hope it bounces back as it's one of my absolute favorites & would hate for it to breathe its last breath.

oops, I meant to say that James Galway had an ok flush (not blush).