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Does anyone mass plant roses in group of threes?
Posted by jjpeace (zone 5 US/zone 6 Can)
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jjpeace (zone 5 US/zone 6 Can)Updated Mustbnuts and Marian, both of your gardens are very beautiful and flawless. I am sure many people have said that before. Thank you for sharing all your pics, it definitely open up a lot of possibilities for the rest of us.
Is a Miniflora the same as a Mini Floribunda?
Posted by Sylvia Weiser Wendel
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seil zone 6b MIUpdated I've never heard of the term mini floribunda. The ARS recognized class is Miniflora, all one word. Your Mornin' Sunshine is not on HMF but I did find it at Otto & Sons nursery and it looks like it was introduced in 2014 by Cer...
Roses think it is Spring
Posted by xyzDaylilyDaddy
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Marlorena(Z8-9 England)Updated ..the lowest temp I've had in my garden so far this winter is -6 celsius....I think that's about 21F... so my roses are sprouting.... but I shall leave off pruning until late Feb... I think that's early enough here...
Stripe Happy
Posted by mossy_z7wa(zone 7, WWA)
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mustbnuts zone 9 sunset 9Updated Thanks again Beth for talking about Showdow Dancer and Soaring Spirit. I am thinking I am going to get Flamingo Dancer. I am a sucker for a pink rose! Burling states it gets bigger than SD and there is quite a bit of space to cove...
How cold is it in your locale?
Posted by jim1961 Zone 6a Central Pa.
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seil zone 6b MIUpdated We're supposed to be above freezing tomorrow! First time this year if it happens.
Anyone Grow Cl. High Society?
Posted by alameda/zone 8
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kittymoonbeamUpdated The Huntington has one on a big arch. The color is rich and pictures never can show the beauty or intensity of it. I get drawn to it every time I see it. It's a beautiful rose and I have not seen anything like it in bush form. Big...
If you'd like a Peach Silk..........
Posted by Prettypetals_GA_7-8
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alameda/zone 8Updated My Peach Silks, grown from tiny bands years ago from Heirloom, are on an arbor - they grow well, bloom throughout the year and are pretty much disease free. I have 2 on this arbor - the other 2 were grown from bands and are in big...
a good apricot pillar/short climber?
Posted by KentLC
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Kippy(SoCal zone 10. Sunset Zone 24)Updated Kent It would probably help if you said your location, not asking specifics just the general area. If you have nematodes, it might help to ask what root stocks are working for people in your area.
Do you have a favorite hybridizer?
Posted by seil zone 6b MI
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iowa_jade(C 5b H 6)Updated Vibert Austin Kordes and of course not only being from IOWA: Dr. Griffith J. Buck Here is a link that might be useful: The Buck Rose Web Site
Organic Rose Foods
Posted by nicholas_delo
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mad_gallica(zone 5 - eastern New York)Updated ??????? Soil pH should have a high correlation with groundwater pH. So the soil pH is correct according to its own logic. It is going to take active work to lower it, because that is going to be an artificial construction - common...
My Memphis Music/ Hocus Pocus Rose
Posted by bonsaimaster1
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nanadollZ7 SWIdaho(Zone 7 Boise SW Idaho)Updated Yes, gorgeous, indeed. I want to reach into the photo to touch MM. Thanks for the pics. Now on to HMF to look it up. Diane
If you grow Oranges and Lemons
Posted by leezen4u
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HollyKlineUpdated I have mine on a trellis. It was originally in a pot, but the root grew through the bottom into the ground. She REALLY wanted to live in the dirt! I usually prune in late late winter and I'm not shy about cutting her back; she can...
Rose Leafs Dropping
Posted by Just_One_Nerve_Left
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Just_One_Nerve_LeftUpdated Thank you for the encouragement and recommendations. I'll implement them tonight!
"Climbing Rose" - Recommendation please?
Posted by gardenbug(8b)
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mustbnuts zone 9 sunset 9Updated Heirloom has Fourth of July on its own root available and they are having a sale right now. Has anyone grown either Shadow Dancer or Soaring Spirits? How do they do in heat? How is the rebloom. They both are so pretty, I can't dec...
Evaluation and Photos of Ascot
Posted by Sow_what? Southern California Inland
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Sow_what? Southern California InlandUpdated Diane, you're so right -- red is a bear to capture. Our facebook pictures of Ascot luckily nailed its rich, saturated blue-red. But for another lovely and even deeper burgundy, Tradescant, the color in my photos isn't even close. ...
most perfect color companion for Jude
Posted by iris_gal(z9 CA)
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iris_gal(z9 CA)Updated Thanks. Didn't know if the 9ft was only for the stone portion and the snaps were 4 ft. tall :-) Whew!
Just started pruning. When do you do it?
Posted by caflowerluver(9b)
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kathy9norcalUpdated I have been hard at work pruning and don't have many unpruned roses left. Too bad, maybe next year. I am trying to root a yellow sport of Chicago Peace this winter. I usually have good luck rooting cuttings outside in winter.
Minerva...and other blues
Posted by Campanula UK Z8
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sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida 9a)Updated Thanks jasminerose4u ! Yep we get a lot of chicken fertilizer around here and they eat lots of bugs too :) ~SJN
Palatine roses
Posted by bellarosa(z5/IL)
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nanadollZ7 SWIdaho(Zone 7 Boise SW Idaho)Updated Haha--we don't take pics of "regular roses" around here, and if a mistake is made and we do, those pics go in a buried vault, never to see the light of day. I'll dig up one to show you. I use all kinds of fertilizer. My ...
Pruning at 33RPM!!! Over 4,000 roses.
Posted by friendssjrosegarden
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nippstress - zone 5 NebraskaUpdated Congratulations, and that's an intriguing way of coaching new volunteers not to prune the roses too low. The wooden stakes are probably reusable year after year, and they help avoid people's poor estimates of about "three fee...
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