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Bad roses
Posted by eureka(SS11 LasVegas/Henderson)
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mustbnuts zone 9 sunset 9Updated Where I live in CA, the temps in the summer are about as hot as Vegas and this last summer Vegas was often cooler then we were! When I started rose gardening, I read the book, Roses in a Desert Garden. It was very helpful for me w...
Ralph Moore Roses or
Posted by Kippy(SoCal zone 10. Sunset Zone 24)
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mustbnuts zone 9 sunset 9Updated I love Ralph Moore roses. I had Sweet Chariot at one time as a standard but don't anymore. Wasn't one of my favorites as the flowers shattered easily but it was a pretty little rose. Good bloomer for me. My favorite is probably La...
Peace Rose
Posted by marcindy(z5b, Indianapolis, IN)
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susan4952(5)Updated Hi, marcindy. I have been growing this rose for twenty years. Probably have planted and killed 15 of them. A few years ago, I got one from palatine. It even survived last winter.
Am I just cheap? Heirloom bands, now $20-$28?
Posted by cjrosaphile(z8 Pacific NW)
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Kippy(SoCal zone 10. Sunset Zone 24)Updated Melissa, I bought Rosette Delizy from ARE, it arrived with a lot of black canes, first trim back after a week of keeping it in the open shade to see if the canes were live and just dark or dead, I had half of the shipped plant ali...
Does anyone know where to get the rose Dakota Redwing?
Posted by Rosecandy VA, zone 7
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nippstress - zone 5 NebraskaUpdated Thanks so much for asking, RoseCandy! Looks like I need to get my wish list set for this one, and I already get their newsletter. I'm excited to get my hands on this wonderful rose, and I really appreciate your efforts in communic...
Big potted roses
Posted by Grace065
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jerijen(Zone 10)Updated And, in Z9, 1\3 barrel isn' big enough long-term, for Grandiflora Roses.
What's a bed, and what's a border?
Posted by gardenerzone4(5b)
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seil zone 6b MIUpdated In my head a border is usually a narrower strip backed by something else. It "borders" a fence or wall of a house or even a walk/drive way. But it's not too wide and is usually longer in length than depth. Usually the ta...
Re-emergence of Rose Mosaic Disease in Florida Nurseries and Land
Posted by henry_kuska
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henry_kuskaUpdated The latest tool for virus identification seems to next generation sequencing. The research paper below reports finding PNRSV in wild multiflora by what they call "deep sequencing".. "A bizarre virus-like symptom of ...
The last bouquet of 2014
Posted by seil zone 6b MI
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ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9Updated seil, seeing your lovely bouquet is bittersweet because I know this is the end of the rose season for you, and I'd like it to last longer. Still, they gave you a splendid send-off. ratdogheads, that's a gorgeous display and I love...
Rose winterization
Posted by nickjoseph(5 Milwaukee, WI)
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MiGreenThumbUpdated I've never had any luck with "tender" (many floribundas, most hybrid teas, some shrubs, etc.) roses in the ground; whether against a south wall exposed, or mounded after freezing weather with free-draining mulch, they al...
Micro sprayer or dripline?
Posted by edenh(z9)
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toolbelt68(7)Updated buford, One 1/4 inch hose can handle about 10 drippers without a loss in volume. So, you could run a 1/4" hose out to a bed and using Tee's water 10 roses. At the water source you would attach a timer, back-flow preventor, a ...
Suggestions for red groundcover roses
Posted by bellarosa(z5/IL)
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nippstress - zone 5 NebraskaUpdated Bellarosa - whether Red Cascade climbs or sprawls depends on how you grow her. If you tie her up to a support, she climbs. If not, she covers ground. What makes it work as a ground cover is that it doesn't just bloom at the end li...
Rose Combinations
Posted by marcindy(z5b, Indianapolis, IN)
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nippstress - zone 5 NebraskaUpdated Hi Marc Glad you have more rose ideas than you can use - now you need to make more rose beds to put them in (smile)! You've gotten some great suggestions as well from other folks, and I thought I'd add my two cents about height or...
Climbing Cecile Brunner
Posted by bellarosa(z5/IL)
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Embothrium(USDA 8 Sunset 5 WA)Updated Depending on how cold it got during this time, 4 or 5 years isn't a very long trial. Hardiness zones are frequently misapplied, somebody could easily list a rose as Zone 6 because it freezes at 0F or Zone 7 because it freezes at 1...
Palatine begins shipping fall orders on Monday Nov. 17.
Posted by fireballsocal
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Brittie - La Porte, TX 9aUpdated That's all I use. I soak my bare roots for a few hours (or overnight if I forget), and then pot them up and keep them out of the wind. No special soil recipe for me. No fertilizer either, just water. Exciting that its shipping tim...
2014 Save the Roses! Auction - time to place bids
Posted by nsdjohn
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Kippy(SoCal zone 10. Sunset Zone 24)Updated I found it. The info is on the bid sheet
Late blooming roses
Posted by Patty W. zone 5a Illinois
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Patty W. zone 5a IllinoisUpdated lilfinch, Yes she is own root. All of my roses are own root. Got her when they were called Flower Circus roses so she's been hear a long time. Own root seems to be the only roses that have grown well here. I've had dr. huey multif...
Maria Shriver or Margaret Merrill
Posted by kathygold2003
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Patty W. zone 5a IllinoisUpdated I'm sorry that I neglected to tell you about Margaret Merrill. When I sprayed She was glorious to my eye. Bringing to mind pure sweet innocents. One of the hardest shovel prunes ever. I'm scent challenged and don't remember her be...
Disease Profile: the viral Rose Rosette Disease (RRD)
Posted by henry_kuska
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harryhUpdated People, including myself, love roses and roses will continue to be an important element in the garden. A way forward for the people, for the general public and science to work together to find a more effective control options for ...
Rose problem, help!
Posted by eureka(SS11 LasVegas/Henderson)
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jerijen(Zone 10)Updated New growth, in many roses, IS red. If you could give us photos, we could likely be more helpful. Jeri
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