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Posted by andreark October 25, 2014

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andrearkUpdated October 27, 2014 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

Rose Midge

Posted by marcindy(z5b, Indianapolis, IN) October 22, 2014

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jim1961 Zone 6a Central Pa.Updated October 26, 2014 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 ...

Cheap containers

Posted by sara_ann-z6bok October 24, 2014

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view1ny NY 6-7Updated October 26, 2014 oops, I meant to say that James Galway had an ok flush (not blush).

ants and birds

Posted by sammy zone 7 Tulsa October 26, 2014

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zzackeyUpdated October 26, 2014 If I strew my long rosemary cuttings around the house would it keep palmetto bugs out?

Southern gardners-32 page preview of book

Posted by henry_kuska October 23, 2014

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vasue VA(7A Charlottesville)Updated October 26, 2014 Me, too. Thanks, Ann! Love these old garden books.

Charles Darwin VS Teasing Georgia

Posted by njmomma(z6 NJ) May 19, 2011

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nastarana(5a)Updated October 24, 2014 The CD I had in California hardly ever bloomed, I think because it didn't get enough sun. This one might need a sunny location, might also not like too much heat. I notice on HMF that it is being grown in Moscow. Golden Celebratio...

A last look at Sequoia Nursery

Posted by ranchgardener August 17, 2010

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seil zone 6b MIUpdated October 24, 2014 Too pink to be JJ I think.

Cutting Roses..Best Options?

Posted by portia(PA 6B, Brandywine) October 19, 2014

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kentucky_rose zone 6Updated October 24, 2014 Isn't Traviata real thorny?

Double delight no color

Posted by campv 8b AZ October 23, 2014

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campv 8b AZUpdated October 23, 2014 Wow thanks, So I know nothing is wrong, because this one of my favorites

Edmunds' 2015

Posted by kentucky_rose zone 6 October 20, 2014

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margaretmerrill(6 nev)Updated October 22, 2014 I just ordered Neil Diamond today from Edmunds. They did have me pay for it, but it won`t be shipped until next april. I am looking forward to growing it. It will be in a pink and white bed.

Any Mary Magdalene Fans?

Posted by tare(zone5b) July 15, 2011

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Mountie(6b)Updated October 22, 2014 tare, I'm thinking about Mary Magdalene too. Did you buy some? Or did you decide on something else?

Help with buying rose collars & installing them

Posted by donnaroe October 21, 2014

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seil zone 6b MIUpdated October 21, 2014 You can make collars yourself using either old flower pots or gallon milk jugs. For the flower pots just slit the side and cut out the bottom. On the milk jugs you need to cut the top and bottom off and then slit the side so you c...

Transplant Question

Posted by ctgardenguy October 21, 2014

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seil zone 6b MIUpdated October 21, 2014 In CT I'd wait until spring. You'll need to prune them then anyway and if you time the transplant right in the early spring they'll wake up in their new spots and never know they were moved. You want them to have as much canes wit...

New information on the $4.6 million rose rosette research grant

Posted by henry_kuska October 20, 2014

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catsrose(VA 6)Updated October 21, 2014 Thank you, Henry!!!

history of the Rose garden, Roseraie du Val-de-Marne

Posted by henry_kuska October 20, 2014

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nastarana(5a)Updated October 21, 2014 A rose mentioned in the text, Persane, seems quite beautiful in its' one HMF photo. HMF lists no sellers for this yellow HT anywhere in the world. Does anyone here know more about Persane?

Roses to replace front landscaping

Posted by Lilyfinch z7 mid tn October 20, 2014

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ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9Updated October 21, 2014 Belinda's Dream can get quite tall, to 5 feet or more, so you'd have to be careful with placement. Bishop's Castle is a beautiful and fragrant Austin rose that does very well in the heat. It can spread but I keep mine trimmed shor...

Master gardener advice on roses

Posted by bellarosa(z5/IL) October 13, 2014

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jerijen(Zone 10)Updated October 21, 2014 It may be different elsewhere, but in my general area many Consulting Rosarians are only really versed in modern roses. Jeri

Example of Burling's service:

Posted by bluegirl_gw October 17, 2014

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Kippy(SoCal zone 10. Sunset Zone 24)Updated October 20, 2014 I keep a list under the computer mat on my desk with a Burling list. She has sent out nice plants, for much less and far faster than any of the other vendors I have bought from this fall. They might be smaller bands, but the bigge...

Your most disease resistant roses in the yellow family:

Posted by Dinglehopp3r z7A. EastTN October 11, 2014

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SCMGUpdated October 20, 2014 Just wondering-are you saying you do not use any fungicide at all? I kept my Julia Child blackspot free through summer last year because I used a systemic. However, this year I tried not using anything and got lots of blackspot by...

New cane looks injured. To prune, or not to prune?

Posted by poppy_pa_6b October 19, 2014

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poppy_pa_6bUpdated October 20, 2014 jerijen:I hadn't thought about Elmer's Glue, even though I use it when pruning, but I think that would be a good precaution to anything taking up residence there. seil:Fingers crossed Eden does make it through the winter. It's in ...

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