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Can you amend an area so the soil won't be so dry?
Posted by Prettypetals_GA_7-8
18 Comments
Prettypetals_GA_7-8Updated Hi Lyn!! We had a bunch of trees removed about 6-7 years ago when my rose addiction started so I'm thinking that's why this area is so dry. This areas trees were removed prob 3 yrs ago and I planted lime lights like a bonehead tha...
Roses that never bloomed this year
Posted by bellarosa(z5/IL)
20 Comments
mad_gallica(zone 5 - eastern New York)Updated Worst case scenario is that it dies back every winter past its comfort zone and never blooms. Eden isn't a rose for zone pushing. Dr. Huey will at least put on some kind of display.
Kordes roses--differences?
Posted by bayourose
7 Comments
bayouroseUpdated Judy, Poseidon is one that I have on the list to try because I have heard good things about this rose. good to know that you have had such good luck with this rose! Thanks for all your wonderful suggestions! I hope to have bouquet...
How to protect potted roses on deck?
Posted by Melissa Mc (6b)
2 Comments
seil zone 6b MIUpdated I'm not surprised that your roses didn't winter inside. Most homes do not have anywhere near the right conditions to make them happy. It's better to let them go dormant and protect them. Michael has good advice for winterizing the...
newroses
Posted by sandandsun(9a FL)
5 Comments
sandandsun(9a FL)Updated diane_nj, That is very kind of you to mention, but I grow own root roses (I regret my two grafted exceptions) so I have to wait until it becomes available own root which usually takes even longer (an additional year or two). The r...
Need to identifly this flower
Posted by Rafagon
3 Comments
RafagonUpdated Thank you very kindly, seil and dublinbay!
Tell me about Heirloom & Melody Parfumee
Posted by Molineux(6b)
7 Comments
bethnorcal9Updated I have both and MELODY PARFUMEE is far superior to HEIRLOOM. In my climate MP grows up as high as 6ft sometimes and the blooms go thru a wonderful range of shades and tones of mauve, lavender and magenta. The form is much more ple...
Lavender with good disease resistance???
Posted by Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
31 Comments
bcroselover(5)Updated I forgot to say, after the first year with Blueberry Hill, I was so pleased that I bought another one on its own roots. It also remained small. They were said to be "shade tolerant" and mine were getting 4-1/2 to 5 hours...
Enemies of the Florida Rose Grower
Posted by amberroses(10a)
27 Comments
boncrow66Updated Regardless of how they got to my area I wish they would go away. They are invasive and from what I have read bad for the Eco system by killing insects that birds would normally eat.
Full Sail white rose
Posted by pembroke(6--Louisville KY)
20 Comments
wenditUpdated Full sail balls up for most of the year in the pacific northwest. Some nice blooms come August. I would not recommend
image of RRD damage vs. Round Up damage
Posted by sammy zone 7 Tulsa
9 Comments
sammy zone 7 TulsaUpdated Henry, thank you so much. I did not see the article, and have been very disappointed in what has happened to our rose garden in Tulsa. I even went to a Rose Society meeting there last week, but the devastation of the garden never ...
my roses are dying! Please help!
Posted by philippos
33 Comments
philipposUpdated So I cut off the cane tips that were black, and now the tips of the canes are turning black again. What does this mean? I'm thinking at this point of cutting off one or two healthiest looking canes and try to get them to grow root...
Is this rose a goner?
Posted by msjam2
7 Comments
buford(7 NE GA)Updated That's horrible. So many at the same time. Sorry.
Short Reds
Posted by ratdogheads(5b NH)
7 Comments
Dar(musaboru, Inland Calif.)Updated Janice Kellog stays pretty short for me. Rated for zone 6. It doesn't always have the same tone in my observance. When I first bought it, there was a gradient red and black picotee to it. Currently more on the hot pink side.
Liberation day!
Posted by justkristyj
2 Comments
boncrow66Updated Now that they are free they will be thankful, they jus thought they were happy lol.
The Black Spot Resistance Hoax
Posted by sandandsun(9a FL)
76 Comments
jim1961 Zone 6a Central Pa.Updated Thanks for the info... I personally would not lay anything under your roses to spray your leaves with the Cornell formula... I'm lucky here as I can just apply compost and they seem to grow and bloom ok so I'm not going to fuss mu...
So-much-success!!
Posted by NOACCEPTANCE772(8a)
3 Comments
jim1961 Zone 6a Central Pa.Updated Congrats! Much success to ya!
Greater Gwinnett Fall Rose Show
Posted by buford(7 NE GA)
4 Comments
ken-n.ga.mts(7a/7b)Updated I should be there. Plan on bringing a friend of mine that is just starting to get in to roses. I think he'll enjoy it. If I have enough mini's, I might do an arrangement.
Severely Pruned Roses -- Bad Timing
Posted by Grace (Sugi_C)(9a (Northern California))
3 Comments
michaelg(7a NC Mts)Updated It would be a mistake in zones 4-7 but should be OK in zone 9.
Rose Rosette
Posted by ctgardenguy
6 Comments
anntn6b(z6b TN)Updated CT, Also look UP in trees. Multiflora can reach several tens of feet up into any available tree. One thing I didn't type above was to ask if these particular roses happened to be planted in a place, were it a snow fence, where sno...
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