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Time between flushes, etc.?
Posted by sara_ann-z6bok
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seil zone 6b MIUpdated I really never hard prune anything any more unless it's damaged and has to come out. When I dead head during the season I just snap the blooms off right below the hip. My roses get TALL by the end of the season but i like them tha...
New York Times - Secret to happiness
Posted by henry_kuska
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henry_kuskaUpdated The BBC published this article (Aug 28, 2014): http://www.optibacprobiotics.co.uk/blog/2014/08/gut-bacteria-allergies-and-probiotics-on-bbcs-horizon Here is a link that might be useful: link for above
possible RRD
Posted by poorbutroserich(Nashville 7a)
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catsrose(VA 6)Updated I've tried both aspirin and hydrogen peroxide. Never saved a thing. Maybe I didn't apply it soon enough. I had a bad epidemic, so perhaps it would work on just a small bit at he very beginning.
What are these green worms eating my roses?
Posted by pat_bamaz7
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toolbelt68(7)Updated Could that thing be an Inch Worm??? It looks like the center section is built to bend upward. Now to check out Google Images...
What about Long Ago Roses?
Posted by sara_ann-z6bok
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sara_ann-z6bokUpdated Thanks so much everyone. I am so glad to know it is a reliable nursery and also Burlington. Boncrow - Earlier today, I couldn't open the varieties list either, but was able to open it this evening.
2014 ARS Roses in Review Survey - Your Input Needed!
Posted by diane_nj 6b/7a(6b/7a)
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nippstress - zone 5 NebraskaUpdated Diane - I really appreciate this reminder you send every year and I learn to rely on it. I had about 30 roses I grow or have grown in this year's list. Not only is it great to get an automatic copy of the RIR survey results for yo...
Raphaela Rose info please
Posted by maria1349(9)
1 Comment
jacqueline9CAUpdated moving down
Summary of Rose Rosette Research as of Aug, 2013
Posted by henry_kuska
1 Comment
jacqueline9CAUpdated Thanks, Henry
Roses in vases
Posted by boncrow66
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boncrow66Updated Buford and Kentuckyrose thanks for the tips! I'll check out the Miracle gro for sure too.
Bad Behavior
Posted by sandandsun(9a FL)
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thonotoroseUpdated I'm with Jim. One whiff of those kinds of threads and I don't go back... Veronica
Oympiad
Posted by deervssteve(9)
12 Comments
boncrow66Updated Beautiful red roses!
growth habit of DA in California.
Posted by suzie29
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roseseek(9)Updated Those were the types of growth Clair Martin used to "self peg" and train along stakes in the Austin bed at The Huntington. If you have the room and desire, as well as water and energy, you can frequently get flowering la...
Drift roses ??
Posted by saldut
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pat_bamaz7Updated I have two coral drifts and 2 apricot drifts that have been in my garden for several years now. I wouldn't call them spreaders by my definition. I think of spreaders as something that roots/suckers/colonizes...my Drifts don't do t...
knockout rose problem
Posted by lowellches(8/9 N Florida)
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michaelg(7a NC Mts)Updated Never apply insecticide unless a particular pest that has serious consequences has been identified. You are stressing the plants unnecessarily with chemicals that can burn leaves. The symptom of Sevin poisoning would be bronzing a...
Bent rose buds
Posted by Maude80
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dublinbay z6 (KS)Updated I guess the recommendation of aegis may be as good as you will get here. Most of the gardeners on this forum are opposed to "nuking" plants with insecticides, though sometimes some feel they have to. But since most of us...
The Sunday Society
Posted by ms. violet grey
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jasminerose4u, California 9bUpdated Answering to move post down.
Golden Sunblaze Miniature Rose Tree dimension question.
Posted by Cal_00
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Cal_00Updated Thanks for the info Kim! The roses I got are from Monrovia (according to pot and label on the trees) and the name of them is Rosa x 'Meicupaq'. Forgot to mention I bought large concrete planters 18" T x 21" D x 21" ...
Pink Ebb Tide
Posted by NVL4
9 Comments
susan4952(5)Updated Aberration in development.
Dona Martin
Posted by kentucky_rose zone 6
7 Comments
kentucky_rose zone 6Updated Seil, my 1st Randy Scott (3 yrs. old) didn't survive the harsh winter. It had thrived and was a big producer. My 2nd one was a weaker plant than the 1st and survived the winter. Both would always have BS issues and I do spray. I g...
2014 Cornell University Ph.D. Thesis - virus, temp dependence
Posted by henry_kuska
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seil zone 6b MIUpdated I wish they'd do more testing for a lot of these things in cool climates, Henry. Not that warm climates don't have disease problems but I think the cold weather makes ours more susceptible sometimes. Oh well, at least they're test...
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