22,153 Garden Web Discussions | Roses
I bought this rose on impulse at the end of last year's growing season - not even sure where, (but searching here leads me to think I got it at Lowe's). I'm (currently) going for a theme of red roses randomly placed around in pockets of my front-of-house landscaping, and I had a spot where I thought it might work. I don't want any reds that aren't completely RED-red. Crimson red, blood red, etc. No lipsticky, fading, changing red.
The year is still young - and so is this rose - but I am so happy with it! I'm thinking of trying to find it again for a couple of spots in my back yard. Easy to care for, growing into a nice bush with green leafy fullness, buds popping out all over - and it so holds on to it's crimson red color! We are in a high blackspot area - which it's not really peak season here (central Maryland) - and no sign of that yet.
My rose is the Forever and Ever MILANO, not the Kardinal. Oops.
Now you know about Milano!
And oh - btw, mine is in a partial shade area.
I didn't intend for this, but I've observed that the local squirrels seem to not like the feel of the coffee grounds I've been spreading in the garden beds. My little front yard garden used to have squirrels and various birds eating the leftovers I'd toss there from my Amazon parrot. While I keep seeing the birds feeding, the squirrels never touch ground there, as far as I've seen. Even tossing out some whole almonds failed to entice them to walk across the coffee grounds. Of course, your results may not be the same, but for those who have "squirrel issues" in their beds, it's worth a try. And even if you don't, collecting used coffee grounds from Starbucks or other neighborhood coffee joints helps decrease what goes into the landfill. And besides that, it's a really great, nutrient-rich, FREE soil amendment that will cause your earthworm population to explode.
:-)
~Christopher
It sounds like deer. You need to spray Liquid fence every week for 5 weeks, then you can cut down to every 2 weeks, then once a month. I just sprayed liquid fence tonight, rabbit ate some of my newly planted roses. Liquid fence is not cheap, $30 a bottle. It's easier for me just catch the rabbit. Just set up a live trap with lettuce! Can you hunt deer in your yard? Check out this thread, it might help you. http://forums2.gardenweb.com/discussions/3042886/deer-repellant-that-worked-100
I like the tradition of growing roses in cemetaries. Out here (in LA; and maybe everywhere?), in the newer ones at least, nowadays they mow them every week, so even the bouquets get tossed once a week. It's understandable, I guess. Not so poetic perhaps.
There are a few trees allowed though.
Few of my roses get routinely fed every year, and I have quite a few of the closely spaced HTs that get pruned to the ground every spring that Michael mentions. I'm basically a lazy gardener, and while I have the intent of fertilizing my (now nearly) 1000 roses, by June I'm just too ready to sit back and enjoy the roses without a lot of work. What I definitely AM diligent about, though, is feeding the soil everywhere in the yard. I keep a layer about 3" thick of leaves on the beds all the time, which adds texture if not exactly a ton of nitrogen to the soil. I also distribute alfalfa hay around the rose beds once a year for a shot of nitrogen, but I'm not 100% systematic about even that. If I'm really diligent, I'll throw some 10-10-10 fertilizer and Ironite around the well-established roses once a year, but that maybe only happens every two years.
I do water once a week if it gets dry in August, though heaven help us I'd like to "un-water" the yard this spring (wettest May ever in recorded history here). I can get by without the fertilizing because I have good loamy soil that retains nutrients, and the newly planted roses are always supplemented with a handful or so of manure, compost, and alfalfa, so some of that probably supports the surrounding established roses everywhere. As others have mentioned, this all changes with sandy soils or very dry climates.
By all means, if the roses you have bloom well without feeding, it's not a necessity, but the usual rule of thumb for most roses is they'll bloom better if we add some nitrogen to them periodically during heavy bloom seasons. In many places, they'll also bloom fine without it just not perhaps as much, it all depends. In my world, the fewer "have-to" things I keep about my roses, the more fun they are. I "have to" get them planted, keep them watered and mulched, and cut out dead and diseased canes. Anything else is gravy for me.
Cynthia
You can probably get away with benign neglect in a place that gets regular rain but in arid places that's not going to work. Yes, there are roses growing all over the world in abandoned plots for centuries with no care but unless those types of roses are what you grow you're going to have to give them some minimal care at least. I think you'll find that with a little bit of watering and fertilizing your roses will bloom and grow even better!
What growing zone and state you in Gretchen Weaver? Thanks
Can you post clear pics of your problem?
Have you had a lot of rain recently?
Soil to dry?
Was anything sprayed on your rose leaves lately?
Anyone spray weed killer recently that may of drifted?
Thanks Beth, I had Pink Gruss but had to shovel prune. Couldn't keep her clean when I went no spray. At one time I had a good 600 roses but I wasn't getting any younger. RRD or the shovel for disease took out most of those. Lost some due to Dr. Huey root stock which won't grow for me. This rose and Rosarie d'hay are the last 2 left from the early days.
Much appreciated guess ozmelodye, but not a flower carpet. I have the flower carpet series.
I'm nearly positive it is a polyantha. At one time I had many of them, The flower is semi double but many singles at the end of the year, No sent, shiny foliage a mix of larger leaves and small. The color is variable from this lighter pink to much darker but always has some cream in the center. The flower matches La Marne perfectly but I'm not seeing any smaller leaves mixed in with the larger leaves on help me find. She grows up but very full so that you can not see the ground underneath.
I am sorry about your losing the rose Love and Peace....I have grown mine for over
five years and love it!....I am in zone 6b-kansas. There was quite abit of die-back
this last winter on it( as with many of my other roses), but has come back budding and
blooming great.....
Carol
I've grown Love & Peace since it was introduced. It came back fine for me. You might consider trying it again, burying the graft union a little lower, or on a different rootstock (or own root, if available). Palatine had Dream Come True on R. multiflora rootstock this season.
HelpMeFind defaults all roses to zone 7a, and that's how it stays until someone requests an update.