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Posted by thehammer1985
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thehammer1985Updated It's a coretta scott king grandiflora. From what I understand they are new this year. Seil thank you for the info . I had clay type soil but I dug out about a 3x3x3 spot and filled with 2/3 topsoil and 1/3 compost/manure blend. Th...
Is this Really an Eden Rose??? Or was it mismarked???
Posted by createdtocook(CA 10a/SunsetZn. 22)
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23Updated BS is blackspot, yes. It is not a debilitating disease in Southern California. In other climates especially east of the Rockies, it can be so devastating as to kill a rose, because the rose cannot hold any foliage, goes into a har...
New to this forum
Posted by madri_gw(5)
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view1ny NY 6-7Updated Madri, it sounds like you're off to a great start. Best of luck!
Knockout roses under pine tree
Posted by redecoratingmom(8 GA)
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summersrhythm_z6aUpdated I grow a lot of Knockout roses (200+), and many of them(150+) are under four Spruce pine trees, I cut down the lower branches for the sunlight, and they're are doing very well, I water them once a day during the hot and dry summer...
Finally!
Posted by farmerduck
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sandandsun(9a FL)Updated Congratulations.
Dealing with watering needs, and my laziness
Posted by minflick(9b/7, Boulder Creek, CA)
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seil zone 6b MIUpdated It looks splendid! I use soaker hoses too. I have a couple of beds that I have no way of running drip to and it's a little too pricey for me anyway so I did the soaker hoses instead. The roses do respond wonderfully to having a st...
Austin's The Albrighton Rambler vs. MAC
Posted by bart_2010(8/9 Italy)
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Sow_what? Southern California InlandUpdated Bart, if you get this rose, I'd love to see pics. I'm hoping it'll be released in the US next year. jannike
Ailing rose bush
Posted by musicteacher
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michaelg(7a NC Mts)Updated As Seil said, this is probably transplant shock involving stronger sunlight and maybe disturbance of the roots. All you need to do is keep it watered but not saturated. In moderately warm weather, I water transplants thoroughly ev...
Roses blooming this morning
Posted by boncrow66
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jazzmom516(Zone 7 LI, NY)Updated I have paired the 2 grandifloras 'Strike It Rich' and 'About Face' next to each other on a western exposure where I had two huge 'Blue Muffin' viburnums that got out of hand for the space!! I am hoping that the two roses eventuall...
spacing between cypress trees and roses
Posted by bart_2010(8/9 Italy)
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Ninkasi(6-7 Germany)Updated maybe not the answer you are looking for, and you probably thought of this already, but what about putting the roses in containers? Yes, they would have to be big, but then you could monitor the water/food situation, and move them...
How fragrant is Augusta Luise?
Posted by rross(NSW Aust)
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seil zone 6b MIUpdated So true, Cross! I never trust the company hype any more. Early on I fell for several of those ad campaigns only to find the roses didn't perform anything like they said. I don't even trust the photos! But I've found that HMF reall...
Some blooms don't look so great
Posted by sara_ann-z6bok
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seil zone 6b MIUpdated Lovely! I'm glad to see it's perking up.
Your Best Red?
Posted by cambel(z6-7a DC)
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jim1961 Zone 6a Central Pa.Updated I have also found red double knockouts to be disease resistant and hardy here without much fuss... This post was edited by jim1961 on Tue, Jun 10, 14 at 17:09
Love Song Planting
Posted by nickjoseph(5 Milwaukee, WI)
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sara_ann-z6bokUpdated Nick - Good luck with your Love Song, it is a beautiful rose and hopefully yours will do fine, I think you will really enjoy it, it's a good bloomer. Love your picture desertgarden. Boncrow, both of mine have good repeat bloom. Th...
sweet chariot vs. vineyard song
Posted by sabalmatt_dallas(Z8 Dallas)
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monarda_gwUpdated I have Vineyard Song! It is really cute and I love it. And the fragrance is very pleasant. I guess must have I ordered it five or six years ago, I forgot from where, but it was a very very small band and didn't make it over the wi...
roses with canker your remedies?
Posted by poorbutroserich(Nashville 7a)
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michaelg(7a NC Mts)Updated Don't kill the rose. Canker is not some exotic disease that spreads like wildfire. It is common and almost normal. Spores are in every rose garden and infections develop around wounds to the bark during cool damp weather. Cankers ...
Royalty Rose
Posted by densiemill
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canadian_rose(zone 3a)Updated The first photo looks like a painting!!! Beautiful!!! The 2nd photo look breathtaking - the red, the shape. Gorgeous!!! And it's floriferous too!!! I'm amazed!! Carol
Are these worms on my rose leaves?
Posted by ctgarde(5a)
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jazzmom516(Zone 7 LI, NY)Updated Could be Marmara leaf cambium miner causing the problem. Sactorose website (http://www.sactorose.org/rosebug/irosepests.htm) has great photo of the leaves being affected by a leaf miner. See optional link below. Here is a link tha...
Shrub rose
Posted by msaudie(z4 WI)
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mzstitch(Zone 7b South Carolina)Updated We had a rough winter across the U.S. If you read through past posts here you will find many many experienced rose growers lost roses over the winter. Many of us also had to cut back our roses far more than they are normally cut b...
What is wrong with my rose leaves?
Posted by cambel(z6-7a DC)
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jim1961 Zone 6a Central Pa.Updated There is a couple recent threads on this same subject. That is (sawfly) rose slug damage cambel... click below: Here is a link that might be useful: Rose Slug thread
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