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Am I spoiled???
Posted by ken-n.ga.mts(7a/7b)
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anntn6b(z6b TN)Updated Funny, I've always thought fall bloom is our best. Spring is always a fight against weeds and weather. Fall bloom comes more slowly, bloom sizes can be huge without heavy fertilizer (just cooler days) and better color because the ...
What's causing this problem
Posted by seanw
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seanwUpdated thanks guys!
Special Occasion rose) How to prune?
Posted by NOACCEPTANCE772(8a)
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NOACCEPTANCE772(8a)Updated Hello everybody, and thank you all for the replies :) Despite what it looks like, the rose bush is 3-5 years old. The reason it is so small is because the fools at brookfields nursery kept pruning them EXTREMELY hard, all the time...
Looking for a specific rose-sentimental reasons
Posted by apinksweater
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vasue VA(7A Charlottesville)Updated Wonderful! You're welcome, happy to help. The endearing image of you & your children enjoying this rose in your garden, completing the circle of nostalgic past with unfolding present, brings a smile to my heart. Roses Unlimite...
Fooled my husband
Posted by buford(7 NE GA)
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sammy zone 7 TulsaUpdated I love your choices. When I was using spray, I had a red and white front garden. I had a circle of white roses, and on the outside of the circle in beds or alone, I had my red roses. Europeana was outstanding, Chrysler Imperial wa...
questions about roses, and catnip...
Posted by jameya(zone 5/ central indiana)
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AquaEyes 7a New JerseyUpdated From what I understood, "catnip" and "catmint" are somewhat interchangeable terms for various species in the Nepeta genus. The species that's more specifically known as "catnip" is Nepeta cataria, and...
Yellow leaves on rose still in pot
Posted by Deborah60
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jim1961 Zone 6a Central Pa.Updated Trust your gardening instincts and do what you feel is best... Could you post a pic of it? Its hard giving advice without seeing it... But I will say this I have had own root band roses shipped to me in August and the leaves cooke...
Own Root V. Budded...Update
Posted by roseseek(9)
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roseseek(9)Updated Thank you! Paul and I saw when walking the Ashdown fields in Wasco, the year Arena budded his plants there, some varieties simply didn't require budding. In particular, Mme. Alfred Carriere generated inch and thicker canes on thos...
Sudden branch death on Knockouts
Posted by madabouteu(8A - central Alabama)
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madabouteu(8A - central Alabama)Updated I have also thought of stem canker but I don't see it on the affected stems.
scientific study - rose virus paper
Posted by henry_kuska
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anntn6b(z6b TN)Updated There are rose diseases out there that are important to those of us in North America. What is in the scientific papers (Yes, I do read them) is important to many of us for the continued health and survival of our gardens. Do a sea...
Few questions
Posted by zone6-nj
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mad_gallica(zone 5 - eastern New York)Updated IME, a lot of Austins aren't really suitable for being grown own-root. They just sit there, don't get much bigger, then die back. Since most people growing them in the northeast, get them budded from Canada, there doesn't seem to ...
Wound on trunk of climbing rose
Posted by garden_views(7a Mid-Atlantic)
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garden_views(7a Mid-Atlantic)Updated Duplicate post; don't know how that happened This post was edited by Garden_Views on Sun, May 25, 14 at 11:34
Whats wrong with my peace rose?
Posted by jakrat85
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vettin(z6b Northern VA)Updated I started like you. Please look around this forum... Not sure where you purchased it from but some retailers are notorious for mislabeling and not great quality. I was discouraged the first year after all three expensive roses die...
Black spot doesn't go away
Posted by Mel.Bag26
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Mel.Bag26Updated Thanks for the tips guys! I won't give up!
Pepper Tree Leaves as Mulch - Yes or No?
Posted by ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
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iris_gal(z9 CA)Updated Thanks Seil. Only thing I can find is slow disintegratin of Brazilian pepper leaves. A bonus for my soil.
Golden Celebration in NJ?
Posted by farmerduck
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AquaEyes 7a New JerseyUpdated The thing about growing roses in our area is that some blackspot is inevitable, even if you spray, for many roses. As a result, my expectations are more lax than those of someone who exhibits, or who wants roses to be "on&quo...
Are roses very late this year?
Posted by nycowboy
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maj742 (zone 4-5) north-central WIUpdated All of my roses in Green Bay WI died back to the ground or almost to the ground this year. Most are now growing robust shoots up from the base. I just cut back the dead wood to make room for the new growth on Carefree Wonder, Boni...
Confused about floribundas vs hybrid teas
Posted by nickjoseph(5 Milwaukee, WI)
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nickjoseph(5 Milwaukee, WI)Updated Thank you ALL so much, especially "seil"!
New rose bed at new house
Posted by kingcobbtx9b
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seil zone 6b MIUpdated Sheesh! I'm tired just thinking about all that work! It looks marvelous though! Can't wait to see pictures of it in bloom.
blackspot - tebuconazole based sprays
Posted by henry_kuska
6 Comments
jim1961 Zone 6a Central Pa.Updated Good read Henry...
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