22,153 Garden Web Discussions | Roses

Not much honestly, it never seemed to need anything! It is in a full sun all day location and has mulch and I fertilize every now and then but nothing special. I think it really likes the full sun.

I will say the foliage on FM stays very nice for me throughout the season. Not much blackspots that I would notice. THe only thing with FM is it is not very winter hardy. One died last winter.

I place about 3 or so inches on each fall....I do not fertilize otherwise during the growing season...Just the fall compost seems to keep the type of roses we have blooming well throughout the entire growing season...

As much as I can get my hands on! And I try not to disturb the soil. Since I use compost and mostly organic fertilizers, my roses tend to have many feeder roots right below the surface.

Even though I don't get any arctic chill here I do hack my Fred M down to less than 2 feet every year as if I don't he will reach the sky. He needs a fair bit of warmth to flower I find. We don't get frost here even in winter but he stops flowering when the lower temps are less than 10 degrees C, whereas something like Felicia and Sonia Rykiel are still throwing basal canes at this temperature!

Frankly, I can do without the cold weather, and I am jealous of you, fragrance. This chill was the worst in twenty some years of rose growing because it came on Nov 15, 2014, when all the roses were not dormant, and things still looked quite nice. Temps hit about zero for three days and just messed up the roses. Didn't trouble much else. It's always the roses--what prima donnas. Anyway, there was a clear demarcation between which plants can take the cold and had no damage, or very little, and those that don't do well at all dealing with this strange, unexpected kind of cold. I've concluded that it's genetics, pure and simple. Didn't matter what part of the garden they were located in, or even how young they were. I hope this doesn't happen again, but two years ago, we had something similar, too, so an awful pattern may be emerging. Diane

Thank you very much for link. I will start from there. :-)

I looked all over for this one this year with no luck. Hoping that next season I can find it! I did manage to pick up another new one this season, Above All, at a local nursery. Can't wait for it to bloom!

The ladybugs are busy eating them in my yard.

I'm not on LI anymore, but I'm nearby. This year, aphids came a bit later than I expected, but were mostly gone by the time the first blooms opened. I've also been seeing LOTS of baby ladybugs in and around the garden, so perhaps it was a bumper-crop year for them, and that's why I actually have trouble finding aphids now.

:-)

~Christopher

Very nice Sara! Big Momma is most impressive.

I finally got Sheila's Perfume this year. Can't wait for the plant to mature!

So pretty!

Your welcome Nippstress, although I think some folks want to kill me for highlighting yet another can't miss sale, lol.

It's a good deed kublakan. :-)

I think the problem might be where I trimmed it back earlier this year. I've got long shoots (about 8-15") with hardly any leaves before you get to the blooms. Hmmmmm.

If it were a climber, I think it would be very obvious by now. I thought I bought an Iceberg, but it turned out to be a climber by the Fall having planted it bare root in January. It was VERY clear that it was a climber, and it still is.

Thanks for the info, as well as the terrific pictures. I can find Cancan around but I'll just have to be wistful about Camille and Augusta for the time being. So glad you made a mistake to post here - even if we can't get those roses they're lovely to look at. Your combination of Cancan and Stormy Weather sounds fantastic, and we'll look forward to seeing it.

Cynthia

I thought that you were talking about "Yesterday" rose's blooms. Ha! It is very much like Ballerina only a tad darker by the way.

I miss my Double Delight. It's an easy rose to replace, but I just don't have the room, and it was prone to blackspot here. I may try it again someday.

Also, French Lace. It was common locally quite a few years back, but not so common now. I bought another one two years ago. It was supposed to be own-root, but it was mismarked. I got a real dog instead...

Man oh man, my last season Love Song. Can you believe this is what it looked like for ONE season that I had it, & had 3-4 green (hopeful) thick stems the start of this season that turned black. The only lavender rose I ever had (forget the name) lived about 3-4 seasons. The garden guy told me they are more delicate.

Munstead wood

Teasing Georgia

Yeah, first rose bush. I'd prefer not to use an insecticide if I can avoid it, so I'll try hunting them down by hand. Thanks for your help.

They tend to hide under the leaves in the hot weather. They are tiny about the size of an inch worm.

Yep, I'll definitely back up Diane and sing the praises of Colette. She and Nahema share prime fence space and even in part shade conditions, they are cane hardy, prolific bloomers, and drop dead gorgeous. My Colette is just about to start blooming and I'll see if I can get a picture this weekend. Sympathies on the 90's - we're only just crawling our way out of the 60's and the wettest May we've ever had (and the 6th wettest month ever in recorded history). 80's are expected next week, and all those lovely rose buds should be popping soon.

Thanks for the cautionary tale about New Dawn. My own-root ND under an oak tree is healthy but still tiny after three years. The true test will come with my second and grafted New Dawn that I planted this year. No, I didn't choose that much bloodletting - it was a mistake sent from Brecks that they didn't want returned, so I threw it in a back corner where it can duke things out with Darlow's Enigma and a bunch of oakleaf hydrangeas. I only venture back there to do some tip pruning every year or so, but I'll remember the goatskin body suit (smile) when I do.

Cynthia

Colette is not available here but Nahema is indeed gorgeous and her scent is strong and lovely. Also nearly thornless!

I was just thinking about a white azalea I that mildewed the first year--its fine now, but some fungicide really helped it out while it was getting settled in as a new plant. Same with Good N Plenty--BS when I first planted--but seems fine now.

All the veggie farmers use chemcials too. :-) Riding to Canada! Have a great day! :-)

Splendens aka the Myrrh scented rose - by a country mile the muskiest and most delicious rose...but I also like the linseedy fedschenkoana and foetidas.

Thanks everyone. Many forum members have good things to say about Darlow's Enigma and moschata but these roses are unfortunately not available in Western Australia. I wish I can smell them... maybe when I visit the US next time I can go to a good rose nursery and check out the fragrance myself.