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Most tv shows are garbage in my opinion but I got HBO recently and came across this series. It has since been cancelled (usual moronic decisions made based soley on $$$$) but you can catch the episodes on HBO Go (at least that's how I get it but it may be different depending on your subscription).
It's a lovely lovely show and has lots of roses (main character's mother is an avid rose gardener) to add to the wonderfulness of it!
Check out the show and the roses!
That's good advice for spraying any plant, with any product. Some are more sensitive to different types of sprays than others. Some don't seem to be sensitive at all, like some people have "elephant skin" where nothing bothers them, while others react to everything. Kim
I do believe your right beth, I looked @ the pix of Gelato and Arrow follies, even Hocus Pocus they all look spot on! . I remember grandma having the red and yellow one, I'd say about 5 yrs ago. But haven't seen one like it since, especially not in your average , everyday garden. Thank you for help. Im not gonna say anything to grandma about it. But at least it wont hurt me as much when I fail @ trying to get these gals to root. Thanx again,
-Lyna
The yellow and red stripe is Hocus Pocus, aka Memphis Music. Memphis Music is the same rose, and is easily available commericially, but only as an own root small plant.
It is available at ForLoveOfRoses.com
If you have room, and like things that smell, species R. eglanteria is a lot of fun. The foliage smells like green apples after it's been touched, or after a rain.
It sounds like you are moving in the right direction. If you haven't been there, next June you may want to get to the botanical garden in Annapolis Royal, and make a shopping list. There are a lot of roses that don't particularly photograph well that are irresistible in person.
I agree with Kate; I think I see growth buds on it.It doesn't sound all that strange to me that the plant has not shown top growth yet; it probably IS working on it's roots;plus, at least in my climate, summer (late July and August) is more or less a dormant period for roses,so a newly-planted rose just won't shoot up the way it would in Spring...bart
Andreark, if that nursery is anything like the one near me, their main money-making season has passed and they probably don't give the roses a lot of care anymore. The nursery near me literally has hundreds of roses that were gorgeous all spring and summer, but now look pretty rough. I think Michael is right and if you just water it after planting and give it a little "love" it will be fine.
You're going to like that potting soil, I sure do!
Let's see if it will allow the link here.
Jeri
Here is a link that might be useful: Link To Glyphosphate article
It seems to hang around and monkey with plant growth when I used it. A better choice for me was the Spectracide weed and grass product. To minimize soil exposure to Roundup, I would put it in a cup or can half sunk into the ground, put the top of the weed in and cover the top of the container with a lid or plastic. That method worked great for stubborn weeds that kept coming back. The cover kept damaging fumes away from the other plants.
Kentucky Rose: I hope you post next year how Mohana does for you. Fortuniana root stock is not for my area, and it can be winter tender as well..... I'm also interested in cut roses, but mine must be confined to a container, so height is also a defining criteria.....Just as another thought, although it's not a HT, it blooms mostly in singles so has the same effect for cut blooms. I'm speaking of Honey Bouquet. It's a light yellow (a little deeper color in spring/fall) and has amazing heat resistance. I thoroughly enjoyed mine in my hot/humid summer climate. Alas, it got taken out over one particularly cold winter (single digits) after years of good growth. Yellow/white/orange all can be winter tender here at times......I like South Africa too. That's a nice picture of it..........Maryl
Maryl,
I bury the bud union/graft. This seems to work best for me. Sometimes they make it, depending on the winter and winter hardiness of the variety. Another one that I got this year is Pacific Celebration. I didn't notice any BS on it, when so many others had it even with spraying. It's a beautiful bud and interesting bloom....time will tell.
Hattie
This is my first post. I have mopheads and lacecaps next to each other. I did not prune any of them last summer, only after it was clear which pieces were really dead. I'm getting many flowers on the mopheads (pink and blue) but only a few on the lacecaps, and they never seem to open fully like the ones in the picture above. Is that what people mean by 'blooming'? When I bought the plants they had beautiful pink blooms, not half open blue ones. Any suggestions? thanks.
I was looking for an answer to the same question. My lace cap flowers did not fully form this year. The circle of flowers around the center was missing a few of the individual flowers. I know I am not using the right terminology but I hope you know what I mean. Last year they did much better under drought conditions and were fully formed with a full ring of flowers around the center. This year we got lots of rain but the flowers never seemed to fully mature. Any ideas? I should have taken pictures but I didn't.
It's important to understand that Frederic Mistral is literally a double-sized plant compared to other hybrid teas.
Strictly on fragrance alone, NZ wins, but FM was the better plant and the better producer of blooms here. As michaelg says, FM needs a large space.