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Kate,
I wasn't arguing, I was just telling you exactly where I saw this info. I looked more closely at the site and you are absolutely correct. Thanks.
ratdogheads,
Thanks for the info on Rogue Valley. Looks like I can find something I like there.
Lynnette,
That is a beautiful plant, I will look for it at Rogue Valley.
Thanks and Happy New Year to you all,
andrea
Alfalfa would be about the only thing I would add--oh yes, sometimes some manure also.
Since I started using Rose Tone (or Plant Tone) in the spring and it already contains some alfalfa, I don't bother to add alfalfa anymore, but if I switched over completely to the convenience of continuous-feed Osmocote (3 or 4 months, depending on the type you buy), I might go back to the practice of adding a handful of alfalfa to each rose.
Whether or not manure gets added depends entirely on whim--and how overworked I do or do not feel--and how dang hot it is outside. I wish I were more regular, however, in adding manure.
Kate
The answers are no and yes. New basal growth of the grafted rose will only come from the bud union (graft) area where the canes join the rootstock cane. This area will enlarge into a ball and buds that become canes will spring from it as well as from the established grafted canes. Any other canes that may spring from the rootstock cane will be from the rootstock and not the graft and you get rid of them by ripping them off at the base. The two canes that are there will get bigger as will the rootstock cane. As the root system gets better established and assuming you take good care of the rose the canes will get bigger.
What Henry said but that is a pretty typical looking bagged bare root rose so I wouldn't worry. Plant it and take good care of it and it will probably do just fine for you. I wouldn't prune anything off of it except dead wood for the first year. Just let it put on some roots and top growth.
Two months back i got four cd. Plants. Grafted on a local breed rootstock(indigenous to pakistan)
In just two months that it has been with me it jas surprised me with the numerous flower buds and its vigour.
I bought 85 roses this december. This one attracts a lot of my attention and time. Lets see how it does here in the coming harsh summers.
Bumping this up again.
If you're feeling gloomy from all this bad weather come join us over at the Rose Gallery. We've posted tons of beautiful rose photos to cheer you up!
Here is a link that might be useful: GW Rose Gallery
Many thanks to all who posted the incredibly beautiful photos of their roses. They are really a treat for these dreary winter days. I have enjoyed them so much! The only thing is I can't help adding more than a few to my want list after admiring the photos! Camp is right when she said in the Self discipline thread that a nice photo will send all resolutions out the window.
Unless Guelph is further west than I think it is (and I have been there - just not this century) the native ecosystem is forest. Keeping the trees out is going to be necessary for the roses, and is going to require a certain amount of old-fashioned weeding.
Beth ...
We have had three days of steady drizzling rain. I am on the other side of the valley and north of you, so it should be coming your way. The good news is that we got snow at the higher elevations.
Yes, my garden is finally soaked. The fir trees and all the things I haven't watered are looking soooooo good.
I cannot believe I have been out several times this winter watering roses while wearing snow boots and multiple layers of clothing. Now, I get to take some time off from that and stay inside. Ahhhhh bliss.
Smiles,
Lyn
Pam - that is fabulous news! I hope your pond gets 100% full.
Here it has been raining either very hard or just a steady real rain, not drizzle, for 48 hours without stopping and it is still continuing. Accd to the paper we've gotten over 4 inches since Friday as of yesterday, and the total when this stops may be as much as 6-7 inches from just this one storm! Yay! And there is another storm coming on Wed...
Jackie
My two grafted Firefighters did zip-nada-nothing for the first two years. Sat there. Then year three the large basals started shooting up and they both turned into bloom machines.
My impression is that it is slow to establish, however my climate is much different than yours.
I planted a Francis Meilland at my mom's house last year and it was never covered in blooms at any one time but it always had at least one lovely bloom and buds just about to bloom.
They are beautiful blooms with a nice fragrance and they seemed to do well as cut flowers for her. She really likes it so far. I would hold out hope! No disease issues here in Coastal So cal.
I don't have any experience with Firefighter.
Jay
Wow Pat! That garden of yours is absolutely magnificent! Thank you so much for sharing the picture and alsothis wonderful information. I am familiar with both Hannah's and Petals from the Past, and I was actually considering doing some antique roses in place of or in addition to the floribundas, so I will definitely check them out. I was not familiar with the Huntsville stores, but am glad to know about them. I love garden shop hopping. Thanks also to Floridarose for your suggestions! I am getting my bed prepared and ready now. I can't wait to go shopping.
Oh yeah forgot to mention I used my 15% to get my first pair of Felcos!
I go to my area farm feed store and use their 10-10-10+. It has all the extra goody stuff. I also use fish emulsion twice in the spring and twice in the fall. All my roses seem to like it quite well. I exhibit and the judges like my roses as well.