22,153 Garden Web Discussions | Roses
thanks to all who, as usual, help us newbies. let me address some of the comments - this ko gets 6 hours sunlight, wasnt even fertilized this year as I moved it in January, 2015, has never died back, is own root, is surrounded with other kos that bloom constantly, has both 5 and 7 leaflets, has no signs of infestation, is absolutely a healthy plant. It didnt bloom last year either which was why I moved it, years before it had bloomed like kos should. Dont know what to do with this rose.
Thanks for your thoughts/suggestions michaelg! I'm in Northern Virginia. I thought when I filled out the profile part on where you live & what zone that it would've transferred to the post? The purplish spots on the leaves actuality started off looking like tiny specks of pepper all over the leaves (prior to any sprays/treatments). Which is why I thought spider mites at first. I did a lot searching for what I am dealing w/not only on my roses but my lilies & clematis as well. I wish there was a zoom in opt. for photos on here. When the photo of the flower is not zoomed in it just looked like little black specks everywhere but when you zoom in there were many tiny holes in the stamens, the center looked like mush w/possible eggs of some sort (w/o my camera I would not have been able to see any of this except for the mushy/unhealthy look to the center of the rose). It also had what looked like tiny black/brown bugs clumped together (all blooms have since been cut off & thrown away). I have more photos I just didn't want to overload my post.
I agree with MichaelG about not to rush to a barrage of remedies. The garden center wants to sell you a few bottles. I think it is important to have good natural healthy soil. You can trust Michaelg to what works better than us northern posters because he in the same region.
Compost can be purchased. It is important. After Sevin had been applied and bayer3 and 1 and soap and alcohol. Healthy soil mayneed to be reintroduced.
Sam
I don't think the "Paradise" is Beverly. It has more of a cat bowl/saucer shape to it (I wish it were Beverly, that think is beautiful). I think we have a winner...oh no, sorry, wrong thread, lol...but I think you are correct with Sovenir de Baden-Baden. It is extremely healthy and the blooms look very similar to those posted on HMF.
Thanks for all your help!
I agree with you guys on the SVR DE BADEN-BADEN. That's kind of a distinct rose. Not sure what the pink one could be tho. Definitely not BEVERLY or CROWD PLEASER. Looks like it opens up almost like a camellia and has distinct ponts on the petal tips. Should be easy to ID with characteristics like that. But I can't place it.
I lived on Oahu and used to walk home. There is concrete jungle effect where certain parts of the city are really warm--no matter what the forecast says. Do you actually get fungal diseases? The flip side of a concrete jungle is that your roses may not stay wet long enough to get BS. Or maybe you could just cover or move them if you rarely have evening rains.
It rains indiscriminate of weather forecasts because I am in a valley so Blackspot is definitely an issue for me, as are thrips and spider mites.
I am currently monitoring how much I water to make sure I'm not overwatering, and give a water spray blast every morning on the leaves of my roses to encourage new growth.
I am struggling with whether I should give it a week or two to rest from chemical/add-in help fertilizer, or if I should spray.
I'm going to give away my Daconil because I never really liked the residue anyway and go back to using the Bayer Disease Control and I think I have the Safer Fungicide somewhere too. I have never heard of Benlate.
If anyone's experience the same type of damage to their roses, please let me know what you've done, what experiences you've had with bringing them back from death, etc.
I don't use anything against regular flower thrips (back when I used to experiment with that, nothing worked anyway). They are terrible here and when they swarm it's awful. But I just shrug, because they usually leave when the weather turns cooler again. I do use spinosad (conserve) for chilli thrips though, because that's a whole different beast. I've never seen a decrease of beneficials, including bees after using.
No. That's what I meant about not having a memory card. Drove all the way and when I got there, got my camera out and started to shoot -- no memory card. Had to make the best of it and take notes. We even went to their store in the hopes that they would have memory cards. No go. You can sure bet that next time I will make sure I have a couple.
We got our first two rose blooms today on 2 different bushes... This past Saturday morning we had the temp go down to 29 degrees and it wiped out all our annuals we had planted in the backyard.
Anyway Joe I hope your roses all explode with blooms soon! :-)
Alright, just moved the seedling to the pot, and found it was two seedlings! Separated and took a closer look at them. One of them has a habit familiar with Dr. Huey, but no mildew at all, so I"m rather confused. The other is just one long stem/root filled with buds, so here's hoping I didn't do much damage. Pruned both a bit to help ease the transplant shock. Will keep you folks updated.
Also, they need a range of heights on hmf because the same rose can grow to vastly different heights in different zones and different conditions. A lot of the hybrid teas I put in recently are listed as heights 2.5-6', which is one heckova range. The reason is that in California, or other warm climates, HTs continue to put on growth all year and don't die back, whereas we in colder zones have them usually die to the ground in the winter and get much lower heights. I tend to plan within a foot of the lower height range for any rose not well suited to my climate. In Dallas, I might do the reverse on the upper end of the height range.
Also, if you want DD or any other rose to grow more, something to try is to pinch off the blooms for most of the season and force more root growth. In particular, this can be handy for new roses that haven't come into their full 3-year growth yet. You don't have to do this as much as we do in cold zones to help with winter survival, but it's one way to see if you can encourage growth. Mind you, some roses are indeed runts and not likely to grow beyond where they've decided to stop based on your conditions, regardless of treatment or what they're "supposed" to do. Even in my climate, Abraham Darby is supposed to be 6' or more, but mine is 5 years old and barely clears knee height at the best of times. No amount of tough love or coddling is going to change his mind I fear, and he clearly has refused to read his own information on the color tag still attached to his label. Stubborn, but toughness is a virtue in my yard.
Cynthia
DD is a heavy feeder and she also loves iron so if there is any signs of chlorosis, adding iron chelate will improve its vigor. Like Cynthia said, pinching buds off do help the plant to produce basal shoots, even in my hot climate. I pinch off any buds that don't look perfect so that I have lots of perfect blooms for cutting.
Sympathies Nick, and I do agree with Sharon that it's worth another try. I've now lost two Love Song plants, but both were deeply cankered each year (different companies) and the canes weakened with time. Now that it's available own root, I'll go that direction and expect better results. Hang in there - gardening is about persistence and patience as well!
Cynthia
I'll have to wait to post a picture until after I have another bloom. I had two beautiful blooms yesterday but last nights storms just destroyed them. The yellow is paler that Julia Childs or Sun Flare but was definitely more yellow than white.
For what it's worth, here's a bloom from my new JFK from Lowe's, for comparison whenever yours blooms. There's the vaguest hint of cream at the center in the bud stage, but this disappears to the snow white blooms Seil mentions. Yours sounds lovely even if mislabeled.
Cynthia
I have this climber, but she has yet to bloom. I received her in February as a bareroot from Regan Nursery, but due to a bad infestation of thrips she had to be chopped quite drastically. It encouraged her to shoot out 2 beautiful canes from below(she's growing on her own roots), reaching for the sunlight. I can't wait for flowers, but I'm more interested in her reaching height first. The cane grew 3 feet in one month. Very strong and healthy plant.
From what you know about these roses, you seem to have the front row vs. back row as good as you can know, though Dark Desire is too new to know exactly how big it'll turn out to be in different zones. I'm planning on mine being relatively shorter. Chrysler Imperial and Christian Dior and the first unnamed monster sound fine in the back row. The foreground row definitely are smaller roses in my climate, but it depends on where you are how big they'll get for you. The only comment is that the taller roses in general tend to need more space than the shorter ones. I think the 3' in the back should be fine for the ones you can identify, since they tend to be relatively upright bushes. The 5' spacing in the front is probably more than you need for those smaller roses, but hey- you have to keep some space open for next year's roses! You might put some annuals in between the roses to fill in the space - I use things like the Salvia Victoria Blue since the purple color ties everything together, it blooms all season, and I yank it all out after the winter kills it. There are ample choices out there to fill in the visual space while you see what these roses do in YOUR yard.
Cynthia
nikjoseph-I live in Dodge City, Ks
I got SUNSPRITE this year thanks to Sara-Ann. The bush seems healthy, but the big surprise was the wonderful fragrance! South Africa is another one to consider, if it is not too big.