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veterans' honor (jacopper) vs. opening night (jacolber)
Posted by bayarea_girl(NorCA 9)
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lesmcUpdated You will love Firefighter...a great rose in form and scent. I have two!! Have you checked out Janice Kellog or Ascot? Both are lovely reds here in my KY. garden. Maybe someone in your area can comment on these. I just love red ros...
Rosa Mutiflora Nana Perpetua - Garden Party
Posted by bugbite(z9a FL)
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bugbite(z9a FL)Updated Christopher, I appreciate your thoughtful response. That was a very interesting bit of information about your mystery rose. Very intriguing. Like to know how it turns out. Thirty years ago I did a lot of rose hybridizing...lots. I...
My (cut) roses all have little growths in the middle of the stems
Posted by Limesmoke
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sidos_houseUpdated If there was a "like" button on gardenweb, I'd "like" your comment, catsrose.
RoseNut
Posted by lucygoose(Zone 5/N.W. In.)
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yougojay(Zone 7a)Updated This is really sad to hear, thank you for posting the news. I always enjoyed reading his posts and checking in at his website from time to time. My condolences to the family, Jay
Favorite type of bloom
Posted by sara_ann-z6bok
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ArbutusOmnedo 10/24Updated I tend to fawn over quartered, flat blooms. It may be that after first looking through Rose Encyclopediae, more Centifolias, Gallicas, Damasks, and HPs were on my lists of "most beautiful blooms" than any other and the d...
Breck's is selling roses
Posted by redwolfdoc_z5(5)
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diane_nj 6b/7a(6b/7a)Updated From Weeks, they are most likely grafted on Dr. Huey rootstock.
What would look good with Westerland and Climbing Mrs Sam?
Posted by bart_2010(8/9 Italy)
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bart_2010(8/9 Italy)Updated Thanks for the photos! I really like the colour comination in foto 2; the FADED Wland flowers with the clematis. That is sort of what I'm hoping to do: pair Wland up with paler apricot/pinky pastel companions so that even when it'...
glow in the dark rose
Posted by michael1846(6)
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farmerduckUpdated glow in the dark roses? for those of you who enjoy the great m. atwood, looks like we are heading to the "year of the flood" sooner than we think.... did the saloon where toby hid out had those. next up, pigeon...
What's the best way to prune roses?
Posted by sara_ann-z6bok
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sara_ann-z6bokUpdated Sammy - I should have said I have visited the Antique Rose Emporium "website" a number of times
not sure how to prune this rose bush (see photo)
Posted by bartleby1
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toolbelt68(7)Updated This is from someone who knows zip about roses sooooo, anyhow, may I suggest you take a few post-it notes, number them and stick them on the branches, then retake your pictures. That way Camp and others can direct you to the corre...
making choices.
Posted by Campanula UK Z8
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farmerduckUpdated I don't, because "my" groundhogs love them. In between deer and the groundhogs, there are only a few things you can grow here in the burbs. So I tell myself that anything they would devour within 2 days of planting are j...
Baltimore Belle or Darlow's Enigma?
Posted by DrPekeMom
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DrPekeMomUpdated Well, it sounds like DE since I'd rather have something shrubby than something rambly. Thanks everybody. Now the question is whether it's worth trying to put it in this year with everybody saying we're never going have to rain aga...
What to do when it won't freeze?
Posted by thedogsLL(6B)
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thedogsLL(6B)Updated Jim, I'll be crowing to the four points, LOL! I have some hope for it. Last season, I got five blooms, after two seasons of dwindling and only 2-3 flowers, and it had two canes instead of one shrinking stick. Cross your fingers! D...
Preventative spraying and get the soil ready for the new season
Posted by bayarea_girl(NorCA 9)
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bayarea_girl(NorCA 9)Updated Thanks kstrong and dan_keil_cr.
how many roses do you grow?
Posted by dan_keil_cr Keil(Illinois z5)
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growing_rene2Updated I have 32 plants and am getting so excited that spring is approaching! Munstead Wood and Lady of Shalott definitely are on the top of my "additions" list!
heat-tolerant container roses?
Posted by sunnysideroses
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teakettle2Updated I live in Selma (near Fresno, CA). Gets very hot here. I have roses growing in pots on my deck. Two big pots with Bolero (white romantica) rose - standard form. Great fragrance. Blooms all summer. I like the standard form because ...
Moving a small KO rose
Posted by stir_fryi
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stir_fryiUpdated Thanks -- that's helpful. Hope I can dig a hole in March! Might have to be early April...
Help! How do I trim
Posted by campv 8b AZ
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campv 8b AZUpdated Thanks everyone I now feel more confident in the decisions on cutting the large canes. I just hate to ruin something I have worked so hard on
Knockout Rose-I know yuck/please read though
Posted by caro123_gw(3NH)
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DrPekeMomUpdated I, too, don't see any reason to caveat affection for KO roses. These roses can fill up a really difficult spot, and not everybody has the time, money, gardeners, and inclination to fuss over the roses that some of us do. There is ...
Is Braodleaf Weedkiller Slowly Killing My Roses?
Posted by Natalie1774
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seil zone 6b MIUpdated Water! And then more water and then water again. You need to flush their systems and they need a lot of water to do that. Don't be surprised if in the near future you see some very distorted looking growth on them. That is a sympt...
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