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Good idea giving it another year.
Also though, sometimes roses just don't grow well in a particular spot. I have a spot along my fence line where I have tried to grow Julia Child, didn't grow a lick for 2 years, moved it to another spot and it is now growing like crazy.
Replaced the dirt there and tried peace. Same thing happened, it shrunk more then it grew. Moved it to the bed and it is now shooting up like crazy.
Don't know what the deal was, lots of sun, had roses growing great along the fence to the right and left, just not right there.
If you decide to change:
Depending on how dark you want--
Love Song--Great color lots of blooms light mauve.
Twilight Zone & Ebb Tide-both much darker, but lots of pretty blooms.
Stainless steel grows great for me, but is much lighter.

Ok Tammy, that seals the deal! I am officially inviting myself to your rose garden and to see those precious critters!
How much fun!
I'm down to one rabbit but it's nice having fresh poop from your own source!
Best wishes for your new property.
Susan

you can dip a cotton bud (I think you call them Q-tips) in methylated spirits (the purple stuff) and gently rub over the scale - they will loosen and you can wipe them off with a dry cloth or pry them, using a fingernail.
I get them on my lemon tree.

"Abstract Roses are incredibly diverse. It is not only about the number of cultivars (well above 25,000), but also about all possible features: colour, size, shape, growth rate, and leaf aspect. Due to these varied aspects, the system of rose classification is a very varied one: even so, some cultivars cannot be included in either category (Eckart Haenchen, M.A.S.T. 2005). As far as the flowers are concerned, some cultivars are characterised by a large number of petals, some others have fewer petals, and some have an unpleasant look because of their morphology. The most cultivated roses are scented ones and their production has turned into a real business (William Grant, 2006)."
H.Kuska comment. The actual paper appears very similar to the other.
Here is a link that might be useful: link for above

Doodles, my Mutabilis is at least 7' high and 6' wide. I planted it too close (5' away) to a holly bush that has turned into a tree--I was new to VA and didn't know squat about hollies. Now the back canes of M climb thru the holly tree and the front canes come out at right angles and then send branches up from there. I also had one in Sante Fe, which was 5b at the time--high desert. It was 6x4 after four years, and then I moved.
So, I would set them at least 5 feet back from your path.
At my parents house, we had two arborvitae one on each side of the walkway to the front door. Year by year, they grew together and eventually completely blocked the walk. So we laid a new sidewalk, curving gracefully around the one on the right side, giving it plenty of room, and giving us a nice little bed. The following spring, the one on the left died and two years after that, the right one died.

Catsrose, Thanks for responding, I kind of had thought I would need to move my path for my Mutabilis but I hadn't in my searching found anyone in the colder zone say the width. We live in 6b/7 zone but over the years we have always notice our flowers bloom a good week or two after everyone else so we know we are considerably colder, But we are up in the mountains so not surprised. I got both planted this weekend so Thank You! I am so glad everyone seems to love this rose!

Coffee in the morning while searching a different baked bean recipe for the crockpot while waiting on Costco to open.
Decided to boil the beans just in case while waiting on Costco.
Picked up supplies for a veggie garden drip system and bought a cover for my new bbq at HD.
Picked up the buns and a couple of extra chairs at Costco
Mixed what I decided would be good for the beans in the crockpot and headed to mom's to wrestle my deal roll of fencing (found a discounted roll of 330' of 48" field fencing for $10-steal of a deal and have been replaced the salvage fencing we were using around the veggie garden)
Cut the wire down to run 2 rows of boysenberries and two of raspberries (extra will be for around trees) and made tomato cages and veggie fencing out of the rest.
Then-tested the new bbq and had a hot dog/beans/tater salad cook out with the boys and mom.
And am now tired.
I did cut a jar full of deep purple sweet peas to take home and enjoy. Where is that glass of wine!

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday I planted bands from last summer and some of my 2G roses. Also companions. I worked from 10 am to 6 pm. Then I ate dinner, showered and went to bed.
I am busting my fanny early this year in the hopes that I can have some relaxing Sundays soon. Usually I am planting in the heat and humidity of June...
This June I'm hoping for omelettes, coffee, newspapers and naps on the weekend. (In the garden).
Susan


I don't know about Jim Sproul's creations (I wish, sigh) but this latest generation of hulthemias are proving to have massive disease resistance and a definite toughness - my latest is a little pink 'Bright as a Button' by Chris Warner. It leafed up very early and looks ...........eager
I can now do that camera thing of nipping outside and taking a picture, then putting it on a PC.
Of course, being wildly enthused, there will be no tidying up, prinking, posing or any attempt to make a nicely arranged composition (yet?). Please ignore the Xmas spruce....with remnants of wrapping paper still round the pot.



henry_kuska,
In the thread linked below, you have a post that starts "I live in northern Ohio. I do not spray anything (except in rare experiments)." It is one of my very favorites of your posts.
Would you consider starting a new thread for it and breaking it up with the individual links? I wanted to reference it in a post I made a few months ago, but I couldn't find it then.
Thank you again for all your wonderful contributions!
Here is a link that might be useful: friendly fungi equilibrium thread

Hi sandandsun,
I went to my old post and found that two of the 3 critical links no longer work. I spent some time trying to find some substitute links but the ones that I have I found so far were very technical and/or not really applicable.
The 2007 scientific research paper has not had any citations from more recent scientific papers so far.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17429140701701071
Here is a link that might be useful: 2007 scientific research paper

Could I give one more bit of negative comment on ND, Brenda? Don't get ND. I've had experience with six...yes, six of the botanical equivalent of a dragon. I won't explain how I came to own so many NDs--it's just too embarrassing. I managed to rid myself of two NDs when a gardening friend with a huge amount of space and a long fence took them. After a couple of years, she got tired of the pruning hassle and disposed of hers. When I was finally down to one ND, this rose broke the welds my big metal arbor, and that was it for me. No more climbing step ladders at my age while armed to the teeth. So out she went about a year ago, and I now am growing a sweet climber called Colette which I love. What a difference a new, well behaved rose makes. Diane

Thanks Diane for the tip on the climber Collette. Sure, I appreciate all comments on ND. Now thinking maybe I should just call it a loss on the money I spent and quit worrying about my two ND. They are still small. And, I certainly don't need any extra work or hassles with my gardening as I age. I want to keep things simple and enjoy my yard and flowers.
Brenda





Yes shade cloth shelter, and making sure the soil stays moist, will reduce stress until the rose recovers. I use the handy old cylinders made of wire fencing and drape the shade cloth over that. Paired with bird netting, those cylinders are also keep the birds off the blueberry plants so we can get the fruit. The cylinders also work as rabbit guards for young plants and as composters.
Thanks all.
Surprisingly, it isn't doing as bad as it appeared that first day. I went out to water it this morning, and the leaves had perked up nicely, even in spite of our cool temperatures. Today was completely overcast, which probably has helped. I'm going to keep an eye on all of them and if they look stressed I'll probably put up some shade, but that has to wait until the weekend regardless. I leave the house by 7am, and don't get home until well after 7pm.