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Hmmm, let's see now. In the evenings I love to mess around with my siamese and two tuxedo kitties. And I also love spending time with my two poodles. (little rascals all of them, hehe) Spending time on dog and cat forums, as well. In addition, I very much enjoy a glass of white wine or two--wish I had some now but unfortunately I don't. :p Reading. Spending time on various artistic sites and blogs on the web also gives me much pleasure. Of course there are many, many other things I delight in doing, but I probably shouldn't write a book about them on your thread, lol. This is a fun topic, Rene!! :-) It's a pity that the "Conversations" part of the "Roses Forum" has mostly gone the way of the dinosaurs. People seem to prefer spending time on facebook, or other places on the web in lieu of that. At one time it was a "hot" place to visit. Have a super evening, Rene, and all!!
Golden Celebration is one of the Austin roses I'm sure we'll always grow. Yes, lovely, upright, arching plants. And in our conditions, they are disease-free. (I think it can be troubled by blackspot, where that is a problem.)
The fragrance is wonderful, and the vase life is excellent, and the plants are an asset in the landscape.
For us, GC is bigger and more vigorous, and quicker to mature, on its own roots.
We have one from Hortico, on multiflora. It is occasionally touched by chlorosis, but that is transitory. 4 are on Huey. One is own-root.
Jeri
Newer foliage can often be lighter green until it matures. Lighter green can also indicate nutrient deficiencies or lack of light. Over watering can leach out nitrogen, making it more difficult to absorb sufficient iron. It all depends upon how the "light green" appears, where it occurs on the plant and how the plant appears in general. Many issues can express the same, or very similar, symptoms. Kim
We drove into town this morning, and it was overcast, with no sun peaking through.
It was a really interesting look at the trees that have grown over our roads. Many many of them are hackberry trees. It's an easy ID, because of the "shadows" under the trees on days with shade.
Look at your roads that are asphalt that is now a light gray. You'll see black on them as if it were shade, but it's not.
Oh no, pressure. Were you able to find Bernstein-Rose, Susan? That's its one problem--I can't think of a US seller (or Canadian) right now. I got my three B-Rs from Hortico about six years ago. Around that time, Heirloom Roses had it, too. It remains small just like its description, which, I think is a plus. You know what you're getting for, size-wise. Good Luck! Diane
Many roses take 2-3 years to settle in and really start doing their own thing. I do not know the rose you mention, but it may just be busy growing a good root system and will burst into bloom next spring.
But most roses like water--not flooding, but a good ready supply of water at regular intervals. Perhaps try watering it more often and see if that improves it. I have a couple roses that start bursting into bloom after a couple really good waterings.
Kate
There are a few different Summer Snow roses, the floribunda, climber and a miniature. If it's the climbing version it may take a couple of years to establish and bloom. If it's one of the other two it should have given you some bloom by now. Since it's already pretty late in the season I'd wait for spring and if it doesn't bloom then I'd replace it. It is possible to just get a dud plant. It happens.
Kim,
That's it!! When I mentioned unfinished dishes in the dishwasher, that's exactly the same thing. The final rinsing hasn't been done.
I hope you are well. I and 4 legged types and flowery friends are doing very well.. My gardener whacked off the top of my overgrown lemon tree and another 5 foot bush that was now 10 feet, and I discovered a little more sunshine in my yard. Still not enough for the beautiful (and large) OGRs that I've seen, but enough for a few more common types.
Thanks again,
andrea
Thanks, Andrea, I'm fine and glad you are, also. Mineral deposits are the curse of much of our water. You should see how extreme they are in really hot, dry situations! There usually isn't much you can do about them, unless you water with filtered water and don't have any other sprinklers hitting your plants. One friend has HOA slopes behind her house. The rainbirds on the slope drench the climbers on her rear wrought iron fence and are crusted in mineral deposits. There isn't anything to do about them because it is too hot, dry and sunny to spray them with any kind of oil to prevent the minerals from drying on the foliage, leaving the deposits. Unfortunately, there is no plant "Jet Dry." Kim
@ hoov
I forgot to state that I actually tried that before to have them self-pollinate and I still get the same results: Dried up anthers with not a speck pollen on the stigmas. I even waited around for hips until the flower dried into a brown wand on the stem.
@Kim
Thank you for that useful information! I'll try that when the next blooms appear. (Hopefully my Center Gold blooms around the same time. I've read that it makes a good seed parent.) And yes, it has been more humid here than normal since it's the wet season right now.The humidity here was probably what kept my roses from releasing their pollen all year.
I see, thanks for the explanation noir and kim. I've been playing around with Agave/Manfreda crosses this year, and found the pollen wasn't appearing on some flowers until the flower was just about spent.