22,153 Garden Web Discussions | Roses

I wish they would sell a pot like jerijen describes! Incidentally, what is the diameter of a 20 gallon pot, I wonder? I am thinking of moving a potted rose, pot and all, from the back garden to the front of my house, but am concerned because there was a lot of coal ash in the front when I took up the concrete.

I'd go measure one for you, but they're all in the ground here and there. :-)

Jeri

Do you grow onions? My sister grew onions in the winter. She harvested them in spring and disposed of the big leaves. You put those leaves around the young rose plants and no rabbits will come even close to them.

I was confronted with the terrible knowledge today that my baby is a killer.

I recommend a terrier as rabbit prevention and deterrent.

Ick.

Posted by Lady_of_Shalott FL 9b (My Page) on Sun, Jun 16, 13 at 17:48

I don't know the official name of the large stripped one.

Posted by susan4952 5 (My Page) on Sun, Jun 16, 13 at 0:22

The "garden helper" also seems to like flowers =)

It looks like 'Rock & Roll'.

Very nice!

Here is a link that might be useful: 'Rock & Roll' @ helpmefind

Hi there,

I have this rose in the garden; pls see pic. It is packed by C/R Roses, Inc. Tyler, TX. It has a pleasant fragrance but not as heavy as I like them. Good luck finding it.

Nerry

What a dumb name. Next up, 'Democratic Saudi Arabia'?

A half cup (8 TB) of 12-0-0, half of it fast release N, is a whole lot of N unless you are spreading it on a 6' x 6' area. Unlike some others, I fertilize my new plants, but lightly. One or two TB won't hurt.

My new babies (very large for new) will get 2 Tbsp. tonight and then water. They have already had quite a few blooms, but I deadhead as soon as they are fully open. So no blooms at the moment.

Will send photos when both old and new are in bloom.

Thank you all so very much.

andrea

Here is my vavoom from bareroot last year.
This bloom was last year's first bloom.

Vavoom's color never fade.
I never have to spray anything on it.
Vavoom never has any desease problem.

It is repeated blooming.

This is the second year from bareroot. It is almost 1 meter's tall. Very healthy leaves. I like it a lot.

The only con I could think of is, this rose is supposed to be very fragrant from the nursery's webpage. I do not smell that strong fragrance at all.

My Vavoom has struggled..but this year..about year three it looks great!

Ack, I'm not sure why that posted so many times. Sorry for the triple post.

Use less? Truthfully? I wouldn't use it at all.

Jeri

That is just beautiful! Your roses aren't blooming yet?

Thank you, Socks, Unfortunately it is made of cotton. So I won't expect to it last but one season. I did scotch gard it, in hopes of making it last longer.

I had a first flush from all of them, and now they are setting new buds. 7 of them were new this year, and 3 are in their second year. 2 of those 7 were bare root and have only been in the ground 2 weeks. But they are taking off.

I will say, Barbra Streisand is a prolific bloomer. I think she outbloomed everything else, and she is a new rose this year. She isn't tall, but she is mighty.

Scott in PA

I just posted another message about heat tolerance.

You won't believe this (or you may) but the rose I love most and just bragged about being high heat and potent sunshine tolerant is Brandy, the grandparent of your Strike it Rich. The reason I looked is that your baby looks a lot like Brandy. (at least from a distance) Brandy is a solid color but definitely similar.

andrea

Cool! Great pics! 100's man I'm sweating just thinking
about it...

Are they only at the bottom of the plant? Is is speading? Are they on all plants? They could be the plant shedding old leaves, which will sometimes show disease because they are weak.

On the moving, moving while dormant is always preferred, but if you have to do it sooner, go for it.

I'm doubting blackspot as well. I have alot of experience with blackspot on my roses here in 7b S.C. May I ask if you have sprayed these roses with anything recently, or sprayed around them?

This rose is to replace a rosebush that was there for years until her neighbors accidentally destroyed it.

The old rosebush just grew straight up. It didn't require any sort of pruning, tying, or training.

What sort of red climbing rose does that?

The Brooklyn Botanical Garden has a number of well-established Dublin Bay. If you go this week, I should still catch the end of the Spring bloom cycle. You can take a look and see if you like it. Blaze is rose red, not true red, and the color scheme is similar to red double knockout (i.e., purplish reddish/deep pink).

Also, get Blaze Improved, which reportedly has better repeat. I have BI, which is not spetacular, but the flowers last and last.... It is starting to defoliate now, though, because of blackspot. I have BI growing by the side of Laguna, whch is another climber that does very well in our area and is also purplish/rose pink. The NY Botanical Garden has several breathtaking Laguna specimans.

Laguna has better flower form, is more fragrant, more disease resistant, but is armed with far, far more thorns than BI and stiffer canes, which makes it a little hard to train.

Thanks for the replies!
I think i forgot to elaborate, silly me.lol
The pots are on a tub and I placed salt around the bases of the pots.
The tubs are on a concrete floor and all the excess water (Rain, etc) go down a sewage drain.

Good idea, I might try bayer, but here, in Nottingham, we only have the spray type.

I have already finished all the salt and will plan on getting some organic slug killer.
Don't worry, no pets here.
Thou I should consider my neighbour's cat.
I NEED perfect roses! I love my little babies and I don't want anything happening to them! :)
Those slugs cause hefty lot of damage and it was evident from my poor little chrysanthemum.

Thanks for the replies and advice!

~Noacceptance772

My most favorite quote is by Jack Harkness in his book Roses published in 1978. I think what he wrote still holds true:

"Roses are food for insects and fungi, both of whom must be deeply grateful to mankind for planting so many larders for them. The chemical industry provides specifics to deal with them; and, as they are apt to improve their products one after the other, like bell ringers waiting for their turn on the rope, there is a strong chance that between my writing your your reading X will be withdrawn and Y will be sold instead. Learn to recognize the more important troubles you are likely to meet; and then obtain from your garden shop the appropriate specific. Apply it promptly because propagation in the world of insects and fungi occurs as fast as a brush fire."

I don't think it matters whether the "specific" used is considered organic or chemical. In Harkness's time, gardeners relied more on chemical solutions than many of us do today for many garden problems.

Smiles,
Lyn

Thanks for sharing another lovely picture, Steve. Seems like Olympiad stays pretty a long time. Jeri - I don't think you are being contrary about it having a light fragrance, after all fragrance is subjective. The other evening my daughter took a whiff of a Midas Touch and acted like it was almost intoxicating, to me it has a very light fragrance. Grand Amore is another lovely red, I do like to try the different reds to compare them and there are several really good ones.

Also I noticed she seems to shoot out three branches where ever i cut a rose off (all my other HT only shoot out one, rarely two) which makes her a much bushier shape than normal HT roses. She also puts out flower on each of those three shoots, so she's very floriforous. Has anyone else noticed this about her? I wonder if this is her nature or if its the Rose Tone i gave her. I give all my roses rose tone but I accidentally gave her a very large helping of it and she seems to have loved it. (Luckily because we all know over fertilizing can be disastrous!)