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2013 What are your healthiest rose bushes?
Posted by kentucky_rose zone 6
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lou_texas(8a N Central TX)Updated Ducher Souveneir de la Malmaison Archduke Charles Tiffany Lamarque Sally Holmes Spice
rose rosette virus - one-third to half of all knockout roses in M
Posted by henry_kuska
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sammy zone 7 TulsaUpdated Jockewing, Henry is a scientist. If you were going to have surgery, would you make such a comment about a surgeon? Would it bother you if he/she were totally absorbed in his specialty that he did not seem to have a life? Many of u...
lets talk about blue for you
Posted by Molineux(6b)
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Prettypetals_GA_7-8Updated I love love love this rose. I purchased it at a plant sale a huge grower has in Georgia twice a yr. Mine does get blackspot and I do spray but get lazy. It's gorgeous and blooms well all summer. Does great in bouquets also. Can't ...
diagnose and advise plz.
Posted by muks29
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teka2rjleffel(z10FL)Updated I agree with Anntn. It looks like chili thrips damage. We see it often here. Nancy
Not Teasing Georgia
Posted by msjam2
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seil zone 6b MIUpdated Roses just sometimes pop out different looking blooms, different shades, different forms, etc., it happens. Any kind of change in it's environment during bud set, and that was weeks before it opened, can trigger a change in the ul...
Canadien rose
Posted by sowandgrow
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seil zone 6b MIUpdated I hope someone over there answered your question.!
Beauty in a hard world
Posted by kittymoonbeam
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kittymoonbeamUpdated I'm glad you don't think this is too odd. I think many of us rose folk use our roses to honor our pets. I love all the animals so I do it for them. Thanks for being wonderful friends.
japan new anime plants
Posted by MarquitaCamp
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jim1961 Zone 6a Central Pa.Updated
Papery Leaves
Posted by edenh(z9)
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dove_song(WA State Z6b)Updated Hmm. I have sandy soil so thanks for the "dig in 10-15% plain cat litter" tip, Michael.
Knockouts in zone 9 in partial shade
Posted by jacqueline9CA
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anntn6b(z6b TN)Updated Re shade: back when the Chihuly exhibit was at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, some of us got together to see the roses and his glass. In back of my favourite pond with some very subtle glass colors, Jody and I saw a rose blooming n...
What's happened to my Ketchup & Mustard?
Posted by gr8heather(6b)
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23Updated A weather thing, not to worry. This will become less likely as the rose becomes more and more established.
Claim, Rose rosette is caused by an organism called a phytoplasma
Posted by henry_kuska
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henry_kuskaUpdated Ann I am familar with the rose phytoplasmas litererature including the Chinese (and including the 2010 U.S. paper which I posted in this forum). http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/roses/msg0421561629709.html I started the pr...
any trouble with this pest?
Posted by jim1961 Zone 6a Central Pa.
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jim1961 Zone 6a Central Pa.Updated Gee I thought Katydids was just another name for grasshoppers... I have no doubt this Katydid ate some of the rose bloom. But I see no other damage anywhere else. So far they have not been much of a problem here either. Hope it st...
Powdery Mildew on Floribunda
Posted by gardenbug(8b)
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jerijen(Zone 10)Updated Some roses are like that -- at some times of the year, they get a touch of mildew. No biggie. Some roses have NO resistance, and mildew at the drop of a hat. And the problem is far worse in some areas than in others. Actually, if ...
Ornamental Bushes the Compliment "Knock-Outs"
Posted by jmcdmd
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jim1961 Zone 6a Central Pa.Updated There is "white out" which is not a knockout rose but is bred by the same person Bill Radler... Sunny Knockout starts out yellow but quickly fades to white... Here is a link that might be useful: White Out Rose
photos of recently discussed roses
Posted by poorbutroserich(Nashville 7a)
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andrearkUpdated poorbutroserich, I accidently clicked on your 'My Page' link. If you will click on my 'My Page', I think you'll see something weird. Not only same Bday, but we joined this forum 4 days apart. Not incredibly weird, just a little. a...
Free roses ( Chicago and NW Sub only )
Posted by tino2004(z5chicago)
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clemmielover(5)Updated Oh I'm just dying right now, like I can't complete the list suffering. I would have loved to just have seen the collection but this is the story of my life, always the last to know.
Thanks
Posted by jessaka
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roseseek(9)Updated Congratulations! Kim
I haven't seen this before
Posted by pat_bamaz7
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kittymoonbeamUpdated Lucky frog. That looks like a soft place to rest.
Anyone know what did this?
Posted by deervssteve(9)
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meredith_e Z7b, Piedmont of NC, 1000' elevationUpdated I have a bunch of rose slugs this time of year. I'm hoping the birds notice them. I may do a bit of spinosad on some roses that are crazy with them to bump down the population a notch, but I may wait till the spring hatch since fr...
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