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kublakan

Compared to the hardened roses that I've bought on Dr. Huey, this is a normal occurrence for an older bush. It always amazes me when basal breaks shoot from old wood like this.

    Bookmark     May 8, 2015 at 9:39AM Thanked by jasminerose4u, California
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jasminerose4u, California(9b)

Good to hear, Jasmine. :) Now the eartworms will make manure too.

    Bookmark     May 7, 2015 at 9:22PM
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michaelg(7a NC Mts)

mariannese:

Alfalfa is known as lucerne in some European languages. Probably commonly used in Sweden as horse feed.

1 Like    Bookmark     May 8, 2015 at 8:15AM
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Buford_NE_GA_7A(7B)

I once saw a show about how they 'make' florist roses. It was that 'how it's made' show. The roses are grown in a greenhouse. They are constantly fed fertilizer (probably a miracle gro type) through irrigation. The workers wear hazmat suits and spray them constantly. They are all about 8 feet tall when they cut them. It was quite interesting, but also informative as to why these roses, for the most part, would not do well in a garden.

    Bookmark     May 8, 2015 at 4:34AM
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ozmelodye(Z10 S-E Australia)

Wirosarian, I saw the prices of those monster(literally!) roses and all I could think of was the number of rose plants I could buy for the prices quoted! :-)

Melodye

    Bookmark     May 8, 2015 at 5:33AM
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steve_gw

My bushes are always singles especially the first flush...

    Bookmark     May 7, 2015 at 5:50PM
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sara_ann-z6bok

That's interesting Steve. I guess it can be one or the other. Most of my hybrid teas are mostly one bloom per stem with a few clusters here and there..

    Bookmark     May 8, 2015 at 3:09AM
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seil zone 6b MI

Buford is right. When the weather conditions are right PM will flourish. Hot humid muggy days with cooler nights seems to be the right conditions here.

    Bookmark     May 7, 2015 at 12:48PM
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sidos_house

I've never had it before but I do this year.

    Bookmark     May 8, 2015 at 2:54AM
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Kippy(SoCal zone 10. Sunset Zone 24)

FYI the 2g pots are on sale at HD for $8. At the apt complex we are pulling out our side bank lawns (not just not watering them) to put back some color at the top we are doing salvias and pops of Iceberg (mostly white but once I find a deal on brilliant pink those too)

    Bookmark     May 7, 2015 at 9:01PM
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jasminerose4u, California(9b)

Hi Kippy. At your suggestion, I planted Santa Babara Mexican Sage along with the Icebergs. I will post photos when they mature. They are only about 5 inches tall now. I think they will look great together.

    Bookmark     May 7, 2015 at 9:15PM
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jacqueline9CA

Congratulations on your new rose! Looks totally rescuable! I would NOT bare root it, or trim it at all until it recovers a bit - it needs all of the energy from leaves and canes it can get, and it needs its little feeder roots which would be destroyed by bare rooting. I would dig a hole the entire pot sized root ball it has now can fit in, plant it in the ground (or in a very large pot with potting soil if you cannot put it into the ground). I would just cut off the dead bits right now, and give it plenty of water (no food, no sprays). I would put some sort of shade cloth over it for a week or two.Then it will just sit there for a while, hopefully growing more roots. When it starts to put out new growth, after a few weeks, you can feed it gently. I see no reason why it would not recover completely and grow.

Jackie

    Bookmark     May 7, 2015 at 8:37PM Thanked by Buzz Saw
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seil zone 6b MI

I agree with everything Jackie said. If you decide to repot it instead of planting it in the ground do not use "grit", use a good quality potting soil. A gritty soil will not hold enough moisture and what this plant needs most right now is water. Go with a bigger pot with good drainage holes, good potting soil, keep it well watered but not soggy and find it some shade, particularly for the hottest part of the day.

    Bookmark     May 7, 2015 at 8:49PM Thanked by Buzz Saw
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seil zone 6b MI

I've never mixed two fungicides together but I would think that if you are mixing each separately at the proper ratio and then mixing the two together they would be OK.

    Bookmark     May 7, 2015 at 3:45PM
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Buford_NE_GA_7A(7B)

Yes, you still need to keep the proper ratio for each fungicide. If you are great at math, you can probably mix them in one container at one time. I would have to use seil's method. I have enough trouble figuring out how to mix one. I used to have a certain measuring cup and marks on my sprayer and now I'm using a different product and I have to start from scratch....

    Bookmark     May 7, 2015 at 5:47PM
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SoFL Rose z10

Oh wow Kublakan, Thanks. I totally will. What great advice. I'll stop by sometime this week (eeeekk :)
Our Lady does not have big flowers Jack, they are small but they are plentiful. They also hold their form for a good amount of time and last well as a cut flower. As I recall they she also had few bug problems. But I guess that may depend on where you live/put her/how many pests you have in your garden, etc.
Our Lady is one of those roses that gets so full of flowers that you have to stop and ask what kind of rose it is.

    Bookmark     April 19, 2015 at 6:52AM
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Katie

I'd like to share about an Intrigue! This was 2 Springs ago, but hang on - it gets better.

Anyway, I got one and planted it in a large decorative pot. That beautiful perfum-ey wonder bloomed about 5 times. I'm in the desert southwest, long growing season. She was so beautiful. Grew her on the morning-sun-side of the house.

Well the following Spring the aphids came, as they do, and I don't use sprays anywhere here and usually Nature takes over and either birds, or enough ladybugs, etc. take care of the aphids. Well, I didn't watch closely enough, and be darned if they didn't kill that rose.

So here we are 2 years later and after 2 years of lamenting (I truly missed that rose), today I found 2 of them at Walmart. Both had blooms on and oh how I have missed that fragrance. These will go into the ground this time and for the first time this year, we had to spray a couple of things due to aphids. Hated to do it but I will not lose another plant to them.

Tried the Dawn treatment, hosing them off daily, nope. They were still winning. I won this battle!

    Bookmark     May 7, 2015 at 4:54PM
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seil zone 6b MI

Read the directions for both very carefully. It should say if it can be mixed with any thing else or not.

    Bookmark     May 7, 2015 at 3:42PM
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rose diseaserose mosaic disease
Posted by welltraveled mcgovern May 6, 2015
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seil zone 6b MI

Do you have a question about this disease?

    Bookmark     May 7, 2015 at 3:40PM
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seil zone 6b MI

It happens from time to time. May be too much nitrogen or maybe odd weather. Either way the next bloom will probably be just fine.

1 Like    Bookmark     April 10, 2015 at 2:49PM
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Need2SeeGreen(10 (SoCal))

My Ch-Ching! is doing it too, in fact I was just about to post about it. (I am still going to post, but not about the proliferation, now that I know what it is...)

1 Like    Bookmark     May 7, 2015 at 3:15PM
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jim1961 Zone 6a Central Pa.

I just noticed our Viburnum bush is way behind and just might bloom with the roses this year... That has never happened....

    Bookmark     May 7, 2015 at 12:06PM
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nippstress - zone 5 Nebraska

Yep, we had a long coolish spring and the daffodils lasted forever - long enough to overlap with the early tulips for quite a while. Then May hit, with torrential rains so far, and WHOOSH all the tulips disappeared almost overnight, even the ones that are usually May bloomers. We counted a dismally awful 12 inches of rain starting at 8 pm and lasting all night. I was up all night wet-vacuuming the basement (my husband had to call it quits at 1 am), and the news has said at least half the basements in town are flooded, even ones that don't usually get anything. Sure wish we could send some of this rain to California - particularly with more rain expected this weekend.

Cynthia

    Bookmark     May 7, 2015 at 1:36PM
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kentucky_rose zone 6

Love your rose story and the roses are beautiful!

    Bookmark     May 7, 2015 at 3:24AM
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nanadollZ7 SWIdaho(Zone 7 Boise SW Idaho)

You have some sumptuous bouquets to beautify your home. I agree that flowers can do wonders for a room. I especially love Tamora and Oklahoma. Diane

    Bookmark     May 7, 2015 at 10:15AM
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