22,153 Garden Web Discussions | Roses
Nanadoll - thanks for the reminder to check hmf for synonymous of roses that I'm interested in - I tooo liked the look of Julia Child and regretted it's seeming lack of availability. Absolutely Fabulous is however, available pretty much everywhere!
...I grew William Baffin many years ago over here, and found it quite a vigorous rose and a sprawler.. canes flying out everywhere... I certainly wouldn't want to grow it in a pot... I grew it up an arch and it was a bit of a struggle getting all those canes to the support, but it was a generous flowerer, I give it that..
Thanks! I had a lady stop by this afternoon to ask me what kind of roses they are. I told her and she said her's didn't look anything like that. She's right, they don't they are about 6 ft tall and sparse on blooms. She said they'd never been pruned and of course she didn't know anything about feeding them. As I drive down our street every 2nd or 3rd house have red KOs in their flower beds and many look terrible. KOs may be easy to take care of but they still need some care. You can't just stick them in the ground and not do anything with them.
Yes that can happen if the rose was delivered in a peat substrata not containing wetting agent that dried up before getting watered. The trick in such cases is to soak the rootball thoroughly in a bucket of water squeezing gently until bubbles stop coming out.
Thank you everyone this is what I have done so far to my poor plant....I buit it a little raised garden bed till I can get the rest of it cleaned out around it and plant more flowers. This spot gets sun most of the Day...it doesn't look pretty right now but I plan on fixing that soon. This was all I had around the house right now.
Ping Lim no longer works with Bailey's. I had read that Bailey's was investing less in the rose business. About cried when I read this. Was afraid these gorgeous healthy roses would be become difficult to find. Mr. Lim's website indicates that his roses may purchased directly from him but I did not exactly understand the process. If anyone else does please let me know. They also appear to be selling them grafted. I like own root.
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Last year we bought a Como Park rose and planted it in a border along the front of our yard . It was full of beautiful flowers all summer . This spring it's very hearty and has two runners approximately 2 to 3 feet from the original plant. Has anyone else experienced having runners ? I cannot remember which retailer we purchased it from . Does anyone know where the Easy Elegance roses are sold ?
I found this page when searching after noticing earwigs around our newly planted bushes here in a Greece. They are reddish rather than dark as in Ontario, Canada. There are only a few just yet and I appreciate the many suggestions to combat them if they become a menace to the plants.
On a note to Jeri in ER. I remember candelling the ears of a friend of mine who came complaining of feeling that something was inside and sure enough what was drawn out was part of a earwig - the unmistakable horned bit. So just to know there is a quick, safe and easy remedy for much more than earwigs. Thanks for all the good advice!
There are two different things. The leaves with dark spots have a fungus disease, probably cercospora spot. This is usually not very aggressive. I would just pick off the spotted leaves and wait for the weather to change.
The general paling to yellow-green could be from too much water or too little nitrogen or some other nutritional issue..
When you bring questions here, please tell us where you live. Also a sharp closeup of a spotted leaf and a pale leaf might help someone improve on my guesswork.
Don't know enough to say anyting on the third picture. But your first two pictures look fine to me. I don't spray and you should see my roses later during the year.. :) I would not be bothered by the first two pictures. Where I live, foliage fogual disease is par far course.
I have had My Eden( I have Two) for Three yrs I think ,last year I had to cut her down severely. One looks pretty dead and the other Alive . If I ever see L.D. Braithwaite definitely getting it I need another red DA. What are your view on Evelyn or Heritage
I haven't had any of them long enough to judge. They're all new this season. Jude isn't even here yet!
Haven't been to Vandermeer but a lady I met through the local iris society works there on weekends, so I definitely plan to go this year and say hello.
I was hoping someone would say five, four would be okay, I hope it doesn't stay as short as three where I want to plant it. My other solution would be to just pot it, but I really think this rose would look prettiest in the ground.
I'm sorry to hear that Sean McCann passed away. He once interviewed me by e-mail for his column in the American Rose. A very nice gentleman but I had some trouble explaining that my conditions for growing roses were not quite as hard as on the same latitude in Alaska.
I've never tried to breed roses even for fun. But a friend gave me a nice cross between a rugosa and a gallica she found in her garden. It's perhaps 'Louise Bugnet x L'Evêque and some some years it's the first rose to bloom in spring. Pink, of course. 
Just looked it up. It's similar to the Cornell (University) formula for mildew. My recipe called for the liquid soap, and Cornell's uses vegetable oil. Both recipes use baking soda. I just made a quart at a time, but Cornell's is for a gallon, and uses larger amounts--a tablespoon of each ingredient instead of a teaspoon. Diane
There are lots of sprays that will control PM. Peroxide works if you have a formula that doesn't burn foliage. Baking soda is about as effective as potassium bicarb but somewhat more likely to burn. "Remedy" and "Green Cure" are just two brand names for the K product--read labels.
In addition to using the iron product, I would check the pH, and if it is above 7, apply 1/2 cup of sulfur per square yard to gradually acidify. the soil.