Central Texas Rose Enthusiasts?

avalonweddingsbcs

14 years ago

Looking for people from central texas to ask what they experience with rose problems..

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texasrosegal
14 years ago
I'm not exactly in Central Texas. I am in Plano. I experience blackspot, aphids and spidermites as my biggest challenges followed by iron choloris.
holleygarden Zone 8, East Texas
14 years ago
I'm in Tyler and Texasrosegal is spot on. But the blackspot will go away when as the days heat up. However, since you have a business that relies on your roses being beautiful year round, you will probably have to spray. Aphids don't bother me so much as you can wash them off. I've thought about planting some butterfly weed - I think that's the plant that aphids love more than roses and will go to first. Check out the Earthkind roses. They are perfect for us Texans. :)
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Oh, dear, I just found this thread and I hope I'm in time to plead for a reprieve for Martha Gonzales! Here's my story: I have Martha Gonzales, Mrs. Dudley Cross, Belinda's Dream, an unknown apricot/cream Austin that came with the house, and Francis Dubrieul planted together. Francis got blackspot and dropped every leaf, with the Austin and (gasp!) Martha G. following suit almost immediately. MDC got a few spotted leaves on the side next to the defoliated plants, but on the opposite side she remained disease free! BD, on the other side, lost a few lower leaves but she's already regrown. But here's the kicker: I have a couple of other Martha G.s across the yard from the naked one, and they're both fine! Furthermore, my second MDC, about 15 feet away from the diseased roses, has no trace of disease. Another bed across the way has SDLM, SDSA, original Gruss, and Felicia. Gruss usually loses half his leaves, but he and all his bedmates have all their leaves. It seems to me that whatever Francis had this year was something abnormally bad that his neighboring roses, normally resistant, couldn't cope with. But the good news was that it spread only to immediate neighbors but went no further. Now Martha and UNK Austin are growing new leaves, but I think I have to get rid of Francis. He's still nothing but sticks.
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You will be very pleased with Peggy Martin growing on a fence, but give it plenty of room to spread its branches. I have Crepescule on another section of fence and I love it and it is a repeat bloomer and has few thorns. Peggy Martin is thornless and has a heavy, long spring bloom and an occasional bloom in the fall. Lady Banks are very nice, but I removed mine because the bloom period is so very brief in the spring. One thing you may want to consider when you are doing a mass planting is to look for roses that are self-cleaning, (drop their petals freely). A mass of dried up blooms can be really unattractive and deadheading heading rows of these blooms is a chore. Molly
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gnabonnand
14 years ago
The roses I've grown that have had the least amount of problems are the EarthKind Roses, as holleygarden mentioned.

Randy
avalonweddingsbcs
Original Author
14 years ago
yeah.. but i want variety... I think i have more than 50 pink knockouts and about 20 reds... also got belindas dream... just looking for more colors...

Like things like double delight and scentamental... weird colors and stuff..
msjam2
14 years ago
BS is my only issue, Double Delight, Heirloom, AngelFace and Fragrant Cloud are the worst offenders in my garden.

Tournament of Roses, Easy Going, James Galway are the best performers, I can get away with not spraying them.

Spider mites attack one rose in one particular location, it doesn't matter what I planted there, it always get spider mites. So I will need to figure out what to plant in that space.
gnabonnand
14 years ago
Oops, sorry. I thought you were looking for roses that did not have problems.

Randy
avalonweddingsbcs
Original Author
14 years ago
used to go to teas nursery in houston... anyone know of a similar place in austin, dallas, ft worth, san antonio or ?

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cweathersby
14 years ago
I'm up in Texarkana. I don't spray at all. Feel free to ask any questions!
texasrosegal
14 years ago
North Haven Gardens is a good source for roses in Dallas.
sylviatexas1
14 years ago
I am the president of the Rosette De Lizy fan club:

Mine came from Antique Rose Emorium, which says that this rose seldom grows taller than 4'.

Mine is about 12' tall, overwhelming the nearest crepe myrtle, it blooms almost continuously until a hard freeze, & so far, even with a couple of 14 degree nights...it's evergreen!

The roses are beautiful, smallish hybrid-tea shaped things with cream yellow centers & raspberry edges.

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