What do Moss roses like?
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Spider mites: what roses do they like less ?
Comments (1)Spider mites are worse when insecticides are used and irrigation is inadequate. Insecticides kill off the predators of spider mites without affecting the spider mites (which, since they are arachnids, not insects, are not significantly affected by insecticides). So I would say the roses spider mites like least are the adequately watered roses that host spider mite predators. Recommended controls are sprays of water, adequate irrigation, insecticidal soap or agricultural oils. Here is a link that might be useful: Controlling Spider Mites....See MoreWhat do you think of these Moss roses?
Comments (14)Thank you for mentioning Waldtraut, Pamela! Back in the 90s, a very lovely lady approached me at a Huntington Old Rose Symposium, asking if I would bud her a Waldtraut Neilson. I was propagating roses heavily for them as a volunteer at the time. The next day, I went to the Study Plot to see what I was up against and found an ENORMOUS, thorny tangle of very thick, extremely armed canes. I went to Clair Martin and told him of the request, also that Waldtraut had layered itself so there was an own root plant of it to be potted. I asked permission to pot it for her so she could buy it at the plant sale associated with the symposium. He, of course, said yes. The next time I saw her, I asked what I'd done to offend her! She gasped, "Nothing! Why?" I continued that I'd looked at Waldtraut and figured trying to FIND buds among that proliferation of prickles, then trying to REMOVE one without serious injury must have been meant as penance for some accidental insult or injury! She laughed, saying she had a beautiful teenage daughter at home and thought Waldtraut the perfect "security plant" to place under her bedroom window. She was thrilled with the layered plant, purchasing it at the sale and, I presume, it enjoyed its security duty back home in the Bay Area! That was my "introduction" to Waldtraut Neilson. I grew it in Newhall for some time where it resisted every attempt I made to make use of its vigor and beauty in breeding. Gabrielle Noyelle grew nearly as large and provided a regular offering of her almost apricot, pink, double flowers. She faded very early in that extreme heat and light, but remained acceptably healthy, other than the expected mildew when it was around. Golden Moss was a bit shy blooming there and grown primarily for its historic value. Goldmoss, the yellow floribunda moss from Ralph Moore flowered much more reliably and was much more yellow. That and Rougemoss, remained traditional floribunda size and productive. I'd plant Fakir's Delight again if there were room. Bracteata-Moss with such dense, hooked prickles, you can easily grab a thick cane and move it anywhere you wish without injury, like a Fakir's bed of nails. Flowering regularly with peach scented, pale yellow tints in the many folds of the OGR shape, fading white. It would probably make a tremendous security plant, particularly trained along a fence for support. His Lady Moss is as elegant and refined as any moss you can imagine. Taller than most floribundas, but it blooms as regularly and reliably as you'd expect. Don't forget about Mme. de la Roche-Lambert. Remarkably fragrant with a strong spring flush here and a lighter fall flush in a rich crimson-purple. I've always felt we should provide room for the more modern mosses to prevent their loss. Parkzauber, Blue Boy, Black Boy, Cee Dee Moss, any and all of the moss minis...they're probably far more endangered than any of the Nineteenth Century and earlier cultivars we can mention. Each is as suitable and healthy in the proper climate as the other and each has its own panache. Kim...See Moreneed moss ID'd please - looks like mini roses !
Comments (6)"I'm curious as to what they look like when not fertile." Well, here's what Polytrichum ohioense looks like when it's just growing vegetatively: There're also a few old spore capsules in there... I don't have any pictures of Polytrichum juniperinum, though--only saw it once and didn't have time for photography. I look forward to seeing more images of these guys. Polytrichum's one of my favorite mosses. "By the way Patrick, your pictures on your home page are amazing! I had a 3.1 digital Nikon, and just upgraded to a 6.1 Kodak. May I ask what digital camera you use to take your photos?" Thanks! Right now I'm using a Canon Digital Rebel, a digital SLR. I've had this camera since the December before last and before that I was using a Nikon Coolpix 4500 (or, earlier still, a Coolpix 995). On the web page, the smaller images were taken with the Coolpix, the larger images with the Digital Rebel. The difference in size is just the result of a change in my preferences for web photo sizing, rather than anything to do with the cameras themselves. Patrick Alexander...See MoreWhat is a Moss rose?
Comments (0)A Moss rose is a Centifolia that sported many years ago to the same type but one with a green or brown "moss like" sticky growth around the sepals and flower stalks. They bloom in midsummer and have a lovely sweet fragrance. They are the same type bush as the Centifolias....See Morejerijen
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