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jackie_o_gw

Have you ever seen a runty rose make a comeback?

jackie_o
15 years ago

I just love the blooms on Star of the Nile. Alas, it's never gotten more than a foot and a half tall. It gets blackspot pretty badly and I always think it's going to be gone after winter. It's still got green and it's alive but I don't know what to do to it to make it healthier and GROW.

I got it from Heirloom in 2004. I had it in a pot the first summer and then planted it in a prime sunny, good soil location. I'm thinking of digging it up and potting it to keep it close and really control the water/fertilizer etc. I don't spray for blackspot so maybe that is weakening this plant too much? Or maybe it was just a weak clone?

What do you think? Have you ever given a rose that much time and it eventually came around?

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