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Comments (36)Odyssey, Ask around to find which neighbor has the right sized hav-a-heart trap. Very ripe fruit works as a bait. This, IF and only if, you are near woods or abandoned fields. Never, ever release a groundhog in or anywhere near a tended field. They are hated because lifestock and humans can break legs in their den openings. I think the darned critters are immortal. The ones at my home in Virginia lived among some large boulders. Daddy would get a hunting permit and take them out. Next spring they were back, and were still there when I sold the place. The one in the back yard here, I called it "eternal" above. That burrow will probably have a groundhog in it long after we are goners....See MoreYour most disease resistant roses in the yellow family:
Comments (45)Thank you, Lynn for reviving this old post! I have had a lot of trial and error since writing this post back in 2014. I have lost many roses to RRV in the last couple of years, and have shovel pruned just as many because I don’t have enough yard to deal with roses that defoliate in summer. My new favorite yellow rose, and possibly my favorite rose ever is the Poets Wife. I’ve had 2 that were so healthy and constantly in bloom until I had to remove them due to RRV. I also had a Sunsprite that was tiny but always healthy and with lovely dark green foliage. I’m pretty sure it just got smothered by another rose in my garden (my fault), I just noticed it didn’t come back one year, so I’m not sure what exactly happened to it, I would definitely try growing it again in a better spot. Another stellar yellow I have found that is one heck of an aggressive climber is Golden Gate. This thing has become a monster in my yard, but it is always covered with gorgeous yellow blooms & healthy green foliage. I would recommend it to anyone with a lot of space to play with. Unfortunately GG is about to be shovel pruned as well since I noticed signs of RRV on it just the other day. I am sure my husband will be happy because this thing has taken over one whole corner of the yard & it makes mowing difficult at times. I am gutted to have had so many losses these past few years, but after a year of sulking I am trying to remain positive & see it as an opportunity to grow new things, some of which are not roses. I’ve got a mixed shrub boarder going in to sort of act as a windbreak to hopefully provide some shelter to my roses from RRV mites that might be blowing around due to the mass plantings of knock outs around all the new apartment buildings in my area. I’ve got a few types of Verbena, a mock orange, a vitex, & some rose of sharon going in. All will be shades of white and blue/purple when in bloom & I am already imagining how yellow roses would look against all the shades of blue/purple. I hope to get some roses in that boarder eventually. After a year or two of “giving up” on growing roses, I am accidentally back in full force and have several yellows that were delivered or purchased in the past few weeks that are new to me this year. I’ve got a South Africa (in part because of the comment above, I always remembered that lovely photo) from ARE & I’m going to let it leaf out a little more before putting it in the bed. I found Roald Dahl at the local nursery & was so excited to find it since it was sold out when I placed my david austin order this year. I also had to buy two more the Poets Wife, since as I mentioned above it is one of my absolute favorite roses. One PW is a bareroot directly from DA, but then when I found it again at my local nursery I had to buy a second one. It will be interesting to see if the bare root catches up the the nursery potted plant, I know some people swear bare roots will surpass a nursery pot in growth its first year, but I’ve never found that to be the case for the DA roses I have grown. I do have a 4-5 year old Teasing Georgia that is doing better than ever, which is sort of shocking to me. After being very slow to establish for several years (I did buy it from the “scratch and dent” area of the nursery & then ignore it for a couple of years so it’s not really her fault), but TG looks happier than ever this year & appears to have no signs of RRV even though the rose directly next to it was one of the worst cases of RRV in the whole yard & was removed a few months back.. We will see if it continues to be healthy in the coming months, I really don’t know what to expect anymore. I can’t tell if I’m crazy or just very hopeful for continuing to try to grow roses after loosing so many to RRV last year, but most of the knock outs nearby are dying and I’ve been in contact with the apartment building office and they seem open to the idea of removing the rest after I explained the situation, so we will see. I realized I loved them too much to just not try again. I am including acouple of photos of both Teasing Georgia and the mammoth Golden Gate that is about to be removed (this will not be easy as it is massive & very thorny- say a prayer for us)...See Morefragrance disease resistant and compact roses for my garden.
Comments (39)rosecanadian Thank you for your excellent observation. Rose tissue analysis done by U of CA at Davis showed 2.5 to 3 part nitrogen, 2 part potassium, 1 part calcium, 1/10 phosphorus and 1/10 magnesium. Each year I grow 20+ OWN-ROOT roses in pots before transferring into my rock-hard & high magnesium clay. Clothilde Soupert balled badly in a 7-gallon air-pot, there's NOT enough calcium for its zillion petals. I transferred it into my clay (made fluffy ahead with tons of gypsum OR pelletized lime plus decomposed organic matter), and NO MORE BALLING !! I grow OWN-ROOT Firefighter 4 times since 2012 with different methods of fertilizing. The first time in 2012 was a success with frequent toppings of horse manure (rich in calcium & potassium), and the 1st bloom was 5 inch. across, see below. That Firefighter gave 40+ blooms as 1st-year own-root: My 2nd Firefighter back in 2015 was only 1 foot tall & gave 3 blooms max, fertilized with MG-soluble for roses, NOT enough calcium for form its canes & blooms. My 3rd Firefighter in 2019 was a wimp at less than 6 inch. tall, and gave only 2 blooms. I burnt it with wads of high phosphorus chicken manure, plus too much high phosphorus cow manure in the planting hole. I violated the principle of 3 part nitrogen & 2 part potassium & 1 part calcium and 1/10 phosphorus. My 4th Firefighter I learned my lesson and put 8 cups of pelletized lime in 12-gallon pot WAY AHEAD of time, and let rain-water dilute the calcium throughout the soil. I fertilize with alfalfa tea for nitrogen and sulfate of potash. Zero balling despite tons of rain plus using rain water only from my 7 rain-barrels. It gives 20+ blooms so far as gallon-size own-root received from Roses Unlimited this May 2022. Pic. taken this August, it's over 3 feet tall but slender and doesn't occupy much room....See MoreWind resistant roses
Comments (59)December update: After yet another massive storm which hit my garden with 60mph winds, and a year of hindsight, here are some additional observations. Staking: works very well for everyday windy conditions. However, stakes need to be changed every few months as the rose grows, to ensure that the canes are tied almost to the top. If the cane grows more than a foot past the stake it is prone to getting snapped off at the tie-down point. Storm prep: in very high winds, staking is not enough. Even staked roses will suffer from defoliation. For large roses (3+ feet tall) I have come to accept that the simplest and easiest way to avoid storm damage is to lie the pots down on their side, facing away from the dominant wind. The rose won't mind if this only lasts for a day or two, while the worst of the storm passes through. Large roses in pots WILL get knocked over by gale-force winds anyway, so might as well pre-emptively lie them down gently. I use mostly square pots so they won't roll around. For smaller roses, or newly planted bare-root roses that have tender new growth, grouping and wrapping in burlap works very well. The burlap allows some air and light through but is a very effective windbreak. Create a tent-like structure by placing stakes that are slightly taller than the roses to drape the burlap over. Make sure the burlap is tucked firmly under the pots with no loose ends for the wind to catch, and secure with a tie around the pots. Two ties are better than one. Climbers: avoid, avoid, avoid. I only have one climber, Teasing Georgia, which did well in the spring storms, but this time around the winds actually tore her canes right off of the trellis and there was a LOT of cane breakage and defoliation. Climbers can't be laid down on their sides (although perhaps if they're on an obelisk you could?), so it is really just asking for trouble. I am keeping TG because I love her, but never again another climber. Once again the Hybrid Perpetuals were devastated. I am doing away with White Jacques Cartier this weekend, this rose just has too many flaws and I am tired of waiting for her to improve. The other two (Boufarik and Chios) will remain, for now, although Chios is also on the shortlist of roses I might get rid of at some point: it was a real PM factory this fall. Rugosas: now that they are more established, my rugosas did amazingly well against the wind. Very impressed with this class' performance here. Hulthemias : also very good performance, although they are not all equal. Eyes for You's leaves are thinner and were much more affected than the more leathery foliage of Raspberry Kiss and Orienta Aylin. HT's and Austin: I had laid a lot of them down on their sides, so they did mostly ok! Out of those that were left upright, Huddersfield Choral Society, Charles de Gaulle and Heidi Klum did the best. Charles de Gaulle even managed to cling to a bloom in the full gale winds! This rose started out so weak, but I am quite impressed with how much stronger he's getting. On the other hand, Pink Ekrixis is severely damaged, and like White JC, it's one too many flaws, so she's going away. Heritage suffered a bit, but not as badly as I had feared. Finally, Princess Anne is living up to what DA had promised, and is in relatively good shape. All of this confirms that smaller leaves with a thick, leathery appearance, and rugosa foliage is the way to go in very windy conditions. In the future, this is going to be my main selection criteria for new roses....See Morehoovb zone 9 sunset 23
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