how many roses do you grow?
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How many unscented roses do you allow?
Comments (49)I definitely prefer scented roses. Scented flowers of any kind, actually! Ever since the first time my Casablanca lilies filled my yard with their ridiculously great fragrance I have been hooked! If they don't have scent then they need to have other factors in their favour, such as being floriferous, hardy, low-maintenance, nice foliage. For example: I like my hydrangeas and daylilies for their long-flowering and my weigelas and dogwood for their low-maintenance. But if they have scent then I'm in heaven, and so I have a butterfly bush, some scented Viburnums, Peonies, Oriental lilies, Bearded Iris, Lilacs, Summer Phlox, and others! And, of course, Roses. As for roses, if I had my way they would all be extremely fragrant! But also repeat-flowering, hardy, and disease-free (I don't spray). So with this combo in mind I have a mix of fragrant and non (or low) fragrance roses, while also keeping a keen eye on what Kordes and others are doing every year. Flower form and colour have less interest to me than the other characteristics I mentioned, though I will say that I do like nice flower forms. Wedding Bells is my favourite flower form, I think. The first roses I grew were flower carpets and knockouts. I still have a row of three double knockouts that actually give a wafting, light tea fragrance detectable within about 10 feet of the roses. My big Rugosa experiment was a failure (I could barely detect any fragrance, but the Japanese Beetles did and swarmed them), and I have gotten mixed results from some floribundas (scent is usually good, but disease resistance is hit and miss in this black spot magnet area). Last year was my first year with tea roses (some Kordes varieties) so hopefully this year I get a better sense of what they can do. So I would say my fragrant/non-fragrant is about half and half, with hopefully moving towards more fragrant as I find more varieties that work for me. So among the non-fragrant I have roses like the Double Knockouts, Bonica, Campfire, Morden Blush, and some tiny Oso Easy shrub roses. I may add a Fairy rose. My best scented roses have been Honey Perfume, Julia Child, and Dark Desire, and every year I'm going to find a new spot or two for a new, scented rose....See MoreHow many of you grow old-fashioned roses?
Comments (2)I have a couple. I have no idea what their names are. The red is my favorite. This big pink one, I was just talkign about yanking, because I didnt remember ever seeing it bloom. close-up The color on this one is more accurately a pale pink This shows the more truer color Tammy...See MoreHow many varieties do you grow?
Comments (4)Woco, you can make a friend out of the chef at a restaurant and find out what they want. Let them give you a list of things they have trouble getting fresh. These guys don't understand growing, seasons, etc. so they may have unrealistic expectations. Don't laugh at them just get their list and think about what you can supply. You should also have a list of your own when you show up. Things you like to grow. Choose some that you can supply over a long season or that would be difficult to ship from other locations. A good place to start is one of the instructors at your local culinary arts program. They enjoy providing their chefs with resources and talk to those guys all the time. They can provide you with leads. Of course, if you dine at upscale restaurants . . . You may be surprised. We sell lots of arugula and celeriac to a restaurant. We didn't make any arrangements they just show up at the market. If you want to grow a variety, sell at a farmers' market. Always have a little something unusual  as a conversation starter, if for no other reason. You'll still need to specialize a bit so that you can have a crop in quantity. We do that and try to have a crop available for a long season. Americans often have trouble understanding the seasonality of produce and we are all creatures of habit. "Oh, I loved those Sugar Snap peas we got here last month, where was that guy with the peas? There he is! LetÂs go get some more." Steve...See MoreHow do you grow roses from seed?
Comments (0)Cut the rose hips off when they are red and ripe but not wrinkled. Plant the hip in a pot that has damp peat moss in it( or seed growing soil). Place outside to allow to freeze. In around the begining of May bring the pot inside and extract the seeds and place them in a dish of water. Seeds that float will not be fertile so choose only the ones that sink to the bottom. Start these seeds like any other seeds by planting them in a sterile seedling type mix. Keep damp but not wet. When the seeds have their second set of leaves then use a mild fertilzer at half strength weekly. Many will be wild type single pink roses but others may be very interesting and worth saving....See MorenanadollZ7 SWIdaho
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