How is your Rose of Sharon doing?
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How to over winter baby Blue Satin Rose of sharon
Comments (5)I did not mention, the four that I found at the nursery later after my earlier started cuttings had just begun to root. One of the four I purchased at the nursery looked like it was struggling at the time I purchased it. It clearly had a thcker trunk and was about 8 inches tall. I brought it home and transplanted it to a 3 gallon pot. It too has been growing under the oak tree. Now it has abundant and nice dark leaves, and its main leader trunk is about 1/4th inch thick. All summer long its flower buds just dried up. I think that might have been due to the amount of shade where it was located. when I purchased that larger one, I also found three more that were in 4 inch pots. Their trunks are about 1/8th inch thick now, and have developed lots of dark green leaves and has bloomed a little under the dappled afternoon shade of the oak tree. At Ken's advice I took those 4 young potted starts out and set them just south of some taller azaleas, west of a still young camelia, and a few feet just east of my house. It seems reasonable that they will survive the winter if I dump them out of the pots to plant and over winter them in that location. But I am still concerned about the rooted cuttings that have been staying alive in 6 inch pots under my oak tree. They look healthy now, and I know I need to take them out from under so much shade. The fact that their main leader trunks are only about 1/32 or just slightly thicker, makes me doubt that they can survive our outside winter condtions, even when they go dormant. I do not have a greenhouse, but should I find someone with one, who is willing to over winter these 4 smallest ones in their greenhouse for me?...See MoreHow is your Rose of Sharon doing now - Part 2?
Comments (14)Hi. I was pretty happy with my ROS 'Blue Satin' which i purchased this year,until now,when two of buds are open a little and show the colour.It is not blue!!! and any shade of blue,it's brownish pink,or pale burgundy.I wanted blue ROS very much.Does anyone grows Blue Satin? What colour in buds your ROS 'Blue Satin'shows? Please,be patient with me and reply.Thanks in advance- Hala....See MoreHAVE: Rose of Sharon cuttings/how do you harvest seeds?
Comments (6)Rose of Sharon seed pods, if left the proper amount of time, will eventually turn brown and even start to split. Even when they split, they don't readily release the seeds. Some varieties, most doubles, will produce what looks like seed pods, but there won't be any seeds in them. My double red, double white, and light pink with maroon specks produce pods with no seeds. My double lavender does however produce pods with seeds. There are a lot fewer seeds in the double lavender than there are in any of the pods from the single ones....See Morehow to attract ladybugs-aphids on my Rose of Sharon?
Comments (1)pieheart, if you remove all the tips of the plant, will that take care of them? Or at least reduce the population on the plant until the ladybugs land? We have to believe that they are on the way. Do not forget to bag the prunings and dispose of them with finality. I often think that the phrase 'nip in the bud' originated with an aphids infestation....See Morewayner2000
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