When do you prune roses in NorCal?
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potting up plumeria when not dormant? Overwintering in Nor. Cal
Comments (1)Hi Trunorth, yes there seems to be a few of us trying to to grow this beautiful plant here in in NorCal. I am in Novato, just north of San Francisco, and came back from a Hawaiian vacation at the end of June -arms loaded with cuttings - and have a small forest of plumeria 'sticks'. Almost all of them are slowly putting out leaves. But with the cool summer we are having here, I have little hope of getting blooms. Anyway, there are a couple of people here you may find helpful. Tdogdad (Bill) lives in SoCal but is a tremendous source of information and patience, which in my case is very helpful and Sunseeker53 must live up here somewhere and seems to be very successful at growing Plumeria. I personally, would not do anything with your plumeria until it goes dormant. It seems that most people in our zones (10, 10a, 10b) just stop watering the plants when they show signs of going dormant and either put them in the garage or somewhere protected and forget about them until they start to show signs of life. However, I am not the most knowledgeable of people here. Someone else may have better info for you, so I wouldn't do anything until I heard from someone who knows a lot more than me! I stumbled across this site several years ago when I got my first plumeria and it has been a wealth of information ever since! It is now my 'go-to' place for all of my gardening questions. Have a little patience and someone (much more knowledgable than me) will get back to you soon with a more definitive answer. Have fun! Les PS: I am in the same situation with my husband as you are with your BF. My husband just thinks it's hilarious that I am still trying to grow these plants, since I have yet to get a bloom! And yet we just went down to Armstrong nursery today to pick out a 6' tall Plumeria that he is buying for me (50% off! Even he couldn't pass that deal up!)...See MoreWhen do I prune my roses?
Comments (2)Hello Monica, Pruning when the forsythia blooms is a good guide. I usually prune early to mid April. You can also tell when the roses are ready to by the swelling of the buds on the stems. Hybrid teas and floribundas are usually pruned harder than shrub roses, which you can prune for shape. Your ground cover roses, may not need much pruning. If they were about the height I wanted, I would probably shear them with hedge shears and clean up with pruners. You can remove dead wood from your roses any time of year. If you have roses that are once blooming (June only), do not prune them in spring or you'll cut off the blooms. Once bloomers are pruned right after they finish blooming. I'm in the Utah Rose Society and would like to direct you to the URS website www.utah-rose.com. You can read some info about many rose topics there, and there is contact information for the number of local Consulting Rosarians. If you have specific questions you can call any of them on the phone and they'd be happy to answer your questions. If you email, Jerry and June are the ones that read their email most often. You can also check out Bob Bauer's website. He's a SLC rosarian who also is the URS webmaster, and has his own rose site www.rose-roses.com. Here's a quote from his site on fall pruning. Preventitive Fall Pruning For those areas with true winter seasons, you should get your roses ready for their winter sleep after the first killing frost or BEFORE the first big winter snowstorm. The reason you want to prune at this time is to prevent winter damage to the plant from the breaking off of large canes. Take a look at each bush and lop off all of the large candelabras on the end of tall canes. This is the point at which accumulating snow can breat the whole cane off. Also big crossing branches need to be removed so that they don't saw each other to death during winter wind storms. Any long whiplike canes that could cause damage to itself or other plants should be removed. DO NOT, however do your major pruning at this time. Your roses need to use the stored energy from the canes in order to survive winter in a health fashion. Major Pruning of modern recurrent varieties should only be done in the spring in areas with a true winter. If you find yourself interested in the Society, we meet the third Thursday of every month except January and I would encourage you to come check out a meeting. Here's a link to Bob's Spring pruning page. Barb Here is a link that might be useful: spring pruning...See MoreNorCal east bay - roses are in at Alden Nursery in Livermore
Comments (23)Cori Ann, that's great that you're getting your doctorate. Keep pursuing your education! Wish I had done more.. I haven't had much college. Got an AA in Fashion Design way back in the '70s, but never did anything with it. Got married instead. Diane, that's beautiful!! I would think you'd be used to that kind of snow? Here we get about one or two snow days per yr. Everything shuts down for 2" worth! But then, it's probably a good thing. Most of the drivers here don't know how to drive in rain let alone snow and ice! I'm going to the store tonight to get some groceries, and I wonder if I should have my husband get the generator out. Might need some gas. They say these two storms that are coming in the next 5 or so days are going to be similar to (or worse than) the one we had in 2005. Our power was out for 5 days and we finally went and got the generator, but by the time we got home with it, the power was back on! I sure hope we don't have another one like that one. It's colder now than it was then!...See MoreNew house, new to gardening, many questions - NorCal 9a
Comments (20)Will think about putting a tangelo tree in the corner this coming spring, then, with a bit of preparation. I also have a dwarf lemon that I want to put in the ground, and the property has a new mandarin as well. I think I'll try to put all the fruit trees besides the citrus by the chicken coop so they're not mucking up the other areas and I think chickens, when we get them, will eat the fallen fruit. Re: roses, DeniseBecker and socalnolympia - didn't like Double Delight, way too sharp of a color delineation, Peace is nice. Didn't like Golden Celebration either, they're too.. full, packed, not the classic rose shape. Love Mr Lincoln, and I believe I was looking at Chrysler Imperial some time ago due to their relative sun tolerance. Dig Doug: Thanks for the idea, but far too developed for me. I don't really want to add stonework, gravel, mulch, etc. I want the grass to be easy to be contiguous throughout the yard, and easy to cut....See Moregardenguru1950
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