Lets Talk Roses, June

thonotorose

15 years ago

Not a rose. Purple Magic hybrid hibiscus.

KongKreet Dragon

Coffee anyone? The view from my table.

Wrightia Religiosa is in the aqua green pot on the sidewalk.

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olyagrove
15 years ago
Yes, indeed, lets talk roses!
Lovely orchid, by the way (Epicattleya El Hatillo)

Which roses are doing well for you right now?
I am quite happy with Burgundy Iceberg - the flowers are not as deep burgundy as they were in cooler months, but lots of nice foliage and flowers
Continuing with modern roses (which I do not grow a lot), I have been quite pleased with Christopher Marlowe (English Rose)

Caldwell Pink is showing off, quite a happy rose for the climate.
Oh, and I recently found Crystal Fairy in HD! Cutest little thing: lots of happy leaves and small white flowers

Which roses are doing well for you guys?
Olya
thonotorose
Original Author
15 years ago
William R Smith, Tea Rose, first bloom of band.

Madame Berkeley, Tea

Pink Pet, one spray.

Blanche Lafitte, bourbon and tea?, bourbon and china? Very lovely, very scented, very good bloomer.

I have just received an order from Roses Unlimited; Bella Via, General Jack and Maitland White. I am expecting Pierre Notting and Jeri Jennings to be delivered by tomorrow. I did it again! The first three were from a half price sale. The next two were because I again had to ask myself "Why are you getting these roses when those are the ones you REALLY want?" (But, I DO want them all! And more... Lol...)
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There isn't any way around it, when you spray something to kill something, you're going to kill something else. Pyrethrins aren't any less toxic to bees and is likely more so to other beneficials than Spinosad. For me, the Spinosad makes more sense because I have less slug and far more leaf miner to deal with. And, I just like the idea of it being bacterial than chemical. According to Oregon State University, pyrethrins are toxic to honey bees. If you were to spray at dusk when bee activity is less, you'll probably affect fewer of them, mostly those who try to spend the night in your rose flowers. They're the culprits for my bee stings. They always happen when deadheading and it's always due to my grabbing the bloom to be cut and awakening the sleeping bee. Oregon State says: Pyrethrins are highly toxic to fish and tadpoles. They affect their skin touch receptors and balance organs (4). Ã¯Â¿Â½ Pyrethrins are toxic to beneficial insect (such as honeybees) and many aquatic invertebrates (4). Ã¯Â¿Â½ Pyrethrins are low in toxicity to humans, other mammals, and birds (4). So, even though they're not as toxic as many others, they do have toxicity to fish, tadpoles and bees, like everything else does. Kim Here is a link that might be useful: Pyrethrins at Oregon State
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Prairie_northrose, I generally do not fuss very much with the soil for my rose seedlings, it's just spaded over with some peat moss added if need be. Though, the soil does tend to be lean and I give them a few light feedings of a triple 20 fertilizer scratched into the surface prior to watering. Otherwise, for specimen plants, I'll turn the soil over about 15 inches deep and amend with peat moss and compost or manure. The above roses were some of my healthier seedlings, especially the light pink one. Normally, I mulch whatever flowerbeds I can to keep the weeds down, though I haven't had enough mulch on hand to do the roses and maybe that's a good thing due to the possibility of the mulch harboring black spot spores.
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Gatormom, Consider yourself infected! Lol.. Start with the Duchess de Brabant, if you get a chance. Mine is covered with buds and I will be posting a pic when she is just right. Cupped and lovely pink, very fragrant, nearly thornless. Very healthy! Wow, Laura! Mine is in a 30 gallon tree pot, crammed between the well house and a shed, up against a fence and quite sun deprived. I hope that will hold her down. Marcia and Susan, I do think that it is CS. One trait is that the bloom edge forms a perfect circle rather then the raggedy edge of your Spice. It is also a white with a shadow of pink at times. In the winter when I first saw the buds they had guard petals that were quite pink and when they opened the center also had a pink cast. And it definitely is a climber, long limber canes all over the place. That spray in the photo had a total of fourteen blooms! And it is a lateral off the first cane the band threw up. I am so excited to see what the REST of the canes do. I like that Miss Caroline. If she is scented, then she is welcome here.
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this is the base of Marcheal Neil. This rose has been in this place for about 5 years and is own root. I think it is just now getting established. And MN growing across the front of the house. The canes a very flexible and are reaching over way past the bird feeder. I estimate 20 feet. Lastly is E. Veyrat Hermanos. This rose has been in that pot for eleven months. I am wrapping the canes around the pine and it is COVERED with new growth and ready to explode in bloom. This one is grafted to fortuniana and was purchased at the last Central Florida Heritage Rose Society sale at their big fundraiser. I believe that this sale (if it takes place again this year) will happen on the Sunday of the same weekend of the USF sale.
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thonotorose
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15 years ago
I have a plan for those two pine trees. Our drive is just on the other side of them and right past those wonderful looking woods is Knights Griffin Rd. We are not as country as one would think from that photo.

My dream is to get those two pines topped at 15 feet, make a very large raised bed over the toxic rubble landfill and grow ginormous climbers spiralling up them and fountaining out on an umbrella-like structure attached to the top.

Though it is true that much of the remaining trunks would rot, the stumps we have, that were here when we moved in '01, all have a rigid center section of heartwood or fatwood that is very strong.

I already have one of the roses. E Veyrat Hermosa is on the right trellis (in the garden pic above), in a very large pot and is grafted to Fort.

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