Floppy Teas; and Spring
Melissa Northern Italy zone 8
9 years ago
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First rose of spring - Georgetown Tea
Comments (11)Are we starved for roses, or what! Let's see, Carol. My other Mme Lambards are "Sawyer Plot Tea" and two roses I've collected (with others): "Standeford Plot Tea" and "Bridgeway Sausalito Tea." Carol, my roses went very dormant this year, more dormant than I've ever seen. It might have been the result of the drought. Mme Lambard and several Cochets lost enough foliage that I actually saw foliage bud breaks on defoliated canes for the first time ever. It'd say I saw 50 to 70 percent defoliation on the Teas. I stopped pruning when the March rains hit. I don't prune in the rain after a very bad experience once year. Guess pruning will have to wait another year. I shot that with a Nikon 40DX. The light on an overcast spring day was about perfect to get a nice shot that captured all the new foliage color without burning out the highlights on the petals. The light gets harsh here by end of May....See More5th Annual Spring Garden Tour & Tea, May 12, Springfield
Comments (1)bump... since it's past May 12. Sounds like it was a great time....See MoreLast Tuesday of Spring TEA
Comments (1)Maybe this should bump down....See Morespring pruning of hybrid tea roses
Comments (6)Thank Christopher, I was. I am not that familiar with the PNW, but I have rose friends there and I don't think they have pruned yet. It's really up to you. I normally get roses leafing out at this time of year because we do get mild winters (even though we get frosts and freezing temps). Especially the roses that get a lot of sun. As I've said, every time I don't prune because it's already leafed out, I regret it. And I usually have to prune a lot after the first flush. And we are all victims of the weather. In 2007 we had a very warm winter and my roses were almost fully leafed out in early March. I did prune some. But many were full of buds or in bloom at the end of March. Then we had a disastrous hard frost on April 7th and 8th, Easter weekend. Everything was destroyed. All new growth was killed and the damage on some roses went back to the graft. I also lost my hydrangea blooms and almost my Japanese Maples and Gardenias. Some of the roses never recovered. There was probably nothing I could have done to prevent it, but after that year, I did wait until March to prune, no matter what was going on in my roses. It depends on where you live and what type of spring you normally get. If you can get frosts in early spring, then delaying pruning may be a good idea....See Moreozmelodye
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