My first hybridization bloomed!
Holly Kline
8 years ago
I am so incredibly excited! If all goes well, this will be Gwendolyn's Giggle.
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I just planted my first hybrid tea roses in Oct. Do I prune them?
Comments (18)Ani, leaves harbor pest eggs and disease spores. By removing the leaves you open the canes up so they can be sprayed with the Neem or a dormant oil spray. It really has nothing to do with hardiness or root growth, just the general health of the plant. Roses in our local climate start to drop their oldest leaves as a natural growth cycle. By removing the leaves, we're doing what nature is going to do for us anyway. The only spray I use in my garden is one round of Volck's Dormant Oil spray after I prune in January. When using any oil-based spray, the temperature has to be under 60F, including reflected heat coming off block walls, so it can be tough getting even one round sprayed. The dormant oil spray helps to suffocate eggs and spores and should only be sprayed when the roses have no leaves. Because I often have roses from other people's yards come through mine for raffles or trades, I'm also trying to keep a disease called San Jose Scale out of my garden. Some great nurseries to purchase roses from in the metro-Phoenix area are Berridges, 4600 block E Camelback, Bakers, 40th Str & Osborn and Harpers, Hayden, south of Thomas. These aren't the only nurseries, of course, but they're well-known for quality roses and knowledge of rose culture....See MoreMy First Hybrid Bloom
Comments (9)Just wanted to give an update. It's a rebloomer! And it's starting to look more like SDC except a miniature version. I think if I planted this in the ground, the double-ness might be more expressed like SDC. Am noticing a very light honeydew scent. Sorry for the terrible night shot. The colors don't seem to be as vivid as earlier in the spring though. This post was edited by musaboru on Tue, Aug 13, 13 at 1:44...See MoreSome first blooms ever--and other first blooms of the season
Comments (4)Here's a fairly large Double Knock Out in the front yard--in the divider between my property and the neighbor's. Haven't had time to anything with it yet this year, so its looking a bit wild and woolley--and maybe lop-sided. I'll try to get some pruning done before the season is over. : ) Light blue irises came with the property when I bought my house thirty something years ago--don't know their name, but they bloom forever (for an iris). Another iris--name unknown. Sure is lovely. Here's a terrific fully packed white peony called Festiva Maxima--love that blood-red like marking in the middle of the blooms. I read somewhere once that this old classic is a good choice for more southerly gardeners, but I don't remember why. I have 4 of them. BIG blooms. Its getting so exciting now that things are nearly ready to bloom--can't believe the buds all over the yard--have never seen so many. Oddly, however, my hybrid teas are not taking over the show like they usually do. I thought with the mild winter we had, they would do terrifically well, but it seems the shrubs and floribundas are the ones doing best. But maybe that will all change in the next few weeks. This is about 3 weeks early for my roses--any of them--to be blooming. Kate...See MoreCeres hybrid musk, first blooms
Comments (10)Chris, I would love (eventually) to share some cuttings. My plants are small but I could probably send on a few before long. I will try to root some more soon, too -- it was amazing how easily that one little piece rooted! Perhaps Vintage will bring more plants with them to the upcoming (not-in-El-Cerrito-this-year-but-in-nearby-Albany) celebration, for any local people. I can't wait for more of the buds to open. The scent of that one first small bloom lingered very well and is still quite noticeable from the dried flower. Comtesse, yes, she is a Pemberton, 1914. I don't know why so rare; but I'm so glad I took Greg's suggestion (how could I not??) and took her home with me last May. She seems perfectly happy in the not-sunny and quite-damp area of my tiny garden space. As for the myths--I loved to read them as a child, more so than fairytales. I also particularly liked the story of Ceres and Persephone. It is true that many of those stories involve the abduction and/or rape of young women who are turned into creatures and such . . . but they are still fascinating, seemingly universal, and inspired so many works of art -- and also named beautiful roses. I hope you have the chance to see and maybe grow this little rose! Sheba...See MoreHolly Kline
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