New Garden Bed: yellow, Purple or white roses
emrogers
8 years ago
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Lynn-in-TX-Z8b- Austin Area/Hill Country
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoPurple: Twilight Zone.
Yellow... Julia Child performs so well it seems in a variety of climates. It is gorgeous!
South Africa... when it is hot
South Africa... during the Spring
Here is a thread that has a Midnight Blue growing with Julia Child:
http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/3864909/magc-rose-garden?n=1
White: Pope John Paul II, Iceberg ( not sure about blackspot resistance in TX), Bolero
Lynn
Vaporvac Z6-OhioRiverValley
8 years agoRelated Discussions
Yellow and purple spots on leaves of Julie Newmar rose
Comments (8)Hello, I work with Julie Newmar on her garden, and she requested I tell you of our experience with Julie Newmar roses, and other roses. I think what you may have is downy mildew. On roses, leaves develop angular dark purple to black areas and may turn yellow and drop. This has been particularly unusual weather year -- rain in mid May, and still more to come? Downy mildew usually appears when it is cool and wet, especially if mid-day is warm or hot. I usually pull off the leaves which are affected, pruning a badly infected bush back. So far all of the roses have recovered well with this treatment. We have three Julie Newmar roses in the garden of nearly 100 roses. This year we have not had any real problems with downy mildew, but it just might be luck or the sunny position, or both. Like others have suggested here, if you turn the leaf over you be able to tell easily if you have rust postules on the underside. You also may be able to see some of the developing mildew "down". The third major disease we sometimes find is powdery mildew, again prevalent with cool nights and warm days. One additional problem sometimes is too much kindness for a new plant. If the soil is slower draining, overwatering can cause the buds and leaves to droop. Important to keep new roses moist but not too wet. Armstrongs is a good outfit, so if there is a problem I am sure they will make it right. All the best, Brad Bontems...See MoreNewbie rose garden bed vs. non-bed design question
Comments (13)Here is my advice and what I would do in your case. I always start my new bed preparations the Fall prior to the Spring I want to plant. First, get rid of the grass in whatever way you find best and easiest. For me, I simply rented a sod cutter from the home improvement center and it really did the trick, taking off the sod layer only and leaving the good soil beneath very quickly and neatly. The sod cutter is very easy to use and does a very neat job of it with nice crisp lines/borders. The next and probably the most vital step of the whole process is next, and is really a no-brainer in my book. After the sod removal and before any supplementing/amending of the soil in the bed, get it tested by your local Agricultural Extension Agency. That way you know what needs doing for sure to make your beds rose friendly. This is especially important when it comes to your Ph #'s of your garden soil. Be sure your sample is taken from several different spots in the bed and is about 6" down in the soil. If your Ph is bad, no amount of amending will do it any good if the soil is chemically unavailable to your roses because of a bad Ph. rating. If you make sure to tell the agency your target crop are roses, most will even tell you what kind and how much of whatever amendment is needed to make your soil perfect. First get your Ph corrected with whatever the agency tells you that is needed. I am lucky in that my soil Ph is almost perfect naturally so I don't have to do much there except to add just a little sulphur, but you do whatever they suggest to you. Then, I bought the cheapes amendments possible at Lowe's and till them in to the bed several different installments, watering deeply between each tilling to encourage the amendments to "sweeten" the bed. In the last couple of tillings I always work in a good amount of peat moss and a good quality garden soil and again till it several times to really spread it deeply and evenly, finishing off with another good soaking. Now just leave the new bed alone and let it sit through the winter until very late in the Winter season to mellow/sweeten out. Now,just prior to Spring in late winter I take another couple of soil samples to the Agricultural Extension Agency. This way you catch any slight changes especially to your Ph level before you start your planting. Make any necessary adjustments to the Ph if needed. I just cannot stress how important the correct Ph is to grow your roses. You can go to a lot of trouble and spend a lot of money and time spinning your wheels if the Ph is not right. I know this sounds like a lot of trouble, but doing this simple stuff is very important and will pay you so much in return you will find that it was well worth the effort you put in and will save you lots of aggravation not to mention time and money later on. You will get much better roses and be much happier with what you get from them when they grow vogorous bushes with tons of beautiful flowers, supposing you plant the new bushes/bareroots correctly, but that is another posting, LOL..... John...See MoreCould Use Some Help Picking Roses for New Garden
Comments (4)Hi lizalily :) You know, I LOVE apricot/peach roses, but wasn't so sure that these would look good or not. They remind me of my mom, in the sense that apricots were her favorite fruit lol. It's something else to consider for sure. I was going to add in some lime colors with the perennials for sure - hostas will be added and I'm going to be very careful about the leaf colors I choose. I think I have to lay off anymore hydrangeas at this point; I already have 6 of them, plus the tree and any more empty space needs to be for the roses and lower growing cutting flowers (I might be able to squeeze on more in somewhere, but would prefer not to)....See Morenew garden bed - mixing pink roses
Comments (6)I've never tried Hermosa but wonder if that might fit your specifications. I don't know if there's such a thing as a small tea rose, except perhaps for Enchantress, and I don't know if that's available there. Have you considered polyanthas? There's also a china named Carnation which is pink and pretty....See More
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8 years agobarbarag_happy
8 years agoVaporvac Z6-OhioRiverValley
8 years agoemrogers
8 years agoLynn-in-TX-Z8b- Austin Area/Hill Country
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoSpice is a beauty!!! Congratulations on your find. I grow Hume's Blush, which some ppl. think is the same rose as Spice....
Golden Celebration can be grown as a climber or shrub in warm climates. It has a beautiful fragrance and gorgeous blooms. Poet's Wife is newer, but really looks pretty.
Lynn
Buford_NE_GA_7A
8 years agoemily2002(8aFL)
8 years agothis rose isn't dark purple, more medium, but if you have room for a slightly sprawling bush, this is a great rose, blooms alot, no disease in all the years I've had it, called Siren's Keep. dont think u can find hardly anywhere except Rogue Valley. I like this rose alot.
Lynn-in-TX-Z8b- Austin Area/Hill Country
8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
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Lynn-in-TX-Z8b- Austin Area/Hill Country