Saving my roses! Help, please.
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Patty W. zone 5a Illinois
7 years agoPhuong Bui APAC-Vietnam-Always hot, rain alot thanked Patty W. zone 5a IllinoisRelated Discussions
Please HELP save my Charisma rose!
Comments (9)I used fish emulsion to "weakly" fertilize the roses. All of the roses except Charisma seemed to be pleased with the treatment. I was careful not to get the liquid on the foliage of the plants. Our summers here in the 8a zone (PNW) are short and "moody". Last week, the weather was partly cloudy, rainy (and even a thunderstorm thrown into the mix) with the average temp at 72 degree. This week summer decided to visit us again - it has been warm with temperatures hovering around 84-87 degrees since Sunday. It is pleasant 81 degrees today. I wonder if the above mentioned factors affected my Charisma rose. I have been watering it to reverse any adverse reaction to the fish emulsion. Jeri: I am unsure if I should pull the entire rose plant out. I do not suspect a gofer issue. Sigh...I sincerely hope the rose survives. I am sentimental about my Charisma rose because it is my daughter's name (although the spelling and meaning of the name is different in our cultural roots/language). This post was edited by reemcook on Wed, Aug 7, 13 at 17:31...See MoreHelp me save my rustled rose!
Comments (3)I agree! Your roses has a better chance of surviving winter in the ground. We don't know anything about what kind of rose this is, but presumably it's reasonably hardy if it lived longer than the house. Pennsylvania has those awful, unpredictable winters, with mid-winter thaws followed by deep freezes into March. (My MIL lives in York). Most importantly, don't prune it in the fall and don't prune it next spring apart from removing dead wood. If voles are a problem in your area, research how to winterize your rose without turning your efforts into a vole sanctuary....See Morehelp me SAVE my rose geraniums!!!
Comments (8)I bought a beautiful hanging basket of geraniums for my front porch last summer. Moved it to a shady spot under some oak trees as I planned to be away from home for a few days and would not be able to water it during our dry central Texas heat. When I returned from my trip (to my great dismay) found that the deer had nibbled my lovely geraniums...flowers and all... down to three inch stalks. I trimmed the stalks and moved the plant out to my enclosed patio to try to nurse it back to health. To my great surprise, it's now in full bloom again. However, the leaves are no longer a luscious green and full. They are so tiny they're almost invisible. What happened? How can I encourage the leaves to return to their original healthy state and still keep the flowers blooming?...See MorePlease, Can My Rose Be Saved?
Comments (6)You must deadhead. Cut off all the dead flower buds. With the exception of the Old Garden Roses and some of the knockout roses you have to cut off the old flowers or buds, because if you do not all the energy of the rose goes to those buds. One problem with roses in Florida--if they are not grown on fortuniana rootstock they tend to decline after five or ten years. The nematodes eat the roots in sandy soil. The only rose that I know of that is an exception to that is Louise Phillipe, sometimes called the cracker rose. I would prune the branches to a thickness of your index finger. I think the rose will recover at least somewhat. A rose fertilizer would help, of course, as would pulling up the grass around the bush and putting down mulch....See Morecampv 8b AZ
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoPhuong Bui APAC-Vietnam-Always hot, rain alot thanked campv 8b AZjim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
7 years agoPhuong Bui APAC-Vietnam-Always hot, rain alot thanked jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6Brittie - La Porte, TX 9a
7 years agoPhuong Bui APAC-Vietnam-Always hot, rain alot thanked Brittie - La Porte, TX 9aPhuong Bui APAC-Vietnam-Always hot, rain alot
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agocampv 8b AZ
7 years agoPatty W. zone 5a Illinois
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