Florida Roses... from 1892
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Florida Rose Growers - How do your roses grow?
Comments (14)Interesting how some things change while others stay the same. Avalon: My Vets Honor gets a fair amount of morning sun. I have to say that it is a heavy feeder and performs best when fertilized consistantly. Belinda's Dream is a work-horse in my garden where I have almost as many of it as I do of Elina. I recently purchased two Pope John Paul II after being pleasantly surprised by the growth of one that I ordered from J&P in the Fall on own-root. I was able to find it at a nursery in Miami. Appearantly a nursery up in Central Florida has begun to take up the slack left behind from MerryGro and is selling J&P roses on Fortuniana rootstock under the name of Armstrong Roses. I've spotted a few of these roses at my local Home Depot in Pembroke Pines. Well, bottom line, and a return from my tangent, PJP II is creating quiet a sensation in my garden. Peggy: My hat goes off to you. I can't get into OGRs. I can just imagine that they're huge in their pots. I was just up to the Cool Roses farm this weekend and Geoff echoed what has been a growing problem in my garden, regular thrips. He said that the weather is keeping the Chilli Thrips at bay but that the regular thrips are reaking havoc everywhere. I was warned against overly using ConserveSC and to stock up if I found any for sale as it has become restricted due to nurseries over-using it to combat Chilli Thrips. In other news: My raised beds project is 40% complete and coming along nicely. I hope to post pics some time in the future. Enjoy our Spring while it lasts Florida!!! Adrian....See MoreNelsons Florida Roses Tamora and Grand Dame
Comments (16)I wonder. I have heard about "bad grafts" that just don't thrive. But some roses just take a while to get going. I do think the age of the rose and its location in the garden are two big factors. But I still think it has more to do with the variety. Some do better then others in Florida. Even grafted ones don't always thrive depending on the conditions. I have an easy does it (grafted) that did nothing for its first two years and now its hardly ever without bloom so age was a factor with her for sure. Maybe try moving it to another location? Maybe there's roots competing with her down below or something. I have Tamora as well but she's a tiny little own root thing. I got her from Rogue Valley Roses last spring and she was the worst one of the bunch when my order arrived. Her stems were yellow and within a few weeks she had lost all but the top few leaves. Somehow she bounced back however. I stuck her in the ground and she's given me 2-3 blooms. But she's still growing, albeit rather slowly. Keep in mind also that grafted roses usually don't have such bushy growth as own root since they are entirely growing from that one stem they are grafted on to. Maybe that's why she seems skimpy compared to your non grafted austins? I worry about growing them on their own roots down here (south fl), but you seem to have had luck with many of them. I have had success with Quietness and she's on her own roots. And Duchess de brabant too, own root. I had Clothilde Soupert but she died. I also have red cracker rose (2 years now) and shes pathetic. She's just three little branches, but she booms a bit even for her small size. I've been waiting for her to take off. She's older than quietness and quietness has towered over her. I got quietness from Chamblee. I like them alot. I also have a Dames de Chennonceau on her own roots that I put in the ground not too long ago and she sent out a monster basal cane that was like 5 feet tall, so I'm thinking she'll do ok. LOL You can always try rooting a cutting of Tamora. Maybe she'll be happier on her own roots. Mine isn't really doing anything so who knows. But worth a shot....See MoreAn unknown rose a friend from Florida can't identify.
Comments (2)Oh good, larger pictures. Yellow Lady Banks puts on a floriferous spring display here and has no thorns. Grows beyond 10ft (here z9 CA). Very little fade. Ditto for the white version. I've not seen Rosa canina 'Creme' in person but sure does look the ones at this link. http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.18046.3&tab=36...See MoreFlorida rose rosette immune system research
Comments (4)Hydrogen peroxide and aspirin are known (from reviewed scientific literature) separate immune system boosters against some plant viruses. I am not aware of any literature concerning mixing them. Concerning concentration, the person in the thread I linked to stated: " I had been giving each affected plant the equivalent of 1 regular 325 mg aspirin in 1 gl water monthly except for the worst cases where I doubled the aspirin." From memory I think there was at least one other thread that discussed the limited solubility of aspirin in water. Possibility the actual effective concentration used is simply a saturated solution. http://www.gardenweb.com/gardenweb/query/aspirin/topic=roses ASM is Actigard and is described in the following link: http://www.opvg.org/Uploads/UserFiles/file/Trueman~Actigard.pdf...See Moresultry_jasmine_nights (Florida-9a-ish)
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