So pretty. Cl. CS has to be the most delicate beauty ever.

Gorgeous, Lesli! We share many of the same selections, so I must say, you’ve got great taste in roses!! 😊

Beautiful roses! I have been trying to create a list of OGR's that have a decent reputation for thriving in Texas. My goal is a no-spray garden to at the most, organics like neem oil, etc. May I ask, how do these roses fare in terms of disease resistance?

Wonderful pictures! Thanks for sharing Lesli!

You're leading in the Rose Stakes. Here I'm getting the first stupendous blooms of Etoile de Lyon', 'Sanguinea' , 'Cl. Etoile de Hollande' (which I never got around to pruning last winter and which looks marvelous), and 'Noella Nabonnand'. 'Old Blush' and 'Purezza' had had a few flowers through the winter. Oh yes, 'Mme. Antoine Mari'.

What a beautiful collection of roses! 'Duke of Edinburgh' is a particularly pretty red...and I always like to see other people's 'Mrs. BR Cant'. I have mine in the ground for three years now and I'm really hoping I get better blooms this season.

Don't feel bad if you don't, Rosylady. Around here I call her 'Mrs. BR Can't'.

Vaporvac I agree with you about Cl. Clotilde Soupert.

Lovely bkioms! Thank you for sharing

Well I gave a cutting of MRS BR Cant to a friend and hers has just nearly surpassed my mother plant. She (her hubby reminded me) lives in the bottom lands surrounding a creek that periodically has flooded and he said they have pretty good soil. She also told me she feeds all her roses bunny manure. All that and great well water that roots rose cuttings in water! Perfect storm for roses. I'm certainly jealous, and her husband is a man's man who doesnt care about gardens etc. He hunts and fishes. But he told me noticing her success has him thinking about raising rose cuttings for profit! LOL

The only rose blooming for me right now is "Old Blush". I think I have the climbing form as the canes are very long. It is blooming up a storm! (East Tennessee/Zone 7A)

Many of my roses are getting black spot on old leaves, but I just got my cornmeal set out last night and I'm brewing corn water tea to spray on them hopefully today. We have had such weird weather, but I expect the black spot will cease soon due to our temps already nearing 95°.

Just trim the old leaves off, Lesli.

Yes, even my "good" leaves that overwintered got BS and needed removing. Lesli, please tell me about corn water tea. I've used corn meal for various remedies, but have never heard of making a tea.

That is supposed to be a carrier for the corn fungus tricaderma which inhibits all other fungi. Basically a natural fungicide. You can even cure toenail fungus with it. good for rust, BS, PM

I have sprinkled it with good effect. Do you use whole meal corn or will the cheap de-germed corn meal work. Do you buy yours bulk? What proportions do you use? thanks in advance.

Actually lately I can only get corn chops at the feed store, but it still works, whole ground corn meal works best. I get the 50lb bag. would prefer smaller but it's cheap and works out as a weak fertilizer.

I kept trying to make fertilizer for flowers just as I saw that it did not have much effect and I looked for the best fertilizer for knockout roses to try to make a fertilizer as best to have an effect on roses. And I plant flowers for the sake of growing them and the beauty that appears after they bloom. Keeping your flowering plants in the best possible condition and working to meet all plant needs is one of the best ways to get a plant to flower faster. And others have such methods that keep flowers blooming for a long time.,