Marie Pavie covered with buds:

buds all the way down just starting to bloom:

And here is Ispahan with all those buds sticking up:

and beginning to bloom:

This is Aloha. I pulled the upward growing canes horizontal to see the effect for myself. And it stayed that way all summer and winter. It worked. There are now laterals from every node and these grew buds. there are also buds from Bubble Bath in the picture:

This is as they started to bloom:

This one was almost dead, Coquette de Blanche:

pretty candy stripe buds:

And starting to bloom. The blooms are so big they are not held upright anymore:

I planted some 'bands', 6 or 8 inch rooted twigs really, directly into the ground mid October. This was an experiment to see if I could get such small plants to take and have the advantage of the whole winters' root growth in the soil. These did take and showed a giant growth spurt in spring and also put on many buds. Here are some of them:

Jasmina: This was a rooted cutting in october, the buds in early May:

and the first blooms:

Laguna grew huge in a matter of days:

There are more that responded so well. What I wanted to say is my being here, all your patient in put , my diligent effort together has been such a big happy experiment. Very rewarding. Thank you.

Oh, I'm soooo happy for you!!! Your roses look fabulous!!! There are soooo many buds!!! Great job and thanks very much for sharing! Gives me a little bit of hope. :)

They look wonderful, Katya!

Katya, that is an amazing testament to both roses' tenacity and your herculean effort. Aboslutely gorgeous and humbling. What is the first rose you pictured? I'm so glad with your other rose worry that this flush is spectacular. I admit, there is a thrill in the first profusion of buds that almost eclipses the anticipation of the blooms themselves. This forum inspires me everyday with its love of roses and what they represent. Thank you for this post.

P.S. I think you did a bit more than "add a little mulch!" ;-0

rosecanadian: thank you! there is always hope. I am inspired by all these forum friends and I suppose you are too. I love your exuberance and enthusiasm :)

Sheila: thank you, learning so much from you!!

Vap: The first picture is of Marie Pavie. It is a darling of a rose. The fragrance is wafting and profuse. And it is a little rose that keeps on giving. You, as I always say, are a great rose friend. You have no idea how much you inspire me and keep me going further out. By the way, when I saw those buds coming all I had done till then was add mulch. You know what I mean? THANK YOU!

Katya, your roses are maturing expodentially . Wow, your Marie Pavie looks huge. Mine is 4 yrs old and yours looks way bigger. What you been feeding them ? Steak and eggs ? Haha !!

I am so glad you decided to share bec it makes us happy too. Great job !!

They look super healthy and i am looking forward to more pics!

Congratualtions! Everything is so beautiful. Roses are so rewarding, aren't they? Cannot wait to see your garden evolve. I would love to see some photos of your garden when the roses are blooming. You have a lovely garden design.

It’s such a thrill to see the plants grow and bloom. i find that the bloom itself is just the cherry on top. Oh, you are going to have a great show! Your plants look happy and incredible.

Congratulations!! That's so exciting and your roses all look amazing!!

I love a good before and after project and yours is an example of what a little work and a whole lot of love will do

Everything is so incredibly healthy and lush and all of those buds, my goodness you have a golden thumb.

You are an inspiration! Well done!!

Katya, I am so happy for you! Your roses are fabulous. I also have Marie Pavie and love her so much. Her wafting fragrance is truly astounding!

Congrats katyajini! You're garden is beautiful! Enjoy all those gorgeous blooms!

damask_rose : )

Katya, you're so funny and sweet! I don't know how I missed MP's name. It was right there in the first sentence. I think all those buds set my head swimming! :0!!! I have a second year MP and she is proving to be a little bloomer. I did not expect this or how big she may grow. Very healthy in the BS department also. She's planted next to Gruss and Aachen and they do well together in the shade of a hydrangea. I also pulled my Aloha around an armature, you may recall, but I'm definitely going to need a bigger one. What are you using?

My gosh all your foliage is outstanding. Are you spraying fungicide? I thought about starting a post on buds and hope you'll add these pictures. I have almost as many pics of them as I do flowers!

Thank you so, so much! Its good to know the garden, the plants look good to you too. Its not that I am just gaga and silly about my plants. Beauty comes from within, when the plants are healthy, it just works. I did aim for health.

noseometer: you are absolutely right. I find the greatest joy in seeing plants grow, develop and morph. Blooms are just one of the things in a garden, albeit a very special thing. This spring I got these big bare root roses from Palatine. whoa? Instant shrubs. Whats happening here? I am not used to this. I missed watching them grow up!

Damask, Stephanie, Kristine, Joey, totoro, Plumeria, Flowers I take your praise to my heart (not my head :)) It means a lot to me.

Vapor: So far the only rose I have been spraying is Zephirine and I have been able to stretch it out to every three weeks. That does not mean ZD definitely needs it. I am easing out and watching what the roses in my garden can handle, ZD being the most vulnerable to BS. By this time last year every rose, and I mean every rose, had BS. Now none of them have it. ZD does not have it but may get it if I stop spraying. I have 'developed' a feeding + preventive spray regimen that I think is working for the roses I have now. Its only been a little over two months that I have used it so I really cant say how good it is for diseases but I can say it is enormously beneficial for robust growth and general health without any doubt. I will talk about it in a separate post eventually only so things dont get too complicated here.

You will love MP. No disease issues whatsoever. And it just blooms, blooms, blooms. I was just thinking, if I ever have a new house I would make hedges of MP.

I am pretty homespun Vap. I pulled out the canes of Aloha horizontally and pushed bamboo stakes into the ground exactly where needed and tied the cane with something stretchy. Initially you may need more than one stake along the cane because it may want to swing back up. Nothing happened last year, the canes just stayed there horizontally. All the laterals came out this spring. I started a thread about this last year, I will find it. I tell you when I walk around my plants I cant even see those bamboo stakes. In the photos they just stick me in the eye.

I would love to see your post on buds and post as well. I have so many more pictures.

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katyajini, definitely post your feeding + preventive spray regimen as I have 60 or so Zephies all over the place. I gave up worrying about black-spot years ago but if you have something that really works I’d like to know about it. Thanks

Congrats! All beautiful!!

They're all gorgeous! You did a fabulous job with them! Enjoy!

Holy crap! You have done an amazing job. Like, really!!!!

Wow, this really gives me hope. I hope my roses will be as healthy next year. Glad to hear that you planted bands in Oct and they did well in our winter.

Please share your feeding regimen and tips! It will be great to hear from your experience growing in our local climate.

Any sign of midge this year?

—Stacy

Katya, congrats on a lovely garden! It looks like everything has flourished under your care. I love the photo of your Japanese maple/ Ispahan combo. What an inspiration! Your neighbors must be delighted with your efforts.

I am having to agree with you Katya last year I couldn't cover up any of my roses for the winter due to the snow arriving here in Oct!!!! And my nearby garden centre had ran out burlap. I also was going thru a fun time with pulled muscles in my arm, shoulder and upper inside the leg. So had to go for therapy. Came down with a nasty head cold during xmas. I was having a fit thinking they all had died on me but they proved to me how tenacious they really are!!!! Not one rose died!!!!! And you should see them now. Buds galore on the shield, the campfire, the at last rose, my newest blaze rose and the double knockout pink. My Always and Forever rose is getting lots of leaves on it and is slowly going from red to green. My Strike it rich rose has a big bud on it and my chinook sunrise is so healthy. Only one that didn't was the Lizzie rose but it was having issues before the winter even came. When it died on me I got a coral dawn to replace it. And like wow had no buds on it. Now is getting all kinds of them on it. The one lady that lives a door down from me in the building we are in cut them all back for me since I couldn't do it this year. Thanked her for it. In fact one year I gave her a big bloom off my Always and Forever Rose in a fancy jar. Went on to get 4 more rose blooms off it.

Katya - thanks!! :) This is a great forum, and it's great that we all support each other so well!

Karen - Awesome!! I'm so happy that your roses did so well! :)

Stacey, Karen, Kes, Seil, Pippa thank you, thank you all!!! And thank you for encouraging me forward too.

I sure will post what i have been doing since you want to know.

Stacey:yes I am seeing signs of midge. It sends shivers down my spine. I hate insecticides. I havent decided what I am going to do or when. I cant let it linger either!!

oursteelers: something strange: I only got your post this evening yet houzz says its from yesterday. Regardless, thank you!!