Here are my red roses
The shield rose whom I affectionately call The Monster due to the size of it has become a mass of beautiful red blooms!!! The big velvety type roses are my awesome Always Roses and they smell out of this world even when fully opened!!! And the ones next to the fence is the blaze. Will post each one separately. This is the shield
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Comments (18)Welcome to the world of growing Adeniums from seeds!! Congrats on getting one to flower in such a short time, it's beautiful, and NOT pink as we can see, lol. As for your question about it being lanky and would a bigger pot solve this...in short the answer is no. Although caudex width is increased mostly during the early years of growth you only need a pot slightly wider than the caudex and root mass. So for example, a 4inch diameter caudex a 6inch wide pot would be more than adequate. Too much compost in an oversized pot 'can' result in it holding too much water if you err on that side which 'can' lead to root/caudex rot, it can also go 'sour'. This is my opinion you understand, others may think otherwise....the only way to stop it from being so lanky is to be harsh and prune it severely, but whether you are brave enough to do this.......?? This would force all its energy into fattening the base and push out the existing branches and other dormant branch buds which would all hopefully add to a shape that may please you more. Of course it will stop it from flowering for a while, but more branches lead to more flowers...eventually! If it were mine, I would decide which side would be it's best feature then make a sloping cut, lowest point at the back, looking at the 1st pic, the cut would be appear to be below the rim of the pot behind it, (if you see what I mean) yes really low down and see what branches you get. Sounds brutal I know!! Watch the sap, it's an irritant and will flow freely. Not sure what you could seal the cut with as I've never cut one down as big, just read one post which suggested honey as it's antiseptic. I just keep dabbing it off as it can run down or drip, eventually it seals itself and darkens so after a few days I just wash it off with a damp cloth. Pinching out the terminal growth point after flowering would also make the lower branches develop, but slowly, and you will still end up with a plant with long thin stems and not 'branches' as such. I and a lot of growers tend to grow our plants in pots that are dumpy, basically wider than their height. Hope this may be of help, good luck and let us know what you decide to do? Regards, Gill form the UK....See MoreWhy are my RED Knockout roses turning Pink, then almost white?
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Comments (23)Back in August, I had a freak thunderstorm roll thru and smash two of my largest glazed ceramic pots. Each pot cost roughly $60 by themselves. It was my fault, really. Towards the end of summer, it hardly ever rains. So I foolishly went and placed my plants on plant stands to give them some added height. I intended on staking them to the ground to secure them in place, but never got around to it. All was fine and good, up until I left and went to do some shopping. I stopped to grab a bite to eat and an isolated thunderstorm came rolling thru with some vicious winds. When I got home, just as the storm passed, I noticed everything was thrown around and knocked over. The storm didn't even last that long, a half an hour at most, but that's all it needed. Fortunately, both plants were okay. Just my two largest ponytail palms. I wasn't worried about them, I knew they could handle it. But but both pots were history. I was able to buy two more identical pots to replace them with. I just didn't like having to spend another $120 to do so. Especially since I had just bought those first two pots a few months prior. My neighbors noticed the damage and offered to give me some pots. I thanked them for the offer, but I have plenty of those already. I had carefully chosen these glazed ceramic pots for the look, and didn't want to settle for anything less. Sorry to hear about your jade. Mine were outside when the storm did its damage here, but they were able to escape unharmed. I'm sure everyone here can relate to caring so much for our plants, some of them for many years, only to have one little incident come along and ruin it all. It can be very frustrating....See MoreKaren F
2 months agoAnd this is my Always Rose. Love this one. Cut off two blooms from it and there is a 2nd one of it opened up. Also too there is still other buds after them yet to open!!!
Karen F
2 months agoAnd these are the first two that I cut off from it and brought indoors. Such a beautiful scent to these.
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2 months agolast modified: 2 months agoYour reds are beautiful!
I really love red roses and could possibly live in red rose land and be quite happy.
Reds seem to have such good vase life as well .
Crimson Glory is a wonderful red with a fabulous fragrance.
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2 months agoI only have one red rose...it's Lasting Love. I really love it!! This picture isn't from this year.
Kristine - lovely roses!! I especially love yoiur Ingrid Bergman!Karen F
2 months agoGot 3 blooms on my Always Rose. This one is a hybrid tea rose. When I bought it from Lowes garden center thought ok well it probably won't last the winter. Cover it up every year. Well guess what?? It has made a BIG LIAR out of me as it it going on FIVE YEARS and this is not one but 3 blooms greeted me this week. This is one of them. I am over the moon with this one. I just wish that mom was alive to see this one. Dedicated it to her.
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2 months agoI am going to have find a wooden pole got the green florist ribbon and tie up the branches to the shield rose due to the blooms it. The one lady thought it was a climbing rose. Said nope. Thought it hadn't been cut back but Geena assured her that it had been. Hah seems to just grow even faster and higher when one does. :D It is the only rose that seems to grow like this!!! The Chinook Sunrise and the Aurora Borealis have to be a different variety than it. Don't grow as big as this one. But hey this is the proof that even though it is a fair size it will still get red blooms on it. Had to laugh at the one lady when we met for coffee in our lounge room about 3 years ago said that due to it being so high as we can see it from the windows that it wouldn't get any blooms on it. Could hardly keep a straight face as I said oh it will you watch. And It did too over 15 of them on it.
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