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Comments (16)I guess I would have to disagree with you all. Bleach is the only thing that has kept my dianthus from their death this year. And it was no a dilute version of bleach. It was a strong version of bleach. Nothing has died from having bleach water pored on it and the dianthus with early symptoms of fungus were dug up and dipped in bleach, then the hole they camer out of was saturated with bleach and re-planted. Not only did the plants survive but they are now growing and doing well. Finnally something has saveed my plants....See MoreFew questions about my rose plant (with pics)
Comments (1)I'm not an expert, and from your roof, I'm guessing you're in Europe somewhere so completely different growing conditions. However, I don't think that plant will ever do well in such a small pot. A rose needs a lot of root to support its top growth and flowers, and I don't think that's possible in its current situation. If that's staying in a pot permanently it needs at least 15gal or more! Hopefully, some pros will pipe in....See More'Roses without Chemicals' - The Hippie-Bland Solution to Rose Woes?
Comments (27)I agree with the Vap and Mad's post and know they have more expertise than I. My experience is growing roses in an arid environment, with no fungal disease issues, to now one where it exists. I have a recommended list for Texas, but even here where I live has different conditions than a city 20 miles away. I would almost have to ask rose growers in my community for rose recommendations. I work in the city of Austin and have yet to experience the humidity levels at home that I do there. There are other differences that elevation etc. make. What I decided to do was look to gardeners in my state (Coastal Plains Region only), then Oklahoma and other southern gardeners, and then all roses reported to be disease resistant. I created three lists ( a primary, secondary and tertiary). My first batch of roses, the ones purchased last year, came from the Texas AG and local source recommendations... (primary list). My secondary list is comprised of suggestions from people who in my mind fight a stronger disease pressure than here where I am. My tertiary list is comprised of roses that are just reported to be disease resistant. I tend to grow a lot of roses in number and variety. Using only those suggested for my area will not yield the rose garden I want. With that communicated, I purchase a lot of bands that come at a lesser cost, am up for the trial and error, hopefully with some good surprises, and will use something like neem oil, oiled cups etc. to keep my garden as spray-free as possible. YMMV. What I am doing is the best plan that I could come up with for my conditions, but it definitely has a good degree of trial and error....See MoreQuestions Re: Rose Mass Plantings (....My Dream Garden!)
Comments (34)You guys are too kind and it touches me in a way I can't express considering the state into which I let this yard fall. I'm still trying to wrangle many areas, but worked really hard on this upper level as it's most visible to me and where I used to spend the most time, especially at night which is the reason for many light coloured roses and plants. It also needed to show from afar since I'm the only one that seems to visit all the roses! :-) When I redid everything after having to dig up the entire yard (literally) to fix the "green" portion of the roof, only the 100 yr old New Dawn, spring bulbs, yucca and a few miscellaneous plants were spared. I used to have complicated perennial beds here which required an enormous amount of time which with a time intensive job was just a pipe-dream. They became a disaster, so when I had the opportunity to replant I chose to focus on my first love, roses, and flowering low care shrubs, mainly hydrangea and spirea that I got for $5 each one year at Menard's I went ahead and planted them even before clearing anything out just to give them a start. Then I had to teach the deer this wasn't their home anymore! Still working on that. : (( My few underplantings are Stachys Lanata, a lavender and May wine gallium. That's it. I started with carnations and Sweet William, but they died. I also have one Monarda that's hanging in there, but I moved the geranium to another place. Thank you so much. I have a couple of other pics that show the side areas more closely that I'll post in a bit....See Morestrawchicago z5
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