Please name your top disease free hybrid tea(s), and why?
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Comments (26)Well, I'll tell you all what happened. I tried to order all these roses directly from the Vintage site. However, the site was VERY slow and when I was almost finished, the shoping cart crashed and I got a message that said there was a technical problem and to send Gita an e-mail with the list of roses, and they would hand process the order and call for credit card number. I did that. On Sunday evening, the last day of the sale, I tried to order again from the site just for the heck of it. I though maybe it had gotten fixed. This time the site was satisfactory in speed, and just as I was finishing up the shopping cart, it crashed again. Technical problem message again. I sent another e-mail, with the message that I would like to modify the original order a bit. I also left a couple of phone messages, in which I said I would give them the credit card info over the phone directly to them "in person". I have not heard back from Vintage. Do you suppose I am getting a message from my guardian angel about these roses? Sandy...See MoreWhat Is Your Favorite Hybrid Tea & Floribunda?
Comments (25)Of the floribundas, I have a three-way tie.... HEAVEN ON EARTH..... My bush of it always looks great; good disease resistance here, large full flowers of apricot/peach, almost always in bloom. QUIETNESS.... Hardy, disease-free here, flowers profusely, GORGEOUS form and color; easy to grow PINK ROSETTE.... very free-flowering, easy to grow, blooms last a LONG time and hold up through rain & wind; cute as a button.... MY FAVORITE HYBRID TEAS ARE... TIFFANY... (not only because its my daughter's name) but it smells wonderful...the color is drop-dead gorgeous...its perfect form is undeniable. ALOHA.... can be a climber where its warm....healthy and hardy.... beautiful two-tone blooms... POPE JOHN PAUL II.... smells delicious....perfect form.....purest white Celeste...See MoreYour favorite non-Kordes/non-Meilland hybrid tea?
Comments (15)without a doubt---LOUISE ESTES. Everything I want in a HT. Good looking bush from top to bottom. Beautiful foliage, long cutting stems, one of the most beautiful blooms I have ever seen and it smells great. I have never seen a picture of this rose that does it any justice. You have to see it in person to understand what I mean. Now it gets tough. #2 would be MOONSTONE---Some good shots on HMF. #3 is BRINESSA---Beautiful smoky pink blooms on a good bush. Foliage like leather. Getting a little tough to find now aday....See MoreMy 2016 top performers: Name yours too!
Comments (23)Thank you for the kind complements. Sorry I didn't get back right away. I got my flu shot and sure enough, it gave me the flu. Feeling better but still very sore. Trust me folks, I don't spend a ton of money (which I don't have) in and on my garden. To me there are 4 big things to growing great roses. #1- SOIL!!!! The root system MUST be happy for your rose to perform to it's utmost. Your soil must be a good, sandy loam. #2- Food. Sorry folks. Roses don't know how to read. I've tried everything with different results. Over the past several years I've been using a 10-10-10 with all the good trace elements on the 1st of every month. I also use fish emulsion twice in the spring and twice in the fall. That's it. Inexpensive and easy. #3-Water. Water is the life blood of the rose. And I do understand about drought. I lived in Fl. when we were under water restriction. We were NOT allowed to water our grass but were able to hand water our "plants" twice a week by hose between the hours of 6 PM and 6 AM. Now I'm under drought conditions, again. During the growing season I hand water everything two, sometimes three a week. #4-Fungicide spray- I'm NOT going to get into any "discussions" about this subject. If you choose to grow any roses that are prone to black spot, rust or powdery mildew, you MUST keep the foliage on your bush's clean and on the bush. Just that simple. If you grow disease free plants, ignore #4...See MoreDiane Brakefield
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