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Can roses damage the soil for other plants?
Comments (4)I don't believe the roses themselves would leave any residue that should affect the soil negatively. However, if you were doing some of the heavy duty applications (i.e. lots of high P bloom booster fertilizer or soil drenchs of pesticides that rose exhibitors sometimes do) that could have some negative affects on your soil. If you were just applying fertilizer & mulch like you would to a normal shrub planting, should be no problem. I would do a soil test to see if you have a pH or nutrient problem. Also is there some large tree with invasive roots nearby? They love to invade a rose bed that has been watered & mulched....See MoreAre Knockout Roses truly easier than other roses?
Comments (19)My climate is not anything like yours (I live in eastern Washington) but I have had good luck with old fashioned shrub roses (mainly once blooming) and some hybrid musks and polyanthas (repeat blooming). I do have two yellow knock out roses (from Lowe's sale) with pink edges...and they fade to an ivory as they age. They're very pretty and I really like them. I think they look great, mixed in with lavender and pink perennials...and maybe cosmos and stock (annuals). Celsiana is one of my favorite old fashioned shrub roses. It's a damask and it blooms for a long time...four to six weeks. Here's a picture (not mine) that inspired me to get Celsiana. From Lavender's Garden Echo (Baby Tausendschon) from Rogue Valley Roses is a pretty little rose, too. I don't know how it is with humid conditions, but it does very well, in my garden. This is my picture :) From Lavender's Garden...See MorePlants for trade (roses, coreopsis, etc)
Comments (6)My best hollyhocks are in half-day sun, so sunshine from sunrise to early afternoon then shade in the afternoon (my best ones are on the east side of my house or the east side of my garden walls so they get protection from the hottest afternoon sun). That being said, I do have a few in full sun all day and they did really well, though I had to plug them in to a drip irrigation line to keep them happy. I think sunshine until afternoon is best. Here's a pic from this past May of one of my better clumps in bloom. You need to view this message on the website to see the pic. Take care, Grant Here is a link that might be useful: Some of my hollyhocks in bloom in May...See MoreRU roses planted & other stuff...
Comments (34)Ok all flowers are finally planted Straw! LOL We really love Earthsongs blooms! I really hope Earthsong does well here! That RU Rose Bush only has 1 bloom right now but everyone that see's it has very positive comments on the color etc... It kind of glows... Found two of those huge caterpillars on my sisters rose just alittle bit ago... So far I found 5 of those munching buggers... I watched one eat and it ate half of a small leaf in about 9-10 minutes... :-O I looked at our roses this morning and only found a few aphids so they may of left for whatever reason... I watched aphid videos on youtube and was shocked at the amount of aphids some people get on there roses... Wow! From what I saw on the videos made me realize we only get very light infestations of aphids here on our roses....lol I fed our small birds around here in the winter months and I noticed a week ago they were landing on our roses eating aphids... Thomas Affleck Rose Bush in the middle... Even though I think the pic above looks better I moved the Marigold pots so they are alittle closer to the rose bush......See MoreDiane Brakefield
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