Belief in Tomorrow Pays Off (Rose Progress!)
I saw this sign in a store shortly after planting my hopeless looking bare root roses one month ago. I had to buy it!
Well, the bare root roses are actually getting leaves. They look ALIVE! Here is a before and after picture of one of them:
Graham Thomas on May 28th:
Graham Thomas this morning (June 24):
Only one still looks a bit iffy, but the others are doing very well. Roseraie de l’Hay is really going crazy!
Happy Roseraie:
Some of my older roses are flowering right now. My three year-old Climbing Iceberg has several sweet-smelling white flowers and many buds.
Climbing Iceberg
This lovely red rose is a leftover from the previous owner. I am afraid I have quite neglected it, but it still puts on a pretty show in early summer each year. I am not sure what it is.
Mystery rose with a volunteer aspen in the middle:
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Beautiful! I am afraid my favorite tea rose has black spot. Do you spray your roses or treat them with anything?
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Hi Cloudscome,
I do sprinkle some Epsom Salt on the soil when the first leaves emerge in spring. I also fertilize with a long acting, sprinkle on fertilizer.
The only diseases and pests I have had a problem with are aphids (first I try spraying them off with the hose, my second method of attack is ladybugs), powdery mildew (catch early and remove affected stems and leaves, if really bad then I spray with Ortho), and thrips (Ortho).
I hate using Ortho, but sometimes I find it necessary. Incidentally, I have heard that thrips are attracted to blue and there is a blue sticky kind of “flypaper” that you can put near your rose to catch them. I tried it once and it didn’t work for me, so back to the Ortho!
Good luck with your black spot!
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Graham is a great rose to have in the garden-he grows big and strong-beautiful.
Re: blackspot- i trim all the bottom and under leaves off my roses carefully— sunshine getting to ALL of the leaves helps against blackspot.
I just keep my roses really well pruned and shaped. I find over time that helps a great deal.
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