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Don't have these yet- Karen ordered me 5 from Jackson and Perkins for Valentine's day- Hope they get here and thrive.....actually, considering my last attempt to grow roses, i'd settle for them living
put them in a few weeks ago (will look on tag for exact date)
they aren't growing as quickly as the knock out, the champlain, or the fairies, but are developing leaves just fine and will all survive, I think- the two down by the fence line are looking the best- think the lack of competition for root space will speed them along in that location, until they and the fairy get big and start competing- might have to move them around in oh, about 10-15 years :)
look much much better then those damn tea roses last year
Jun 17, 2006
Jun 17, 2006
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Jun 17, 2006
my favorites of all the roses I've got this year, except the rugosa....the blooms are spectacular, almost like a tea rose, just incredible how well these have done for being planted this year. Glad we bought 5, they are special.
Aug 1, 2006
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Aug 11, 2006
the heat and humidity have got this rose blooming and dying and blooming and dying- think it's quite happy, but it's got to be exhausted
Oct 3, 2006
need to get some more pictures, the knock out, the Champlain and the simplicities have been blooming non stop all summer- hope they survive the winter, was never really a rose fan until now, but these guys are troopers
Mar 19, 2007
Deadheading Roses
Removal of spent blooms, called "deadheading," is an important summer maintenance practice for roses, especially the continuous blooming varieties. Removing the spent blooms conserves the energy the plant would normally use for seed production, encourages repeat flowering, and removes potential disease harboring sites. Spent flowers may not be removed from species such as Rosa moyesii and R. rugosa because their large colored hips add another ornamental feature to the plant in the autumn.
To deadhead, remove the flower by cutting back, at a 45 degree angle, to the first outward facing bud in the axil of a leaf with five leaflets.
The continuous blooming climbing rose is deadheaded a little differently. Remove the spent blooms just above the foliage, making sure not to remove any of the foliage since new blooms will be produced from the leaves immediately below old flower clusters.
Pruning Modern Shrub Roses
Repeat-flowering shrub roses bear flowers on mature stems that are not old and woody. Severe pruning of these roses would result in reduced flower production. In their first two or three seasons in the garden, shrub roses can be left unpruned. Wait to see what shape develops and then try to prune so that the shape is maintained. Many modern shrub roses are pruned by a method called the "one-third" method. Suggested pruning sequence:
In the spring, remove one-third of the very oldest canes. This helps keep the plant from becoming an overgrown thicket of poor-flowering canes.
Replace these canes by identifying about one-third of the very youngest canes that grew the previous season.
Remove the remaining canes.
The result of this one-third method is that you are continually renewing the rose while at the same time keeping enough mature wood to ensure a good supply of flower-producing wood.
Mar 28, 2007
these all look dead, I didn't cover them like the fairy- which looks fabulous, and already getting leaf nubs....we'll see, i've got 10 more coming from J&P to fill in the fence, so if they did die, I can replace them and know better for next year...and if they didn't, my fence will look wonderful!
Apr 18, 2007
putting the 10 as a seperate entry as this one might need to be moved to failures :p
May 27, 2007
cut this one all the way back and gave up on it at the beginning of the month- now look at it!
Pulled out 2 completely and cut the other 3 all the way back- forgot to enter it, not sure which day- late last month or early this one
Jun 17, 2007
this one came back completely, but I will definately cover it next year- already bought tomato cages to have ready
Jul 13, 2007
what is it about mfn white roses- I can't get a shot for the life of me- very annoying
Jul 19, 2007
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Jul 19, 2007
Aug 2, 2007
going gangbusters- this is the one that I cut back to the ground this spring
Aug 2, 2007
:) the only time I've been able to catch the petals w/o them whiting out- happy me
