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Me wrote:

Hi Everyone:
Thanks for all the responses, they help.
I got some more pictures on the web site at


http://home.earthlink.net/~cenews/garden/


Here's a few things:
The picture on the top right. Although it didn't come out well in the photo,
there's a vine where the new leaves are the usual red, then they normally
turn to a healthy green. A few of the leaves are orange. It's as if someone
rubbed a cheeto on the leaf. They whole vine doesn't look healthy.

Craig, the picture on the top right looks like something you want to
deal with. Roses aren't vines, by the way, they are shrubs. That rose
probably has a fungus called rust. You can see it on the undersides of
the leaves, and it is hard to deal with. I tend to remove roses with
rust, as I don't like to spray. On the other hand, you started watering
fairly late, so it is possible you stressed the rose and it contracted
the fungus. Now that you are watering regularly, one of the approaches
to rust is to remove all leaves by hand and throw them in the garbage.
Check for leaves on the ground too. Your rose will leaf out with new
clean foliage if you do a thorough removal.

Sorry about the blooms not meeting your standards. Roses from the
florist are very particular varieties grown hydroponically in
greenhouses, usually in South America. Garden roses are rarely as
perfect.

By the way, do your sprinklers spray your roses with water every time?
A lot of open blooms will deteriorate after being sprayed with water
several days in a row.

Last, look carefully for spots on that pink bloom and report whether
you see polka dots on the outsides of the outside petals.

Good luck.