Im often suprised by my roses growth. Usually I do nothing but dig a hole
in the ground and stick them in it, water every now and then and see what
happens. So far (in this houses yard) it's been great. I put two bare root
roses in the ground last year (early), they were just dead when I did it
because the dog got to them before I could plant them, and ate away all the
roots but one large one. I stuck them in the ground like they were, no
soaking in water, nothing. This year they have outdone themselves. One of
them a yellow rose, that I dont have the tag for anymore is about 4 feet
tall really bushy, and has about 50 to 75 blooms sprouting everywhere. Very
beautiful. I seem to have good luck in this yard.
The only times I have problems growing roses, is in containers. I attempted
to line my driveway with potted roses, all of which died (except for the
ones that I ended up transplanting into the ground) due to the heat (zone
08A) of rather warm summers. Just couldnt keep the roots cool I think.
I dont know what it is, perhaps my ground is just extremely fertile. The
old owner of my house had 2 horses running loose in the yard for 7 years and
from what I hear was rather reluctant at cleaning up after them. So perhaps
those 7 years of horse manure really improved the fertilization of my land,
but that was 10 years ago. Or it could be that the roses that are doing
best are located over some leach pipes from the septic system and are
getting their water from them more times than from me, and perhaps some
fertilization.
I never get my hopes up with roses, if they do well, great, fantastic, if
not, well.... Bummer.
Thanks for the insite into the Papa Meilland, Im going to see if any of the
nurseries around here carry that.
"dave weil" wrote in message
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: On Sun, 18 May 2003 19:27:59 GMT, "GamePlayer No. 1058"
: wrote:
:
: I think my favorite rose is my J&P color magic rose. I dont know if it's
: because it's the first rose I planted in my home when I bought it 9 or 10
: years ago, or if it's because of it's beautifull 5 to 6" pink blooms. It
: makes lovely cuttings last year and this year, for some reason the stems
are
: rather long last year and this year, easily14 to 24 inches with a
beautiful
: bloom at the top, and sometimes 5 or more blooms making it a cluster at
the
: top.
:
: My other favorite was my Mr Lincoln, it put out great blooms, but one of
the
: dogs got a mouthfull of thorns by trying to eat it, basically he
destroyed
: the plant and now it's gone to a better place.
:
: Then there is the "wild climbing rose" that sprouted out of the ground
one
: day 2 years ago.
: In almost the same spot, I had a yellow climber that grew up to about 12
: feet or so, and I leased my house out, when I returned 2 years later the
: yellow climber was gone, the tennants say that during a horrible wind
storm
: it was blown down, so they removed what was left of it, which they say
didnt
: amount to more than just a couple roots. 2 years later up came this
: pathetic looking twig, I let it be to see what would become of it. I'ts
now
: well over 20feet long on it's longest vine and I've built a trellis
system
: around my patio to accomodate it, it grows up one side of the trellis and
: then I had to put wood slats on the top to bend the branches over to make
a
: roof of it. When it blooms, IT REALLY BLOOMS, with hundreds of little
red
: roses. Whenever it's in bloom I use the french doors on the patio to
enter
: and leave the house, it's just so calming to walk into this area with all
: these red blooms. This one should be my favorite just because it came up
: out of nothing, and gives me such delight in enjoying the blooms, but
: nostalgia has its place with me, and I think if I ever sell my house I'll
: take the Color Magic with me.
:
: Im going out to buy about 5 or 50 rose bushes today, I want to totally
bring
: my garden into grand color by this time next year.
:
: Please keep in mind that by planting this late in the season, next
: year will only be an average year for color, because it won't be a
: full second season, only a season and a half. However, it *will* give
: you a jump on your *real* year two (year after next), which is usually
: the year of the biggest general improvement. So you might have an even
: better "second year" due to the half season this year.
:
: Just don't want you to succumb to unreasonable expectations. Of
: coruse, since you been growing roses 6 years longer than me, you might
: already know this.
:
: PS, if you like really long stem red roses, try Papa Meilland. I just
: cut a bloom with a two foot long, nice straight thick stem. Currently,
: Papa has 10 buds or blooms. Oh yeah, fragrance is really nice.
:
: Here's a pic taken in November of last year!
:
:
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/ddweil...RoseTodayA.jpg
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