Theo Asir wrote:

Glad to help!
But honestly I never had much success previously.
I could root stuff but every 20 attempts might produce
2-3 successes. I used to get those vege trays with tranparent
covers and coddle the whole thing with root hormones
misting, careful instruction following etc.

So it is the heat of the dryer that made you so successful
this year, would you say?

Hmm! my new dawn is still in bloom as it will be
till early december. Usually it is my last
rose to finish blooming through the frosts and even snow.

The big old one on the wall of the NC Gov's mansion is the same
way, and why I got New Dawn. It bloomed the winter my father died
through Christmas! A nice cheerful spot in a dreary time.



One thing I've noticed with New Dawn is that
once it is fairly large it is an extremely heavy feeder.
Needs a lot of fertilizer and early too.
I typically kick start it with a couple of
cups of mills mix in early march. This is a full
2 months before all my other roses.

Well, my roses have been seriously neglected this year,
so that might explain it.
I'll do better next year--feed better, spray better, etc.



You also never get a total flush from it.
It tends to bloom in waves from bottom to top
with a constant scatter of bloom rest of the year.

Its need for long dormancy and hard winters
to encourage blooming is also well known.


Judging from things so far, this will not be a
cold one for us. But the season is young!

Thanks for the input. You are one of the more
observant rosers around, so I appreciate it.