"Cindie Light" wrote in message
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I am trying my black thumb at roses this year. I have one shrub type
rose ( I was not bright enough to actually look and write down the
KIND of rose I got it was pretty so I got it...duh!) But I also
planted 3 minature roses at the same time in the same place. I put all
of them in a raised bed...added good neutral soil with a granite sandy
mixture so it drains well and mulched around it with cedar mulch. The
minatures are doing very well almost the height of the shrub! but the
shrub has new growth leaves and buds..yet they are droopy. It has some
purple dots very few on a few of the leaves but not the new
leaves...some yellowing or mottling on a few leaves. Any suggestions??
I have put some rose fertilizer around it and have sprayed some
fungicide incase this is the beginning of black spot. It may be
getting too much water as Im watering it well every other day...need
advice on central texas rose gardening..

Since the rose bushes you planted near the shrub are doing well, I'll assume
it is getting enough sun. Evening shade is OK, but generally rose bushes
need full sun.

One thing about rose bushes is they are very forgiving. More than likely if
you are patient it will eventually recover. My guess is the rose bush is
probably having a tough time getting used to the new soil. The best (and
usually cheapest) way to buy rose bushes is to order bare root bushes from
mail order places like Jackson & Perkins in the winter. They mail them to
you at the correct time to plant them. By doing it this way, the rose
bushes usually do well the first year. When you buy a rose bush in a pot
that is already flowering, quite often when you transplant them in the
ground they don't do so well the first year due to transplant shock.

Make sure you didn't bury the graft which is the bulge at the base of the
plant. If you do the top part of the rose bush will eventually die and the
roots will start sending out new canes which is the wild rose variety in
which the rose bush you bought was grafted upon. Miniture roses do not have
grafts and grow on their own roots.