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"Sunflower" wrote:
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Hi all -- Can anyone tell me how to identify what type of roses I
have?
I bought my house a few years ago and there are two rose bushes in
the back yard which never really bloomed until we removed an
incredibly overgrown mass of honeysuckle vines that had basically
taken them
over.
These two bushes were about 7 feet tall when we removed the
honeysuckle, and through pruning here and there we got them to
bloom several times during the
summer.
After deadheading, they developed more buds, but the bushes
continued to shoot way up -- I think they're almost 9 feet tall
now. Are these roses climbers since they're so tall? If so, I'd
like to put in a trellis and
let
them naturally grow into a vine, but I'm not sure how to start. If
I
prune
them back in the spring, will they grow to be as tall as they are
now so I can train them to use a trellis? One of the bushes grows
up from one
thick
woody cane, maybe 2 inches in diameter, that branches into a Y at
about
10 inches tall and several more canes grow from each side of the Y.
I'd like to prune it back, but I'm not sure how far since the
bottom
of
the bush is just the one woody cane and the bottoms of theY
sections are woody also. The other bush has a bunch of woody canes
and a number of smaller canes, some thinner than a pencil and some
thicker (I think some may be suckers). Any advice for me? I don't
want to kill these bushes because they're the only roses I have.
Thanks in advance!

Go to the American Rose Society's webpage, www.ars.org/ and look up a
Consulting Rosarian in your area. They will come to your home free of
charge and give you a personalized consultation. They may can help
to rejevenate your overgrown rose, but it may be impossible to
identify which rose it is unless it is common.


There may be a waiting list..

Depending on what part of the country the OP is in, yes, the CR's may
take a couple of days to respond, but unless the OP is in CA or other
rose heavy heavens, then the number of people requesting the service is
quite small. This is a greatly underutilized service that needs to be
more widely known. Also, for anyone who is interested in growing more
than just a couple of roses, the ARS's monthly magazine, The American
Rose, is a great source of information. It's free with the $38 annual
membership, and there's lots of magazines out there that don't come with
the additional benefits that Society membership offers. Like free
admission to many botanical gardens.

Does it come with fungicide coupons? g

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