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Why are my roses purple?????????????????
Hi all!
Well, my roses are in bloom--yay!!!! But there is something very odd... You see, I have fifteen rosebushes so far... 10 red and 5 yellow. In the red row, there a 3 Mister Lincolns, 3 Oklahomas, 2 Climbing Blaze, a Monumental, and a Climbing Don Juan. The yellow row consists of: 1 Electra, 1 Golden Celebration, 1 Julia Child, 1 Canary Diamond, and 1 Gold Glow. All of the bushes have buds. A few are in full bloom. All of my yellow roses are coming out the right colors.... several beautiful shades of yellow. The problem--although they are absolutely stunning and beautiful--is with the red row. The blooms are nowhere near the color they are supposed to be. The Mister Lincolns that have bloomed so far have produced large, heavily scented flowers that are beautiful, but instead of being a deep rich red, they are instead a vibrant and rich but decidedly PURPLE color. Likewise with the Oklahomas, although they are an even lighter shade of purple. The Monumental and Don Juan have not opened yet, so I don't know what color they will be. The Climbing Blaze are blooming as well. Their color isn't purple like the others, but it isn't exactly red like it should be, either. Instead, they are a bright orange! So, the question is: Why? Is it perhaps the soil content, or the fertilizer I used? A combination of both? And if that is the case, why are the yellows coming in properly? My home is on a mobile home lot one street away from the river and has several different types of soil--probably due to the preparation for putting a trailer on the lot. At one end of the trailer, where the Climbing Blaze and Don Juan are located, it is all red clay? Towards the middle of the house, where the bulk of the roses are planted, the soil is a mixture of red and brown clay. At the back of the house, the soil is mostly chert. I fertilize the plants with the Wal-Mart equivalent of Miracle Gro for Roses. Any ideas? Thanks! Jason (A Satisfied but Mystified Rose-Gardener) Zone 7b. |
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