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Is it just me?
Roses have not had a good time of it this year in my garden after the torrential rain which has affected so many gardens this summer. Only now am I getting some decent blooms from R. 'Korresia', R. 'Just Joey' and R. 'Crimson Cascade' for example.
Both R. 'William Shakespeare' and R. 'Pat Austin' have been a disaster throughout, and quite frankly I'm inclined to dig mine up and chuck 'em away! They do appear very weak and unable to hold up their heads on their spindly stems even. This has happened over several years and my patience with these two is just about exhausted. Conversely, 'Just Joey' which is almost identical to 'Pat Austin' in colour and form is a much more robust plant of similar age.
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Winsford wrote: Roses have not had a good time of it this year in my garden after the torrential rain which has affected so many gardens this summer. Only now am I getting some decent blooms from R. 'Korresia', R. 'Just Joey' and R. 'Crimson Cascade' for example. Both R. 'William Shakespeare' and R. 'Pat Austin' have been a disaster throughout, and quite frankly I'm inclined to dig mine up and chuck 'em away! They do appear very weak and unable to hold up their heads on their spindly stems even. This has happened over several years and my patience with these two is just about exhausted. Conversely, 'Just Joey' which is almost identical to 'Pat Austin' in colour and form is a much more robust plant of similar age. It depends upon where you live, of course. The torrential rains in the north side of Chicago (where I am) revived my rose nicely after the dry month before. New blooms and everything. Of course, I have a Griffith Buck rose (my first and only one so far), which was bred to be tough. -- -john February 28 1997: Last day libraries could order catalogue cards from the Library of Congress. |
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Roses are a bit finicky I suppose. We got a spurt of yellow last week
and after several blooms the plants shut down. It might be leaching of the soil or just tells them 'wrong season'. Martin Martin H. Eastburn @ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net TSRA, Life; NRA LOH & Patron Member, Golden Eagle, Patriot's Medal. NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member. http://lufkinced.com/ Winsford wrote: Roses have not had a good time of it this year in my garden after the torrential rain which has affected so many gardens this summer. Only now am I getting some decent blooms from R. 'Korresia', R. 'Just Joey' and R. 'Crimson Cascade' for example. Both R. 'William Shakespeare' and R. 'Pat Austin' have been a disaster throughout, and quite frankly I'm inclined to dig mine up and chuck 'em away! They do appear very weak and unable to hold up their heads on their spindly stems even. This has happened over several years and my patience with these two is just about exhausted. Conversely, 'Just Joey' which is almost identical to 'Pat Austin' in colour and form is a much more robust plant of similar age. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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"Winsford" wrote in message
... Roses have not had a good time of it this year in my garden after the torrential rain which has affected so many gardens this summer. Only now am I getting some decent blooms from R. 'Korresia', R. 'Just Joey' and R. 'Crimson Cascade' for example. Both R. 'William Shakespeare' and R. 'Pat Austin' have been a disaster throughout, and quite frankly I'm inclined to dig mine up and chuck 'em away! They do appear very weak and unable to hold up their heads on their spindly stems even. This has happened over several years and my patience with these two is just about exhausted. Conversely, 'Just Joey' which is almost identical to 'Pat Austin' in colour and form is a much more robust plant of similar age. -- Winsford I lost more roses this year than the last two years. By comparison, the last two summers were hot with little relief but I lost only a few roses those years. I'm not as good about feeding as I should be, so perhaps that's why some of the weaker roses died this year after all the rain we got. At any rate, it's a good excuse to go rose shopping. Gail near San Antonio TX USA Zone 8 |
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"John M. Gamble" wrote in message
... In article , Winsford wrote: Roses have not had a good time of it this year in my garden after the torrential rain which has affected so many gardens this summer. Only now am I getting some decent blooms from R. 'Korresia', R. 'Just Joey' and R. 'Crimson Cascade' for example. Both R. 'William Shakespeare' and R. 'Pat Austin' have been a disaster throughout, and quite frankly I'm inclined to dig mine up and chuck 'em away! They do appear very weak and unable to hold up their heads on their spindly stems even. This has happened over several years and my patience with these two is just about exhausted. Conversely, 'Just Joey' which is almost identical to 'Pat Austin' in colour and form is a much more robust plant of similar age. It depends upon where you live, of course. The torrential rains in the north side of Chicago (where I am) revived my rose nicely after the dry month before. New blooms and everything. Of course, I have a Griffith Buck rose (my first and only one so far), which was bred to be tough. -- -john February 28 1997: Last day libraries could order catalogue cards from the Library of Congress. I have three Buck roses, all "Distant Drums". They do just great no matter what the local weather throws at them. Gail near San Antonio TX USA Zone 8 |
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Gail Futoran wrote: "John M. Gamble" wrote in message ... It depends upon where you live, of course. The torrential rains in the north side of Chicago (where I am) revived my rose nicely after the dry month before. New blooms and everything. Of course, I have a Griffith Buck rose (my first and only one so far), which was bred to be tough. I have three Buck roses, all "Distant Drums". They do just great no matter what the local weather throws at them. Mine is Prairie Sunrise. It had a nice yellow-orange sheen to it in the picture, which alas hasn't shown itself in the flower in real life (it's more of a cream off-white here). It may of course be the local growing conditions - we have dirty sand here under maybe a half-inch of topsoil - so we'll see how it goes after a few years of mulching. But I am wondering if I should have gotten Country Dancer instead. Hmm. Web site: http://www.ag.iastate.edu/centers/cad/rose1.html -- -john February 28 1997: Last day libraries could order catalogue cards from the Library of Congress. |
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