Best Roses for the PNW
I have been asked by the nursery where I work to compile a list of the 50 best roses for the Pacific Northwest. The primary criteria is disease resistance, with fragrance a second consideration. I have a pretty good start, but I don’t grow anywhere near 50 different varieties and would appreciate any input from [...]
Landscaping with Roses
Roses have many uses in the home garden, both as standalone bushes and climbers and as part of an overall landscape of plants and flowers. The newest thinking in landscape gardening is to combine roses with other types of native plants and flowers, and roses certainly lend themselves to a striking place in the garden. [...]
Fertilizing Roses
What type of fertilizer is best for roses. I purchased an Ortho product that is to be applied every 6 wks. It is supposed to fertilize and protect from pest. It said not to use any other type of pest control while using this product. Something is eating holes in the sides of my rosebuds [...]
What type of fertilizer is best for roses?
Any type of cheap, well- balanced fertilizer works…there is no best. And how often depends on how dedicated you are.There are those who fertilize monthly, bi-weekly, and weekly. Some soil condition only in early spring, and others again in the fall. It depends on time you have to spend.Check out the ARS website for great [...]
Shade tolerant roses
Does anyone know if there’s such a thing as shade-tolerant roses? Ideally, I’d like one climbing rose and two shrub roses for along my back fence, but it only gets about an hour or two of late afternoon sun back there. The backyard is south facing, so it’s quite hot, but the fence casts a [...]
How to Protect Roses from Diseases?
Generally, Old Garden Roses are easy care if you don’t care about blackspot, rust or powdery mildew. After that, you are on your own. Generally, they take more fertilization and watering than modern roses. Whether they require spraying or not depends on your climate and degree of tolerance for foliage and bloom damage. If [...]
Organic Roses
What technique can be used to cope with black spot on roses that is non-toxic and effective? I’ve also got little green worms. Anyone know what they are and how to get rid of them without using systemic chemical treatments? Blackspot is a common disease on roses. Chances are you’ll have to remove the infected [...]
When to spray roses?
I was going to be organic this year but my roses are suffering sadly. Here are the 2 biggest problems – aphids and black spot. I bought some ortho black spot spray and some Safer’s aphid spray. The question – can I spray both of these on the roses together? Will these mix together and [...]
Does garlic really help roses?
Just read interesting advice in the book “Roses Love Garlic” that planting garlic or onions with roses helps defeat black spot. Also, that geraniums next to roses also help repel japanese beetles. Has anyone actually tried these methods and can you tell much difference? I have a row of garlic planted in front of my [...]
Easy Care Roses
I would like some easy care roses for my garden. Low growing and easy to care for. I can’t think of any rose that is “easy care.” They all require heavy doses of organic matter, a good drink twice a week, and plenty of sunshine for optimum growing. I suppose wild roses growing in their [...]
Roses in Warm Temperate Climates
I’m not quite sure what is happening with the rose group, but till then, is there anybody who lives in a warm-temperate (frost free) Mediterranean climate who would like to exchange experiences, especially in terms of the older types of roses (e.g. Bourbon, Noisette, Tea, HP, etc). As far as the group goes… it’s getting [...]
Roses and Black Spot
Some roses are more succeptible to disease than others. Some climates provide more disease pressure than others. Some winters are more challenging for roses than others. Some fungicides are more effective than others. No fungicide will eradicate black spot once it has a foothold on your rose. Fungicides are preventatives only. The best method to [...]
