Comments on: Rose Woes? I’ve got solutions.

By: Sanne Stockwell

Sanne Stockwell — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 01:27:33 +0000

My Husband Growes Succulents…..so he says get rid of the Roses…and plant Succulents……. well I cant do that….so he tells me that once I start to treat the plants for Bugs or other issue, I need to repeat treatment, several times, ONE treatment does not cure the problem, I have to make a plant to repeat, repeat, repeat!!!

By: Nancy Amweg

Nancy Amweg — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:09:25 +0000

I think Double Delight is a pleasure to grow and is on the easy side. Nancy Amweg

By: Cindy Mangrum

Cindy Mangrum — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:06:38 +0000

I would have to say of all my roses, “New Dawn” pink climbing rose is the most carefree with beautiful blooming cycles and a heavenly addition to any rose garden.

By: Robyn Webb

Robyn Webb — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 23:38:02 +0000

I live in Utah and roses do very well here (low humidity) but my favorites would have to be New Dawn, rugosas, The Fairy and William Baffin. They take care of themselves and show off with gorgeous blooms.

By: Doris Bennett

Doris Bennett — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 23:30:22 +0000

I moved from AR to Reno, NV 3 years ago and planted Knockout Roses across the back of my yard which had a 3 ft high privacy fence, a green space and houses on the top of the hill. Mule deer come through the green space and found my roses and jumped my fence and ate every blooming plant, every 3 weeks! I tried hair and all products that the nursery sold and the only thing that worked was 2 rows of fishing line 6 in. apart on top of the fence. The deer look through but no longer jump my fence and my flowers are beautiful.

By: Dawn Powell

Dawn Powell — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 22:01:49 +0000

what is the receip for soap insectiside

By: Jan Curry

Jan Curry — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 21:48:22 +0000

We are seeing lots of rose rosette here in Kansas. I have had 4 cases out of 20 roses. Doesn’t seem to be picky about which variety. Our extension office says dig them out and sterilize your equipment. I am sad to say I will plant no replacement roses, to expensive. I will replace with native plants to support the environment.

By: S. Moran

S. Moran — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 20:15:47 +0000

Here is a recipe for a deer repellent that works for me. You have to spray every 7-10 days especially if it rains, but after they know it is there or take a sample, you can wait much longer to spray again. It beats paying the price for one of the commercial ones if you have a large garden.

1 egg
1 tablespoon salad oil
1 tablespoon liquid dish soap
1/2 cup milk

Beat egg well, mix in next ingredients, and add to 1 gallon water.
Strain into sprayer. If you do not use all, it can stay in sprayed for a while, but may have to be restrained if it sits too long.

By: rebecca mayfield

rebecca mayfield — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 12:49:17 +0000

knock out roses will try them one day. hear nothing but good thing about these roses

By: Marcie Rolph

Marcie Rolph — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 11:42:02 +0000

I love my knock out roses for ease but another that does just as well is the flower carpet rose. It has such nice cover and blooms all season with very little care.

By: Bill Haile

Bill Haile — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 00:12:59 +0000

The Knock Out roses are the most carefree. However, I prefer hybrid teas and grandifloras, “the real roses”, because of their more perfect forms. My favorites are Gemini and Double Delight.
Granted they take more attention than the Knock Out’s, but they are high production plants and truly reward you for your efforts.

By: Jo Shafer

Jo Shafer — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 20:03:36 +0000

My two “ancient” roses give me the least trouble, even after nearly 30 years planted in the herb garden. One is a gallica, the other a damask.

(1) Rosa Officianalis, dated prior to 1300, is kown as the “Apothecary Rose” and was chosen as the “Red Rose of Lancaster” during England’s War of the Roses between Lancastershire and Yorkshire. I will never have a “White Rose of Yorkshire” in any garden of mine!

(2) Rosa Damascena Bifera, dated c. 50 B.C.E., I call my Roman Rose because Cicero included this ancient rose specimen in his own gardens. It’s also known as “Rose of Castile” and sometimes “Autumn Damask.”

Both these specimens I planted in my own herb garden on March 14, 1987, according to the notes in my garden journal of that decade.

By: Amber Golacinski

Amber Golacinski — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 16:13:30 +0000

Knockout roses deffinatly. Mine are forever blooming.

By: Kay

Kay — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 15:42:32 +0000

I think the new dawn roses are best. I have a full sun area . I must say sometimes I do not water the plants. My perkins roses have died but the Iris, new dawn rose bush and crepe myrtle survive the Texas heat and the ocassional watering.

By: jan

jan — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 15:30:52 +0000

I do not seem to have the “green thumb” for growing roses because they always have black spot each year and drop all the leaves. My rose insecticide and mildow applications twice yearly do not have any affect. Must look into the Knock-out roses.

By: Cindy Menn

Cindy Menn — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 04:41:55 +0000

Well, I am embarassed to admit what I am about to admit but, my admission serves to illustrate my answer to your question. “What do you think is the most carefree rose?” Last summer, I found five Knockout roses on sale and couldn’t resist buying them. I have a shade garden so, as much as I love roses, I’d never bought any full-sized ones. I’d only purchased mini roses for my patio table. Anyway, when I got the roses home, I could not figure out where I could place them. The roses remained in their nursery containers as I tried them out in different areas of my garden. Well, life has a way of getting away from us and, here it is a year later and two of those Knockout roses are still in their nursery containers. And, they still look beautiful. So, I believe that Knockout roses are the most carefree of roses. BTW, I have figured out the right spot for them and they will get out of those original pots this weekend…Scouts honor.

By: Lisa Marty

Lisa Marty — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 03:58:42 +0000

Information, suggestions, and ideas are always helpful and the rose book will give me a better understanding of this plant as I have lost many roses trying to get the conditions correct. I enjoyed two blooms on my one surviving plant and I carefully watered each day. One morning I looked out and a deer had been through during the night, having a snack on those beautiful leaves!

By: Carol R. Jankowski

Carol R. Jankowski — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 01:39:26 +0000

My red double knockouts are outstanding performers in my garden. But I have to mention my Julia Child rose, she is a great performer as well with very little problems.

By: susan

susan — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:25:47 +0000

I have one rose bush…a floribunda “Princess” that has lovely pink blooms. So easy to take care of. Fertilize and it ensures many blooms. Hope to collect more as I grow my garden.
Thank you for your newsletter which keeps me learning.

By: Nancy Kennedy

Nancy Kennedy — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:33:31 +0000

How do you train/support a climbing rose to climb on the side of a house? I tried a trellis secured to the bricks, but the rose was too heavy and it pulled out of the brick.