The best place for the babies is probably right along with Mother, where they will be sure of being watered. A friend who propagates cuttings...
Back to the original question: If your rose is a repeat blooming variety, then deadheading the spent flowers (which means also taking off the...
Jelly made from quince tastes like eating roses. Very nice... The fruits are incredibly hard, and white fleshed, but the juice is pink when its...
Our Mme Alfred Carriere grows on an almost completely shaded wall. She is spindly and tied-in to wire supports, but the amazing thing is she still...
In Victoria, we have 194 rose bushes, all with exposed bud unions, and have never lost a rose to freezing in >10 years, including the famous...
Re: Rose Hmmm. How would the original poster know if it had Rose Mosaic Virus? Info on Rose Mosaic Virus:...
Just a thought however: Take a good look at the rest of the stems, and other plants of the same variety. Some rose hybrids have stems that...
Could be cutworms, they climb and chew off shoots. Disturb the soil around the roses and look under rocks and litter. If you see a pale fat...
Thank you, the Peter Beales saminar was a complete success. Trevor Peninsular Rose Club (Victoria and Saanich Peninsula BC)...
Most roses set hips, the most prolific seem to be the Rugosas and the Albas. The shape, size and colour of hips varies widely. From yellow to...
We do a bit with roses http://www.everyrose.com http://www.nurserysite.com/clubs/peninsular/
Thanks Ron -- Wax Myrtle or California Bayberry -- so it's actually a native here on the West Coast. That's funny that it was sold to us as an...
We have a small tree, unidentified, it was reputedly "From Australia" although I have an Oz. plant guide and cannot see it in there. It has...
Peter Beales, world-renowned rose expert, hybridizer, author and President of the Royal National Rose Society (UK) will speak on roses and sign...
