Do I need a "repeater".
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Comments (22)With a few, and I do mean A FEW, exceptions the Bourbons, Hybrid Perpetuals and Portlands do not rebloom as good as the modern rose classes. They just don't. Same thing applies to some of the English Roses, especially the older varieties. Your best bet with Galloping Gertie is to replace her with either COMTE DE CHAMBORD (Portland, 1858) or CAPITAINE DYEL DE GRAVILLE (Bourbon, 1905). Both of these roses are shorter and have more reliable remontancy. Repeat bloom for REINE DES VIOLETTES should improve with age. My grafted plant always has at least one or two flowers on the plant after the spring flush. If this isn't enough consider replacing it with INDIGO (Portland, 1845). Although the flowers aren't as perfectly formed you do get more of them and the color is similar enough. Just watch out for suckering as the short/spreading shrub behaves more like a repeat-blooming Gallica than a Portland-Damask. Another option is Rose de Rescht....See MoreWeed cloth and old mulch
Comments (5)The people at Texas A & M have found that the landscape fabrics can slow the movement of nutrients into the soil. Plots with landscape fabric had lower levels of nutrients in the soil then plots with no landscape fabric even when the same amount of "fertilizer" was added. Mulches are put down to 1) aid in control of unwanted, "weed", plant growth, 2) aid in soil moisture retention, 3) aid in soil temperature control, and 4) add organic matter to soil. So mulches are meant to be digested and added to soil, over time, just as Ma Nature does in the forests of the world....See MoreI need a repeat climber...Suggestions?
Comments (7)I agree with Sara--Dublin Bay is a nice red, fairly good disease-resistance, and has some repeat bloom periodically throughout the summer. Bad news is that, like most climbers I've grown, the repeat is sporadic--not very reliable or strong. Based on my experience, the repeat problem is common among climbers. Maybe it also relates to how long the climber has been growing in your garden--I think maybe you need to wait about 5 years to get it really going. In fact, the only decent repeater I ever grew was Golden Showers--which I had for 15-20 years, but didn't really repeat good at all until the last few years when I started paying it special attention and watering it more. (It got RRD--wouldn't you know it, just when I got that baby performing well!) I think St. Swithun will need a few extra years to perform well too. (I had it briefly--another victim of RRD). I am presently growing The Pilgrim--which hasn't done a lot its first year, but the blooms are gorgeous. Same is true, I'm told, about Teasing Georgia, which has more color than the more pastel Pilgrim (or so I am told). Like St. Swithun, I expect to wait 5 years to get something really good in terms of repeat bloom. I used to grow Viking Queen which was somewhat more ready to bloom and seemed quite promising on that score. However, the blooms were not as lovely as the Austin blooms. I have an order in for Spring for the hybrid multiflora Ghislaine de Feligonde---which I'm excited about. Entirely different look, but I'm already anticipating that it won't be a strong rebloomer--or so the comments would lead me to believe. My Eden climber was one of the most gorgeous bloomers you could have, but not strong on rebloom. That's about it for my experience with climbers. I usually concentrate on finding disease-resistant climbers under 12 feet (for my pillars). All the above climbers are reasonably bs-resistant. I also run a clematis up each pillar--to give me a bit more bloom to pick up the slack when the roses are in no hurry to rebloom. Hope that helps. Kate...See MorePowdery mildew and pots
Comments (3)Jacque, I am anticipating mildew mold this season because I planted way too close this year, and because some plants I got at auction had some already on their leaves. I immediately took those leaves off, and will be stripping all leaves from about a foot down once the plants achieve three feet height. This allows ventilation through the plants, drying the leaves from rain and morning dew to discourage mildew. I've not heard of the baking soda solution, but many people swear by using milk. Here's a recipe I recently copied from a dahlia discussion: Mildew- Mix 1/3 cup milk with 2/3 cup water and spray on the leaves. Whole milk, not skim. As for planting pots in the ground, there are some growers that do that all the time. It allows the ground moisture to keep the pot soil from drying as quickly, and protects from underground attacks. Perhaps someone else can go more in depth about growing in sunk pots, as I haven't tried it. As for gophers... Elmer Fudd is the best solution I've found, fighting with a rabbit population that decimated the new growth of a dozen plants each day. Three types of deterrents have not worked, and I'm not fencing at this late date. Some tender-hearted souls advocate catch and release. One gopher for a taste of dahlia can do a lot more damage then my bunnies in a day... Imagine a family of them moving into your garden....See MoreILoveRed
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