deadheading knock out roses?

QuestionQUESTION: Should I deadhead my knock out roses when the petals on the flower have fallen off? If so, is it OK just to break off the head with my thumb or a scissors? There is no way to dead head down t

Transplant woes

QuestionQUESTION: Lynnette, I am completely new to the beautiful world of roses and recently was offered the opportunity to receive a transplanted rose. These roots unfortunately are not much more than 7 inche

Is it a disease?

Question Rose Disease? I have a pink Knockout Rose Bush in my garden that looks very strange this year. It actually started at the end of the growing season last year. I am not a gardening expert and dont know the t

Knockout rose bushes dying

QuestionWe have had great luck with our rose bushes as they have been healthy and hardy for several years. This year they started blooming as always then we notice a white filmy web like substance covering the

BUDS DROPPING OFF

QuestionGREETINGS, MY BROTHER IN THE LAKE PLACID AREA OF N.Y. PLANTED A ROSE BUSH AND HAS NOTICED THAT THE BUDS HAVE STARTED TO TURN DARK, DRY UP, AND DROP OFF BEFORE BLOOMING. ANY IDEAS... I RAISE ROSE

Leaf miners on roses

QuestionI live in southwestern Pennsylvania and this is the first time my roses have been effected, and I belive by leaf miners. The leaves are still intact, but all the green is gone and the leaves are now transpar

what can i use to get rid of the worms that are eating my rosebush

QuestionI have little worms eating my rosebush. the leaves are going fast AnswerWorms are easy to get rid of just use any rose insecticide such as Orthos Rosepride sprays for insects. But you can also use any organ

replanting,colorchange

QuestionMy wife and i bought two different color rose bushes (1yellow 1 white) a few years ago. Two years later they are RED why is that ? I want to replant 1 of them elsewhere in yard. How deep and wide would the r

Knockout Rose Bush

QuestionI planted a knockout rose bush last year but did not know to prune it in the spring. I planted it next to my deck and a couple of the branches are growing outward instead of up. Should I tie to b

small holes in leaves on my rose bushes

QuestionFour weeks ago I planted 12 double knock out roses bushes. This is my first time planting roses. I live in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I am noticing that the leaves are getting tiny holes in th

Knockout Rose Disease

Question Yellow Gunk I have 4 knockouts that we purchased two years ago. They have been doing well until a few weeks ago when the leaves started turning yellow. I have been applying a fungicide to the bu

roses problem

Questionmy roses are budding but shriveling before they open or opening slightly and not fully blooming, when we first planted this 6 weeks ago, had beautiful flowers and blooms. Live in NJ, northeast, had rai

no leaves

QuestionMy climbing rose bush is blooming but there are very few leaves? What happened to all my leaves. There are none on the ground, so they did not fall off. It has been extremely wet in the pacific n

Silver spots on roses

QuestionMy Dad has a wonderful tea rose ,and I noticed that the leaves have, what appears to be, silvery looking spots on some of them. Some of the older spots look like holes. Insect or fungi? What can

Roses becoming very leafy and not flowering

QuestionThank you for taking the time to answer my question. We leave in the Mid-west (Zone 5). We have a great variety of roses and try to learn every year a little bit more about them. One of our knock out roses i

My roses are dying

QuestionOne rose stem at a time is dropping its and then die. Later another stem does the same thing. We have numerous roses around the house. The same thing goes on. We live in Tacoma WA 98446. AnswerI dont

yellow leaves on knock out roses

QuestionI planted knock out roses last year. The suffered a little freeze damage, but overall they have made a come back. However, we have had a drought, then a lot of rain....now I am noticing yellow le

Roses do not bloom

QuestionI live in Ohio near Akron. I have several rose bushes that are 15 years old and they do not bloom any longer. They are in partial shade. What can I do or are the bushes too old? AnswerRose

Double knockout Roses

QuestionI planted several Double knockout Roses, The three that I planted have no blooms at all. The the leaves seem to be healthy but no blooms. I dont even see a bud. The nursery told me when you cut the blooms th

Rose Growth

QuestionI have another question, Lynette. Last year I put in 2 Flower Carpet rose plants. They did fine. I pruned them back to half size in early spring( April), as the instructions sai