Severely dehydrated newly planted roses

QuestionQUESTION: I planted roses (assorted WEEKS) this past Monday without first adding water to the planting hole and letting it drain. To make matters worse, it has been over 1

Mini Rose Disease

QuestionHello Lynnette A while ago, I asked you about my roses and their continuous falling leaves. You told me there might be some spiders and keeping the leaves wet will make the spiders to go away. I did it, how

disease diagnosis and treatment

QuestionI received a Jackson and Perkins Lovestruck rose bush as a gift. It has been blooming well here in central/coastal New Jersey since planted in late May. However, the leaves now have oval holes and white/silv

Don Juan Roses in Tulsa Oklahoma

QuestionQUESTION: Hello. I am hoping you might advise me how to get the don juans to bloom some more. I planted them this year and they bloomed beautifully at the beginning of the season. The green growth is great b

shrub rose knock out rose tree

QuestionHi...my dad gave me a knock out shrub rose tree from his garden..it bloomed for the past 2 years..My dad was going to do some renovations in his back yard and gave me the rose tree along with some other rose

Ants eating rose buds

QuestionQUESTION: I have a Fragrant Plum grandiflora that is about 10 years old. A few days ago I noticed black ants eating my buds. They seem to be eating it from the outside towards the inside. Y

Rose Care or Possible Rose disease

QuestionHi Lynette I live in Namibia (South West Africa). We currently are in our winter months where temperatures range from 23 degrees C (daytime) and nighttime temperatures from 10 degrees C to 3 degrees Ce

White Iceberg roses

QuestionPlanted roses in June & there were lots of flowers. Now flowers are few & the leaves have holes & number of holes in leaves are spreading to all 10 of the plants. Area is Orange County. They do not get full

Red Rose Houseplant

QuestionI live in scotland. I have a red rose houseplant which has red roses and then one peach rose. Can you tell me why? AnswerTwo things may have caused the different colours on the same bush. If it is just one

Soil pH and water quantity

QuestionQUESTION: What is the correct soil pH for a rosebed? How do you raise or lower the pH of the rosebed soil? How does soil pH and fertilizer relate to each other? &

Strange bug on knock out roeses

QuestionQUESTION: I have four bugs that look like caterpillars. They are about 1/2 in long with ecru hairs or horns at both ends and the body are green with a red mark in the middle of it. They are on the unde

Black Spots

QuestionI have a bed of yellow carpet roses that are infected with black spots. I have strip all the leaves and have sprayed with a fungal spray every 7 days with no luck. The new leaves are spotted. &nb

Heat Stressed Roses?

QuestionMy roses in SW Oklahoma began losing leaves. The Yellow starts at the tips of the leaves in a V and spreads downward in the leaf with brown following. It finally consumes the leaf. This is happening especial

is my potted rose bush dead?

QuestionI received a potted rose plant not too long ago . I have watered it and had in a sunny spot indoors. The leaves are becoming brittle and she just doesnt look good. Is she dead ? How can I tell and if there i

weak bud stems

QuestionThis year my roses seem to have weak flower stems. The canes are fine but it almost seems as if the blossom is to heavy for the stem...hence when blossom opens they blossom droops. ideas, suggest

roses wont bloom

QuestionI planted my roses last spring. They grew and bloomed all last summer. I mulched them for the winter and uncovered them this spring. The plants look healthy. No black spot or anything

Yellow Rose discolouration

QuestionMy yellow roses developed red spots last fall on the petals and this year they have them too. What can I do? I was very careful last fall to remove all leaves from the bed and covered the roots with stones.

problem in rose buds

Questioni am gardening at roof-top in INDIA,CALCUTTA. most of them in earthen pots.some of my rose buds are found dwarf ,short petals though the buds found o k .whats the problem ? pl help. AnswerThere are a couple

Roses/ juniper bushes/trees

QuestionIs it okay to plant roses in the same bed as juniper bushes/trees?? AnswerIt really depends on how far away the juniper bushes are planted from the roses. Trees and junipers wont do any harm to rose bushes

Be happy orange rose

QuestionI am hoping that you can help me. I am getting married in September and am having a two tone orange rose called 慴 Happy?or 慴e happy? I was hoping to get 4 plants of this rose as presents for close family mem