double knockout rose bush quit blooming

QuestionI planted a double knockout rose bush about a month ago and it bloomed really good. I cut off the spent blooms and now it has quit blooming. What should I do? I live near Nashville Tn. AnswerKnock Out will

Rose tree pruning?

QuestionWe just bought a house and have a very large and leggy rose bush/tree that the previous owners told us they had never taken care of (it has been tied to the fence in a few places to keep branches from breaki

New Dawn pruning

QuestionI garden in coastal Connecticut, zone 6, about halfway between Boston and New York. I have a New Dawn climber that is about 7 years old and covering an arbor. The lower canes have gotten more and more bare,

disfigured rose blooms

QuestionIm a county agent in PA and routinely field hort questions even though Im a foods and nutrition person. I got a call from a woman who has a collection of old roses and a variety she has is plagued with somet

Black discoloration on my Knock Out Rose

QuestionI have a BEAUTIFUL Knock-Out-Rose about 3 years old now. I have recently noticed a black coloration on 1/3 of the stems, on the mulch around the rose base and on some under leaves. It almost looks like the b

my rose trees flowers are all dying

QuestionQUESTION: hi lynnette, im a bit of a newcomer to roses, but bought a rose tree yesterday. it was already provvided with a bamboo stake so i planted it in my front garden in the soil, which is clay like. toda

Dying Roses

QuestionHello! I have four 1-year old Iceberg Rose bushes. They had been doing great until just this week. They had all bloomed beautifully and were full of open white roses. Normally, when the rose has

roses losing leaves

QuestionI have a bed of roses that came with the house we bought last spring. They are mostly long stem hybrids (we live in Mississauga just outside Toronto) The soil is a 70% clay 30% dirt mix in the beds going int

Roses - how can I save them?

QuestionI have been living in my house for nearly two years, and Im ashamed to say that Ive just begun to pay attention to all the beautiful rose bushes around my house. They bloomed so profusely the first yea

Trimming hipps off Knock out roses

QuestionThis is my second year of knock out roses and they are beautiful. But most of the petals fell off after our recent storms. Can I trim off the hipps to allow more growth? Many thanks! Answe

Pruning Don Juan Roses

QuestionI live in the Atanta Georgia area, I planted a couple of Don Juan Rose Bushes a few weeks ago and Ive already had a few flowers to bloom in full. Where on the stem should these be cut, Im afraid of mes

dying double knockout rose bushes

Question poor looking rose bought and planted in full bloom 12 double knocout rose bushes. did not rebloom, also developed black spots on some of the leaves on plants, others developed holes in leaves. stems and bud

yellow tea rose

Question Yellow Rose I have been trying to find a replacement yellow tea rose for the one that died in my flower bed last season. It was an old yellow tea rose and very prolific. It pushed blooms out all season unti

knock-out rose disease

QuestionI have two groupings of knockout roses and in both groups one of the double red roses has deformities. The new growth is very red with small narrow leaves and small poorly formed buds. The other roses in the

Non-Blooming Knock-Out Rose Bush

QuestionIn May we purchased and planted in a pot,(with Miracle Grow potting soil w/fertilizer), a knock-out rose bush that had blooms on it. Within a couple of weeks, the blooms died and fell off, but no more blooms

Knock out roses changing colors/dying

QuestionWe have 8 of the red double knock out rose bushes. Last week, I noticed that more than half of the new buds were either pale pink or white. The tips of the blooms are browning VERY quickly and th

White Rosebush

QuestionHi~ I have a questions about a rose bush I have it is at least 50 to 60 years old and was given to my mother from her great Aunt as a wedding gift and is the last remaining bush of many the she used to have.

Pacific Northwest Roses

QuestionWhat roses grow well in -or are native to- the Pacific Northwest? I am particularly interested in those that will do well in shade. I am interested in all types: bushes, climbing, etc. I have hea

pink knock out tree rose

Question I just planted my tree rose and love it. Im in zone 4 what should I do for winter protection? Also how often should I fertilize and what is the best to use. Any other info to make this

Cutting Back Climbing Roses

QuestionQUESTION: Hi, I live just outside Manchester (UK) and we have a climbing rose that is very overgrown, so much so we are now having trouble opening the windows. When and how hard should I cut it back (it is