rose bugs

QuestionHello,I have some small brown bugs(lots of them) on my roses ,they are close to the flower(not on the leaves)and the buds; I tried the organic Dr Earth insect spray (it has garlic in it)but it didnt help it

My non-blooming rose garden

QuestionI have a beautiful rose garden with over 20 rose bushes. Unfortunately I have only had five roses bloom the entire summer. We have had a nice summer in NJ and in passed years I had hundreds of roses. I have

unopened buds

QuestionHi Lynette, I am a volunteer at Point Ellice House here in Victoria B.C. Im trying to solve the problem of buds which form well, shapely and full, but the edges of the petals turn brown and the buds dont ope

schrub roses

QuestionCan I transplant shrub roses from my Milwaukee home to N central AR? It is mid August?? AnswerThe only time a rose bush will survive being moved is when it is dormant and that is in the late fall or early s

Leaf damage

QuestionCan you tell me what is stripping my Compassion rose leaves? The damage has occurred high up to one section of the plant and at first the leaves are left looking like a fish skeleton before even the ve

rose cultivation

Questioniam going to make my home next month in Boise, Idaho US. i am planning for rose cultivation in pots. kindly advise me as how to start with , where will i get the saplings , how to care those plants.. thanks

Knock roses

QuestionCan I plant knock out roses in pots as I am too old to dig a large hole? I live in Nashville TN and I think my zone is 7 or 8 I have 3 that I need to plant, before frost which happens around the fist of No

Rose Photo

Question Growth Hi Please could you help me with this Wild Rose Growth.Thank you. AnswerThis is a form of a rose gall called Robins Pin Cushion. Roses get different kinds of galls. A gall is just a swelling on som

How Late Can I Plant Roses?

QuestionI live in Ontario, Canada. How late can I plant roses? September, October? Can I plant if we experience an Indian Summer in say, October? Thanks! AnswerIn your area you can plant roses until the ground is t

rosebushes

QuestionQUESTION: after a rose blooms and dies, if you cut off the dead rose, will another rose eventually bloom there? Or do I just leave it alone and pull off the dead petals to make it look better? ANSWER: The m

Mildred Reynolds Rose

QuestionI am very urgently trying to find a rose called Mildred Reynolds. PLEASE can anyone help? Thx AnswerMildred Reynolds is a cardinal red Floribunda bred in France and introduced in 1966. In the 1940s Fr

Growing roses in the philippines

QuestionHi Lynnette i had a great rose garden in idaho before i came here, 100s of various roses. Are you saying that only tea roses will grow here. How about Long stem roses, &nb

pruning knockout roses and general care

QuestionI live in Wilmington N.C. Hot summers My roses are a year old and most look great. However some have become spindley and dropped there leaves. I pruned them back some and new growth has started to appear.

black spot on my roses

QuestionI have been trying to grow roses, although I have some plants that are doing pretty well, I still have certain plantes that have black spot on the bottom leaves mostly, when I see them I remove them. But I l

pruning roses and die back

QuestionQUESTION: Hi, I ordered seven bare root rose bushes about 2 years ago. The first year they looked beautiful and had great blooms, but then I pruned them. I had a rose book which I relied on singu

Roses turning different color

QuestionQUESTION: Lynnette I had a floribunda rose bush that had purple colored roses. The first year I planted it the roses were purple, the next year they were more a fuchsia color and then the next year they were

Blue moon rose

QuestionMy first blossom and all I got was a few WHITE petals that fell off straight away. It is planted on sheltered ground and a little sun in the afternoon.What am i doing wrong or not doing? I have only had it f

Host Rose Outgrowing the Graft

QuestionHi Lynnette. Im sorry that I dont know all of the right terminology. I know only a little about growing roses, but I have had a lot of success with the several bushes that were on the property we boug

climbing roses in pots

QuestionWe are very interested in growing climbing roses on our deck in pots. My question is, can they be left outside during the winter and if so, how long can they survive in pots? For years? Wha

my sick roses

QuestionI have planted my roses in large wooden barrel halves, that I got from Wall Mart. I have had to treat them all summer long for different things such as dying leaves, and now mildew and black spots on the bac