ROSE BUSH PROBLEM

QuestionWe planted a rose bush early this spring, and it had big-beautiful peach colored roses when we planted it. Two months later it still blooms, however, the roses look like miniature roses instead of the big bl

holes in my rose bush leaves

QuestionI planted a Don Juan climbing rose. The leaves have little holes all over them. What causes this and what can I do to provent it? AnswerThe little holes are the result of what is called a shot h

lady banks rose, white variety

QuestionQUESTION: I live in southeast arizona wheres its very hot. I have a lady banks rose in a pot and it isnt doing very well. I think the hot weather is is too harsh on the plant, especially in a pot. I want to

Caterpillar on Roses

QuestionDear Lynnette: Yesterday, I noticed that the leaves of my William Baffin rose had all kinds of holes in them. Upon closer examination, I found little green (somewhat translucent) caterpillar-like creatures c

Very new to roses

QuestionI bought about 15 roses (in containters) in late May. All but 4 of them got planted. Its now the 4th of July and I stumbled upone the 4 that never made it into the ground, and would like to still

out of control stanwell perpetual

QuestionWhen can I thin it back? Probably dormancy period after winter. Can I transplant it during the dormancy period. It needs more space. AnswerYou prune mainly in the spring to encourage gro

insects chewing up my rose leaves

QuestionShould I be cutting the chewed up leaves off my rose bush if so where? Do I cut them at the cane or just the chewed up leaves? Im not sure if its affecting the other leaves or not. It sure doesnt bring the b

Rose bush that doesnt ever flower

QuestionI live in Havre, Montana very close to the Canadian border. When I purchased my house seven years ago there were several rose bushes growing on the property, they were just in areas I wanted to do othe

Lady Banks Roze in Zone 5B

QuestionI have a sentimental attachment to a Lady Banks rose bush. I抳e moved to zone 5B. Any suggestions for survival. The plant has been in a pot for decades and needs to get into earth. Tha

climbing blue girl

QuestionI purchased a climbing blue girl rose bush last spring. It keeps getting taller, but no roses. The rest of my rose bushes are doing fine. Except for the catterpillars on them. Is this just a hard

dying knockout roses

QuestionI live in the Cincinnati, Ohio area. We planted 5 double knockout bushes in late May, after seeing how beautiful our neighbors roses were. Last week we noticed that all the blooms are gone and the bushes are

small buds - premature opening and burnt pedal edges

QuestionMy roses are looking pretty bad. I am not sure what is going on. The buds are small, they are opening too soon and when they do open it looks like someone has burnt all the edges to the pedals A

Knock out roses losing leaves

QuestionI have two knockout roses around my mail box. One has lost almost all of its leaves but the other one is doing fine. The leaves initially started turning yellow and now the bottom and middle is bare and legg

planting climbing roses in zone 5

QuestionI recently purchased 3 climbing roses: Don juan kiss of desire iceburg I want to know if they will live in zone 5 Buffalo NY AnswerIceberg and Kiss of Desire are Kordes roses from Germany and will d

Roses are dying

QuestionHi-I have had roses for several years with no serious problems but this year I have a big problem. I have about 12 different bushes spread throughout my yard and they are all dying. They started out fine t

rose bush has worms....

Questionmy sitka rosebushes are haveing worm problems. the worms are curling between leaves and then leaving like a cocoon on the outer part of leaf and little black dots about the size of a piece of lead.. any idea

budless roses

QuestionI planted a rose bush and it bloomed several buds the first year, the next two years it hasnt even grown a bud? The foliage seem full and vibrant which also appears to be growing after the graft. It has plen

Japanese beetles

QuestionI just moved to Missouri (zone 6) and have planted several varieties of roses. The David Austins are getting eaten alive by japanese beetles. I did use Sevin but was wondering if using an organic

rose tree leaves looking dried out and falling off

QuestionI have a rose tree and when I watered it on Wednesday it looked beautiful with no problems and when I went to water it on Friday all the leaves were withered, dry and falling off. What is wrong with it

seperating roses

Questionis there a safe way so that roses may be split and transplanted to make more bushes from one rose. i have some roses i would really like to get to grow in other places in my yard, I live in western new