Mr Lincoln, lots of healthy new growth. We're going to experience a few freezes ag'n next week but as of yet they aren't predicting a hard one. I may be able to keep this growth.
I'm in Louisiana, right on the cusp of zones 8 and 9. Winters are relatively mild with us spending several days or weeks at a time in with spring like weather (70s/40s) divided but a day or three with lows below freezing. I grow mostly ornamentals with special interest in roses. I've been out examining my bushes today and thought I'd try a post here.
looking good bring on the growth
ReplyDeleteLike a parent tending the small ones you are a great nurturer to your plants there Vic..welcome to GG's.
ReplyDeleteI'm in the lower end of zone 6. At around 6:00 AM it was 27 degrees and wind chill of 14. Expecting extreme cold for in the morning. I have a rose bush that's "parent" was planted around 1906 as a present to one of my great grand mothers. It is pink, blooms once a year, not the prettiest plant other times and tends to get mildew even though we are in a dry climate.
ReplyDeleteYou surely do have to prepare well there with your roses Vic.
ReplyDeleteWe are so much more lucky here. We do need to prune n feed but because we have milder weather things are a bit easier here. Although when the heat of the day hits the roses they do sometimes just shrivel up and dry before opening perfectly. That is the harsh truth of the strong UV rays here in Summer with out cloud cover to protect them to a certain degree. Spring is usually fine and so is Autumn. Some of the roses here actually flower through winter. Thanks for sharing.
A lot of old roses are once bloomers. I'm not sure why you're suffering mildew in a dry climate. You don't water late eve, do you?
ReplyDeleteTo mask the unatractiveness of the non blooming plant try planting clematis at it's base. The clematis is a non strangling climbing vine that loves a rose to crawl thru and will extend the color period of the rose.
I'm in a very mild area also Milli. The bushes take little care, other than pruning and feeding. I love propagating the roses tho, to fill the rest of the yard and I give a lot of cuttings away. These tender young ones take a bit more care as they've yet to develop roots strong enough to battle the few freezes we do get. My usual routine was to do this early spring after the first flush of blooms, which I did last year. I needed a few for new area and neglected to keep any, so I attempted ag'n late fall. Summers are harsh here as well and the cuttings rarely make it if started then.
ReplyDeleteThat may be the problem, have soaker hoses to come on in the middle of the night. I like clematis, will give them a try. Also have an old lilac that's "parent" was from another grand mother. It also gets some mildew, planted close to the old rose. Sometimes that lilac blooms lightly in the fall.
ReplyDeleteroses like to be dry before nightfall, but a soaker hose shouldn't cause problems as it doesn't wet the folliage. Any rose susceptible to mildew will suffer when another gets it.
ReplyDeleteI've been fortunate and even in my humid climate mildew isn't a problem, but i fight blackspot all year. Try fertilizing with Bayer 3-in-1 feed and protectant. It will insure a plant healthy enough to fight off most disease.
I think I used to have a Mr Lincoln back home in the Napa Valley. Red velvety flowers that develop deep orange hips, does that sound right?
ReplyDeleteLooks like good healthy roots to me! Great job :-)
ReplyDeleteYeah, that's great looking new growth! You're obviously doing something right :-)
ReplyDeleteBulbs are one of the things that are totally carefree here in the high desert. With our cold winters and dry summers we just plant them and forget them until come up in the spring. They naturalize easily and only die if people over water them in the summer.
ReplyDeleteBack home in Napa, a much warmer zone 9, I usually got two to five seasons out of my daffs, less out of tulips. I hope yours will do well for you for many years :-)
Looks like you have rose propagation techniques down really well! Have you ever gone "rose rustling"? Going to abandoned old houses and cemeteries to take rose cuttings of older varieties to save them.
ReplyDeleteThe red velvet is correct, and perhaps the hips but I've not let roses on this go to hip yet. This is one of my favorite cutting bushes.
ReplyDeleteI've never been rose rustling but it sounds like a grand time. I have knocked on a door, complemented a bush and gotten a cutting.
ReplyDeleteOn my Mr Lincoln, if I'm identifying it correctly, I let it develop hips in the fall to give my garden color through winter--especially because grew near my birch tree so the orange hip against the white bark was beautiful!
ReplyDeleteCompliments always work ;-)
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you have the correct rose, very fragrant, right?
ReplyDeleteYes! I hope the current homeowner is enjoying the rose. I didn't bring a cutting with me, but I have some really nice roses here in Idaho.
ReplyDeleteArt of work.
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