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Re: Proagating roses from seeds Of course, if they are indeed species they will come true. We have roses in car parks here too and they are all...
Re: Proagating roses from seeds My personal preference is to grow the seedlings on in a pot at least until the roots fill the pot (one gallon...
We usually plant a few rose seeds each year. Some are deliberate crosses and some are random. It depends on how much time we have during the...
In the many years I have been growing roses, I have never seen anything like this in our area. If it won't destroy the plant, I would prune the...
Michael is right! In British Columbia, while cane borers are present in rose gardens, they don't really do damage. In our garden of 800 roses,...
since spider mites are not insects, but rather arthropods with 8 legs, they are more closely related to spiders. An insecticide will not be...
Ron, I'm quite sure Eric is referring to modern hybrid roses, possibly hybrid tea or floribunda. So that is what I'm referring too as well. I...
Fall is a very good time to plant roses in the lower mainland of B.C. Why would mail order nurseries dispatch roses at this time of year if it...
Re: Proagating roses from seeds Greg, if you have a few hips and you want to plant the random crosses, it's not too difficult to do. If your...
While it may sound harsh, what I would do is dig the poor thing out. Then, dig out about a barrow load of the soil replacing it with a good...
I would not think "Tea" roses would be hardy in your climate zone. Or, do you mean "Hybrid Tea"? Since you're in a colder zone, advice should...
Many roses are not "named roses." This could be a chance seedling. In the beginning, all roses were chance crosses by wind, insects, birds etc....
Harkness says that in his opinion 'Escapade' is the best rose he has ever hybridized. There is a bed of 20 plants in the Centennial Rose Garden...
Generally, rose growers do not amend holes, instead they dig a "bed" so that far reaching roots of roses have room to roam. I get what you have...
Their web site says they are closed until next spring. And, as far as I know they do not bud graft roses, but purchase them from another...
Ron, It's perfectly obvious that neither you or Linda chalker are rose gardeners! What I have had to say comes directly from the horse's...
Eric, You will receive planting instructions with your order if you purchase roses from Pickering Nurseries. You may wish to also check out...
It sounds like you did have a very bad experience with bare root planting. Perhaps the difference is that our hardier Canadian Roses are...
I think they have things turned around - just a little bit!!! I'm presently replacing a Hebe that was damaged the winter before last and finished...
The best place to purchase your bare root plants - either fall or spring, is Pickering Nurseries or Palatine Nursery in Ontario. You can order...
