Poor drainage around rose bed

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Posted by alodal29 8 (My Page) on

Wed, May 14, 14 at 8:32

Hi all, im a newbie to planting roses and have researched and researched picked good spots (so i thought) and have mademy rose garden. Im in the dallas area and with the recent downpours there is standing water in the yard right in front of my garden, i did put in a border so it is keeping the water from sitting right on top of my roses im just worried about root rot.

However, knowing how hot it is about to get i know that this wont be a common issue and ill soon be more concerned about them getting enough water, so should i be worried?

And if so any advice to fix it?

Thanks

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Posted by iris_gal z9 CA (My Page) on
Wed, May 14, 14 at 18:16

Send us some of that water!

My soil is adobe and a couple of years we have had floods! It never did do in a rose bush. A new construction-next-door's water pipe burst. It ran through my back area, unnoticed for more than a week. 2 inches of sitting water. Roses were fine. But my nerves were shot.

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Posted by seil z6b MI (My Page) on
Sat, May 17, 14 at 19:19

If the roses aren't looking stressed or don't have yellowing leaves they're probably fine. Water stress, both too much AND too little, usually shows up as yellowing leaves.

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