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Posted by msrose zone8TX (My Page) on Thu, May 12, 05 at 15:27
| As I suited up in my chemical gear yesterday (respirator, gloves, glasses) I decided I was really tired of spraying my roses but I hate the thought of replacing all of the ones I have now. Are there any of these that would do well in a no-spray garden in Texas?
Purple Tiger
The Prince
Spanish Rhapsody
Fame
Traviata
Molineux
Double Delight
Radio Times
Sheila's Perfume
Rosie O'Donnell
Guy De Mauppasant
Angel Face
Pat Austin
Black Magic
Fragrant Plum
Yves Piaget
Hot Cocoa
Miss All American Beauty (I just bought this one and now I'm wondering if I should take it back).
Laurie |
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RE: Tired of spraying. Can I keep any of these?
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| Your area is a bit dryer than mine, so I think a few that are on my "low maintainece" schedule might be able to be no spray for you. Purple Tiger- Laughing horribly about this mutant disease magnet being no spray.
The Prince- nope
Spanish Rhapsody-maybe to nope
Fame-nope
Traviata-yep
Molineux-maybe
Double Delight-nope
Radio Times-maybe
Sheila's Perfume-nope
Rosie O'Donnell-nope
Guy De Mauppasant-nope
Angel Face-hell no
Pat Austin-yep
Black Magic-maybe
Fragrant Plum-nope
Yves Piaget-nope
Hot Cocoa-yep
Miss All American Beauty-nope The only ones that I grow no spray are Hot Cocoa, Pat Austin, and Traviata, and they all get spots, just not so many that it motivates me to spray them. Black Magic has pretty good disease resistance for a HT and if you also tolerate spots, you might get by without spraying. Ditto Radio Times. None of the rest are tolerable here and deleaf totally which compromises their winter hardiness and vigor. PT actually committed suicide, even with spraying. AF is my "lab mouse" for fungicide experiments because she is so prone to BS. None of the Melliland HT's with faux antique blooms was worth growing without spray other than Traviata. The good news is that there is a whole wide world of roses that you CAN grow no spray and that will be just as rewarding to you. As long as you aren't fixated on HT bloomstyle, that is. |
RE: Tired of spraying. Can I keep any of these?
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| Thank you, Holly Springs! I'm not fixated on the HT bloomstyle at all. In fact, I really like more of the full-petaled, old-fashioned rose form but I can't get used to the smaller blooms on some of the antiques. I've still gotta have good size blooms. Laurie |
RE: Tired of spraying. Can I keep any of these?
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It seems like every rosebush advertised in Park's or Wayside Gardens is "black spot resistant". Ha! What do you think about the French Romantica roses for BS resistance? David Austen's English roses? "Carefree Wonder"? To get true BS resistance, do I have to grow only the antique roses that have small flowers or bloom only a brief time?
I enjoyed your humor about Angel Face, HollySprings! I agree with that. Angel Face is pretty & free-blooming, but the flowers fade in a day. I shovel-pruned mine. |
RE: Tired of spraying. Can I keep any of these?
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| Have you looked at Fields website about growing roses? Its not currently available but when it is you can learn lots. |
RE: Tired of spraying. Can I keep any of these?
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Hello:
I was looking for information about the rose Spanish Rhapsody, and I found your post. I live in hot humid South Texas. Have lots of roses all own root, I do not spray though I sometimes spread whole ground cornmeal around my roses. If you haven't tried this it works for me. Buy the cornmeal at your local feed store it's cheap in my area (Uvalde) about Six dollars for 50 lbs a cup or two around each bush you have the blackspot problem on. I hope this helps. |
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