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I aquired these rose bushes with the purchase of our farm. I don't know a thing about roses or their needs, so it would be nice to know what it is so I can learn how to care for it. It has lots of pink flowers throughout most of the summer, if I remember correctly. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Thanx lots,
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Patty, Try putting your curser over the pic and clicking. Mine enlarges the pic that way. You should see a hand when your curser is over the pic. If that doesn't do it, let me know. Thanx for your time to check this out!
* * * * Bern Plants: 39 | From: Spring Grove, MN | Registered: May 2006
| Seeded: 204.248.125.152
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WOA! How cool! I've never seen that before! (I don't get out much!) Is that a feature in PhotoBucket that I've never paid attention to?
Sure can see them better now! They almost don't even look like Rose bushes, but I can clearly see the nasty thorns at the base, in the first photo. I have one older rose bush that was growing that way when we bought this house. (I think it was because it went for so many years without being pruned.) In February I cut it WAAYY short... It's been slow to figure out what happened, but is finally sending out new branches & starting to leaf out. I have every hope that it'll turn back into a "normal" Rose bush again, because the blossoms are absolutely gorgeous! (Although I don't know what kind of a Rose it is... Sorry!) You can bet that I'll be watching this thread!
The bush was so tall last year that I couldn't get to all the flowers, to pick them OR to dead-head, for those horibly wicked thorns. (If my other 8 rose bushes were to have those kinds of thorns, I don't believe I'd do roses at all!)
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Patty, Even though these rose bushes have had flowers in summer, I tend to agree with your recommendation of cutting them way back. So you do yours in Feb.? If nobody comes through for me and can help me figure out what kind of Roses these are, then I'll just punt. February it will be then. They are dang ugly to look at now...all gangly. Yes, and those wicked, wicked thorns are aplenty. Photobucket just automatically has that feature I guess. All my pics are compressed, as I have dial-up and it helps me get around with my pics better. Well I'm probably safe to weed around the bottom, and add some sort of food to the ground there. I bought some bone meal and blood meal for just the purpose, unfortunately our very smart bird dog, sniffed it out, opened the container it was in and I dare say....ATE IT! Well then, we'll both keep an eye out for any suggestions. I believe these roses are of some sort of old variety. Take care,
* * * * Bern Plants: 39 | From: Spring Grove, MN | Registered: May 2006
| Seeded: 204.248.125.152
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Bernice, I wish I'd taken pics of those roses last year, so I could show you what mine look like, but I didn't get interested in flowers until last Fall. (I've always done veggie gardens though.) The thorns are so nasty on that one, that the only reason I'm even messing with it is because of the blended red-to-peach color of the rose! (But that's not to say that even if we do have the same kind of rose bush, that they'd be the same color... will have to wait & see.)
As I understand it, the best time to prune roses is late Winter/real early Spring, but you'll still want to whack off branches that cross each other & crowd up in the middle (any time), to maintain good air circulation for the prevention of mildew & other diseases that roses are prone to.
Good idea, to weed the area & feed the bushes now... probably wouldn't hurt to hit it with some systemic rose treatment stuff, while you're at it, as the minute you start to care about it, a bug or something will try to latch on! (That's been MY experience, anyway!) Hopefully, you can do it without too much help from Rover, there! (I saw him down in the corner of 1 of your pics... looked like he had something in his mouth... maybe the lid to your plant food!)
quote:Photobucket just automatically has that feature I guess. All my pics are compressed, as I have dial-up and it helps me get around with my pics better.
I've been using PB for the past 10 months, & have never seen them come out the way yours posted! I also have dialup, so my everything moves at a slower pace than it does for the "normal" people around here! I'll have to check around on PB tomorrow, to see if I can find whatever it is that makes them post that way... I LIKE it!
You must be a genuine night owl! I am too, but it's almost 2AM here, & my tail is really dragging tonight, so I'm heading for bed! Enjoy your weekend!
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I just don't have the time (or energy) to do veggie's too. Besides, my sister always plants too much and loves to share hers...Lucky me. Boy, the thought of diggin' in to the middle of those roses to trim them up is a bit scary! I'm going to need some hefty garmets for that job. Their so over grown...I'll let ya know how it goes. I'll be working mon, tue, wed, fri, sat, sun this week (12 hour shifts) so I won't get at them til next week sometime. Yes, I've always been a night person. I've worked 12 hour night shifts for many years also. I tend to keep my night hours even when not working. My husband understands and has adjusted pretty well. So, what kind of food would you use for the roses? I dug up some manure (hope it's old enough) from my sister's farm today. I finally watered my flower beds with Miracle Grow (cannister you can attach to the garden hose) and I've started to dig up the west side flower bed. It's never been planted so this should be interesting. It basically only gets light in the afternoon for a short time, as there are many very tall ?Evergreen? trees further west of the house. I've ordered several types of hosta's (1 'wide brim', 2 'frances williams', 2 gold standard, 1 August moon', 2 'Lakeside Shore Master', and 2 'Earth Angel'), 10 Purple Wintercreeper, 6 Scarlet Flame Carpet Phlox, 2 Japanese Painted Fern, 6 osterich fern, 1 Clematis (Guersay Cream), 1 Burning Bush, 2 Climbing Blaze Rose's, 2 Lamium 'Purple Dragon', 1 Clematis 'Countess of Lovelace', and a partridge in a pear tree...Oh dear...I didn't realize I ordered all that. There from different companies and for different areas around the farm..I'm going to be a planting fool around here. Hope it's not getting too late. Unfortunately, the plants will probably be coming this week, just when I've got an unusually hectic schedule for work. My husband is going to faint when he see's the UPS trucks unloading all them plants. Hope they'll last til' I can get to them..
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How cool! ![[thumb]](graemlins/thumb.gif)
I've never seen that before! (I don't get out much!) ![[nutz]](graemlins/nutz.gif)
Is that a feature in PhotoBucket that I've never paid attention to? ![[grin]](graemlins/grinnnn.gif)
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Hopefully, you can do it without too much help from Rover, there! (I saw him down in the corner of 1 of your pics... looked like he had something in his mouth... maybe the lid to your plant food!) ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Hope it's not getting too late. Unfortunately, the plants will probably be coming this week, just when I've got an unusually hectic schedule for work. My husband is going to faint when he see's the UPS trucks unloading all them plants. 
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