A quick walk through my rossy patch

norman.ho

Here are some of the roses that are growing in my front garden.
They have been planted there for about 8 months in a sunny disposition. (about 5 hours of direct sunlight)
They are irrigated with timed drip irrigation, 10 minutes at 6 am. on every other day.
The drip filter delivers right to the trunk at a rate of 4 liters per hour,
so there is not much watering at all.

The roses are mostly from a famous nursery which specialize on breeding roses.

There are quite a few other different plants and citrus trees in my front garden too,
the ground is very well mulched to avoid weeds infestation.

Here is a quick walk through of the roses in alphabetic order:


Celine Debarb - She is a real beauty, so proud, so bright, strong stem,
The bloom is bigger than my open hand, not so fragrant though.




Charles Darwin - An alright breed, big flower bud,
very dense petals packed like a cabbage, blooms look spectacular.
The problem is the stem is not strong enough to hold the bloom.
Bought from a retail shop instead of the nursery.




Fragrant Plum -  A Very prolific blooming rose, big blooms, very fragrant;
I have a few of this and they have continuously giving me lovely flower.



Grand Nord - Big white blooms, strong stem.
Very attractive.
First release.




Guy Savoy - An exotic breed, big blooms, strong stem kind of pale orange colour,
Very attractive.
I think this is the first release.




Jumping Jack -  What a name, the blooms just keeps poping up all the time, bright red roses,
very prolific, a very happy plant.




Love Potion -  Remember the song "Love Potion"?  If you do, then we are of the similar vintage.
Medium size bloom, but the perfume; OMG!.




Moon Stone - This one is exceptional, very exquisite, so pretty,
strong stem, big bloom too.




My Hero -  The breeder must be very proud with this one to call her my hero,
big beautiful bloom, very fragrant.




Neptune -  This one is grafted onto the same root stock as My Hero,
incredible fragrant, big bloom, strong stem.




One Love - Very prolific bloom, usually 3 to five on one stem, big blooms too. Here are 2 loves.





Simplicity Red -  Bight red with well form bloom, big petals, another happy rose.




That's all folks.  Thanks for sharing.  

chowold2

norman 你D玫瑰好靚，我最喜歡黃色嗰棵。
我覺得玫瑰最重要係剪裁，教下我地如何剪裁。

hkgorchid

Your roses are beautiful with funny names! I may post some pictures within these weeks because they are still blooming.

亞良

D葉好靚, 點解我種D玫瑰果D葉好鬼難睇

dororo

D葉好靚, 點解我種D玫瑰果D葉好鬼難睇
亞良 發表於 2014-3-31 07:39 PM

因為Aust. 天氣熱 ?

dororo

要幾大地方先可以種咁多花?

norman.ho

3# hkgorchid
To hear that your roses are still blooming, we may live in the same part of the world.
Love to see your post.  My roses are mostly new breeds, I do have some traditional ones like the Mr. Lincoln;
a beautiful red rose, strong fragrant, strong long stem.  But she doesn't flower so abundantly as the new breed;
and I find the older breeds are not so pest and disease resistant either.

norman.ho

4# 亞良
When you water the plant, try to water only the trunk, and don't spray them too much.
That's how it works for me.
If you see ladybirds and beetles on the plants, leave them there;
both the ladybirds and their larvae munch up the mites and aphids;
if you do get them, they are good news.
I got lots of them in my garden.
I think luck got a lot to do with it too.


She is the one that was introduced to Australia about 10 years ago
as a biological control for aphids.

norman.ho

6# dororo
I plant the roses about 1 meter apart, 2 rows in a zigzag manner; at the very front of the garden.
There are about 30 roses.
The roses are part of the garden, there are quite a few other flowering plants and citrus trees too.

norman.ho

2# chowold2
I don't understand the words "剪裁", pardon my Chinese;
if you are talking about pruning,
I have absolutely no experience,
this is the first season they are planted;
I suppose I won't be pruning them for a few months yet.
I am very much an armature myself.

chowold2

D葉好靚, 點解我種D玫瑰果D葉好鬼難睇
亞良 發表於 2014-3-31 07:39 PM

種菜你叻哂，種花比人叻下啦

chowold2

2# chowold2
I don't understand the words "剪裁", pardon my Chinese;
if you are talking about pruning,
I have absolutely no experience,
this is the first season they are planted;
I suppose I won't b ...
norman.ho 發表於 2014-4-1 09:27 AM

Yes, If you do the pruning right, the roses will bloom and come back year after year.

亞良

4# 亞良
When you water the plant, try to water only the trunk, and don't spray them too much.
That's how it works for me.
If you see ladybirds and beetles on the plants, leave them there;
both the l ...
norman.ho 發表於 2014-4-1 09:08 AM

多謝師兄提點, 我有8棵玫瑰```其實很少打理, 連澆水都沒有, 只是開完花就CUT枝~~~小弟有個小問題請教師兄, 我有棵玫瑰死了,但是佢由死去根部再生長, 但不知幾時再出花, 謝謝你.
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norman 兄請看圖)D葉真是好難睇

norman.ho

Hello 亞良,
I am no expert in growing roses, just a newcomer myself.  There are two suggestions that I hope might help;  I notice there are some black spots on the leaves, its a kind of fungal disease, its better to pinch those leaves off and put them in the garbage bin, and when watering, just water the trunk and try to keep the leaves dry;  the other point is roses don't like competition, there are quite a bit of onion weeds popping up near the rose plant, best to spray the weed with something like Zero 360 to get rid of them for good, (you may have to spray and wait for a week for them to die off, than spray the new weeds again to get rid off all the residuals completely) then add some slow release fertilizer pellets or cow manure and mulch the plant to a depth of around 3 cm.

As for the new shoot, that is definitely a rose, perhaps from the old graft; I think it will flower soon.



Your roses look nice too.  Hope I helped.

亞良

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