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  • Answered by
    MichiganDot on
    January 15, 2019
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    Roses are generally pruned late winter before they leaf out. Watch for swelling of the leaf buds (or blooming of forsythia) to figure out the best time. I live in Michigan and find that forsythia bloom comes just after the best time to prune roses. So observe the canes and you will see the first signs of emerging leaves; this is pruning time. Taller roses like grandiflora and climbers may need trimming in late fall to prevent winter damage. The website that follows discusses gardening in coastal NC and rose pruning. Your local Extension website is worth browsing! https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/roses-for-north-carolina

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  • Answered by
    MichiganDot on
    January 19, 2019
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    This spring will be a good time to plant your rose cutting if it has formed a decent root mass. By this, I mean fitting nicely into a one gallon pot. If it is only half that size, keep it in a container where you can watch it closely. Protect it from hot afternoon sun the first summer and plant it in fall. Mulch well winter and summer to maintain soil moisture and to moderate soil temperature.

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    MichiganDot on
    January 23, 2019
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    Since the cutting is not accustomed to outdoor living, wait until after your frost-free date to transplant outdoors. Harden it off as you would any transplant. (The first map on the following link shows US dates. https://www.accuracyproject.org/w-FreezeFrost.html)

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    roseman on
    January 25, 2019
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    Use either an organic type rose food, such as a local product called Mile Hi Rose Food or Epsoma Rose Food or an organic based rose food such as Gro Rich Rose and Perennial Food. By balanced, we do not mean totally even, just not real heavy on the nitrogen end of things. Too much nitrogen leads to lots of foliage and few to none on the blooms production. Here is a link to one I use: https://www.therichlawncompany.com/products/gro-rich-products/rose-perennial-food/ Jobe's markets a organic rose food that is called Jobe's Organic Knock Out Rose food. It is a good product that can be fed to any roses with great results. They are trying to pick up on the popularity or the Knock Out Roses by using the name on the fertilizer but it is good for all roses. It has an NPK of 3-4-3 so is nicely balanced. Remember that the N stands for UP, the P stands for DOWN and the K stands for All Around. UP = upper part of the plant. DOWN = root system builder and K = good for all parts of the plant or bush.

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    Hamidshakeel03 on
    January 31, 2019
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    Please ignore the question for i have forgotten to attach the necessary photos with it.

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  • Answered by
    roseman on
    February 2, 2019
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    I would plant the roses together on the right side of the picture sent. Mix some Alyssum at their bases. Then Sweet william on the left side and some low growing to medium height marigolds at the back. Just my thoughts. :)

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    roseman on
    February 2, 2019
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    Alyssum always look very nice with roses and their carpets of blooms add a special touch. The lower growing Marigolds are very nice as well and they add the feature of keeping some insects away. Sweet William plants have some beautiful blooms but the plants can become too invasive and are really too tall for the setting pictured with rosebushes. If kept totally apart from the rosebushes, then they could work nicely.

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    MichiganDot on
    February 12, 2019
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    I see you have been waiting a while for an answer. I take that to mean no-one is quite sure what to tell you. Preparing for winter temps takes several weeks in the fall. I don't think you can engineer or replicate that process now. Because of all the effort you've put in so far, I would continue to protect the cuttings until after danger of a freeze is past, temp 25 F. or colder. f you put them out soon, you could use a row cover and hoops to cover them when frost is expected. It would be a shame to lose them!

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