I wanted to ask when will it be the best time to plant rose seeds? I live in Arizona.I would like to start to grow roses from seeds. I have grown from bare root. But now I want to see if I can grow roses from seeds.
I sincerely hope you did not buy rose seeds expecting to get the rose pictured. The rose pictured is a photo shop creation and there are folks out there selling "rose seeds" that may not even actually be rose seeds. Here is a link to an article about growing roses from seed for you: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/roses/growing-roses-from-seed.htm
My wife has a rose plant in the middle of a bunch of hostas. This year it looks like all the leaves have been eaten with only the ribs remaining. Can you tell us the cause and remedy?
It sounds like rose slugs. The best remedy is to buy some Bayer Tree and Shrub granules. Apply the product as stated on the label. Spraying the rosebush with a good insecticide would be a good idea until the granules treatment can kick in.
I have tea roses and they are beautiful flowers but the leaves are eaten and I spray all the time. What can I do?
It sounds like the spraying you are doing is just not getting at the problem. I recommend applying some Bayer Tree and Shrub granules around each of the roses. Work it into the soils and water in well. It is a systemic and should get at whatever the problem insect may be.
This is a standard rose bush. Second year in the ground. A very healthy bush full of greenery and buds. However, the second year the buds become deformed at different growth sizes and will then fail to bloom and can sometimes fall off. There is some evidence of green fly but not overly so. There is no evidence of this problem on any of the other rose trees/bushes. What could it be and how can I treat it?
Here is a link to an article on this subject for you: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/roses/no-blooms-on-roses.htm
Two large off-white roses bushes, I planted from pots bought from garden centre 3 weeks ago. They have black spot on some leaves, but the flowers have gone droopy and misshapen and now dropped most petals. Is this fungus as well? They had spots on them too, pink or brown, not black. My wife said it was black spot when I got these.
It sounds like you have both a fungus and insect problem. I would apply some Bayer Tree and Shrub granules around each of the roses as directed on the label. Then spray the rosebushes with a good fungicide that is listed to control black spot. If the black spot is in heavy attack mode, you may want to get a fungicide called Mancozeb at http://www.rosemania.com and spray the roses with it at least three times 5 to 7 days apart. It will leave a yellowish residue on the foliage, but that is how it works. Also, the black spots will not go away once they appear on the foliage, however the new foliage should be clean of it if the spraying has been successful.
I would like to find out if it is ok to prune my roses so I can redo some landscaping.
You can certainly do a bit of shaping pruning and dead head pruning but a hard pruning is not something I would do this time of year here in the USA.
My white roses have turned pink and the leaves have gone yellow and limp. They look more like dog roses now. Do I need to dig it up or can it be saved? Could it have been pruned back too hard? It was such a lovely bush.
Hmmmm... Sounds like a grafted and rose and the top part of the rosebush, the desired part, has died over winter. The hardy root stock it was grafted to is now taking over. I would dig it out and get either the same rosebushes you had before or try something new. Here is a link to my article on grafted rosebushes: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/roses/own-root-roses-grafted-roses.htm