Rose Picture..

#1 Postby **Jack8631** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:12 pm

..Taken in my garden this afternoon. Hope you enjoy.

I've also updated my Webshots album with several rose pictures. Link below, under the flowers album.

http://community.webshots.com/user/jackw8631

sunny · #2 Postby **sunny** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:24 pm

That is a BEAUTIFUL rose!!! I love roses...

depotoo · #3 Postby **depotoo** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:48 pm

just gorgeous! wish i could get into my web page so i could post mine! i love the color - it is beautiful. do yours bring you as much joy as mine?

depotoo · #4 Postby **depotoo** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:13 pm

what meg camera do you have? takes some really good pictures - enjoyed looking at your albom of flowers! wow! all those rose bushes and the foliage is so thinkon them. really nice jack

#5 Postby **PurdueWx80** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:16 pm

Wow, that is an amazing picture! You must either have a really nice camera, or you've had some experience in photography.

Ahhh, how nice it must be to have roses blooming! I actually just started volunteering at the Olbrich Botanical Gardens here in Madison - I've been assigned to a group that will be planting and tending a brand new rose garden, set to open in time for Father's Day (strange I know, but Mother's day is too early for this far north!). I'm excited to get to plant, prune and clean up around these babies over the next few months, and once I get some pics I'll try to post them on S2K as well.

Dee Bee · #6 Postby **Dee Bee** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:21 pm

THANK YOU! ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!

I had a lovely rose garden for years in the Chicago area, but I've lost my green thumb with roses here in SoFla.

depotoo · #7 Postby **depotoo** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:23 pm

oh deebee - i have been so lucky with them here. you must be trying too hard - i don't have to and i don't have a green thumb. but we did have to put in a lot of good soil for them to grow. it was too sandy for the first ones i planted.

Dee Bee · #8 Postby **Dee Bee** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:33 pm

Depotoo -- My rose plants became very leggy; all the leaves became spotted, then turned yellow, then dropped off; but they did keep blooming. I had them on the east side of the house. No signs of bugs, although a few leaves seemed chewed. I trimmed the spent blooms at the 5-leaf nodes to encourage growth and kept them watered regularly. Any suggestions? :?:

#9 Postby **Jack8631** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:35 pm

Thank you everyone for the kind words.

If you look closely at the leaves, you'll see that I haven't been able to solve the blackspot problem with my rose bushes. Seems like the more I try, the worse it gets. :oops:

The pictures I took today were with a Minolta Dimage Z2 I bought not long ago. The other pics in the album were taken with a relatively inexpensive digital camera, a Polaroid PD640.

#10 Postby **Jack8631** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:36 pm

Dee Bee wrote:Depotoo -- My rose plants became very leggy; all the leaves became spotted, then turned yellow, then dropped off; but they did keep blooming. I had them on the east side of the house. No signs of bugs, although a few leaves seemed chewed. I trimmed the spent blooms at the 5-leaf nodes to encourage growth and kept them watered regularly. Any suggestions?

Looks like we're in the same boat! If you figure it out, please let me know!

depotoo · #11 Postby **depotoo** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:40 pm

do you guys feed yours bone meal? mine love it and that seems to help as well as i do use insecticide spray about every 3 weeks. seems to keep the leaves from getting spots so far and being chewed alive! one thing is to make certain that the roots are well drained. no standing water. they like their water but don't like it sitting at it's base , they like the sun too.

depotoo · #12 Postby **depotoo** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:42 pm

jack - do you know the megapixel of that camera? really like the way it focuses. mine is more than i need so far as it hsa 3 focuses, etc. and i forget to set everything sometimes! lol

#13 Postby **Jack8631** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:46 pm

Bone meal. I'll try that. I use Miracle Grow for roses every two weeks.

The Dimage Z2 rocks. Here's a link with some specs..

http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/Z2/Z2A.HTM

depotoo · #14 Postby **depotoo** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 10:03 pm

thanks for the link. looks really nice.
yeah the bone meal is great. i forgot i do use the miracle grow rose food as well.

James · #15 Postby **James** » Sun May 01, 2005 2:12 am

If I may ask, what is the rose called?

#16 Postby **Jack8631** » Sun May 01, 2005 11:48 am

James wrote:If I may ask, what is the rose called?

I believe it's a Double Delight. One of my older bushes, so I'm not 100% sure.

#17 Postby **Stephanie** » Sun May 01, 2005 6:01 pm

Jack8631 wrote:
Dee Bee wrote:Depotoo -- My rose plants became very leggy; all the leaves became spotted, then turned yellow, then dropped off; but they did keep blooming. I had them on the east side of the house. No signs of bugs, although a few leaves seemed chewed. I trimmed the spent blooms at the 5-leaf nodes to encourage growth and kept them watered regularly. Any suggestions?

Looks like we're in the same boat! If you figure it out, please let me know!

It's a fungus and I get it on my rose bushes during the summer as well. Make sure that it gets enough sun and air circulating around the bush.
Ortho makes a spray just to combat "black spot". My rose bushes keep blooming as well when it gets it. Is that a "Peace" rose? I think I have the same one in my backyard, though I forgot the name.

Great picture by the way!

James · #18 Postby **James** » Mon May 02, 2005 2:24 am

Jack8631 wrote:
James wrote:If I may ask, what is the rose called?

I believe it's a Double Delight. One of my older bushes, so I'm not 100% sure.

Well, it's certainly a beautiful rose whatever it is. The colours are so intense.

Black spot is a real nuisance here. Last summer was a very bad year for it, but thankfully as Stephanie said, the bushes just carry on blooming regardless.

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