2-26-08

A new neighbor moved in and tore all 18 of the bushes out. So much for taking care of neighbors' rose gardens.

7-12-07

Now four of the plants have blooms, three have buds and three don't have buds yet. All in two months from transplant!

6-7-07

All but one or two of the transplants have new growth. About half have had enough to put fertilizer on. One has a rose bud.

5-22-07

All but a few of the 9 new bushes are doing well. 3 have new growth.

June transplant --- Now we're pulling out all of our big evergreen shrub property border and will be putting shrub roses in - the ones with small roses. A friend is also giving us four beautiful rose bushes - one has roses that are huge!! They look like they are six inches across. They look like the Doctor Brada's Rosa Druschki to me.

We're being given all of the bushes. Eventually we will buy our favorites - Joseph's coat, Fourth of July, Brass Band, Full Sail, Angel Face, Scentimental and a few others. In the meantime, these are beautiful.

I picked up some fertilizer from the local Rose Society. We'll see how the roses do with that.
Soon I'll be able to upload some ******PHOTOS****** :)

5-17-07

Two of the bushes I planted last Friday have new growth, so I put plant food on them. Two are totally dried up and the other six or seven are somewhere in between. At least two will make it. Mayber four or five, we'll see. The man who pulled them may be pulling quite a few more in a couple of weeks, but because he knows that I will be planting them, he will be very gentle. ----------------- ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A JUNE TRANSPLANT? ---------------- Should I do any thing now to prepare the bushes? Should I cut them back now, CUT them back just before they are dug up or cut them back after they are planted? I guess I could PREPARE THE GROUND. The dirt looks like BEIGE CLAY. I have never seen dirt like it. I am sure it needs lots of organic matter. I could send it in for a soil evaluation.

5-15-07

A couple of the transplanted bushes are withering up. They are of couple of the ones that I could tell were in the worst shape. Most look happy.

5-12-07

I planted them yesterday and they look happy today. Fortuneately, it was somewhat overcast and a mild day. It was overcast and cool today, also. I realize that cut roses can look good for several days. How the bushes look next weekend will probably be a better indicator of how they will do. I continue to water them and I put Miracle grow potting soil on top of them. Not much. I hope the soil helps and doesn't overwork the plants.
Also, the Queen Elizabeth Floribunda that fell over a couple of months ago is doing well. I haven't transplanted it, but I did cut it back and got it upright again.
When I put my double delight, that had been indoors all fall and winter, outside all of the leaves fell off right away and new growth is coming in.

5-11-07

I had no choice but to transplant at about noon. A neighbor had decided to take out about nine of his rose bushes 'weedstyle'. In other words he dug them up to throw them away. Some of them have quite a bit of the roots left in a big dirt mound, but some are pretty chopped off. I brought them to a shady spot, then clipped them back to about knee height making sure I clipped all of the buds off. I then dug holes for them in a sunny location, prayed, filled the holes with water and put the roses in the hole, and put the dirt back. Now all I can do is wait and see which make it?