An affliate of the American Rose Society
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Reno Rose Society An affliate of the American Rose Society |
Caring for and Enjoying Your Roses This page takes you from takes you on
a journey
from selecting, buying, and caring for roses to different ways of enjoying the roses you grow. If you are searching for answers to specific questions, you can click on the key word/phrase or just continue reading through any of the major topics below:
Key Words & Phrases: soil pruning
demonstration pruning
guide ask an expert Where Are
We??? A guide to evaluating microclimates and soils of our
region. Roses are sold all over our region as both bare-root roses and potted plants in places that range from grocery stores, nurseries, nursery sections in home improvement stores to big-box stores that infrequently sell nursery stock. Local nurseries carry new introductions, recent successful roses, and a few classics including old garden roses from the 1800s. Some of the home improvement stores have roses that are out-of-patent, but are proven performers. If you do not see what you are looking for as potted plants locally, you can always consider driving to another area or looking at mail-order sources. You can get a lot more varieties through mail order and will have better luck in finding more uncommon or older roses. Many mail order companies sell good-quality bare-root roses and smaller potted plants than the local nurseries. You can always come to our meetings and ask about these other sources. If you cannot make it to a meeting then you can Ask an Expert. Quick Tip: Is a "bargain rose" ever a real bargain?? Observe and use your own common sense to judge whether bargain roses really are bargains. Have you ever seen bare-root roses in little milk-carton like boxes for $1.99 at the big box stores? In our members' experiences are just dead roses taking their time to completely die. How many days or weeks have the boxes sat in a warm, dry store or worse yet been outside in the full sun? Quick Tip: Grading of Roses Bare-root roses are graded according to the number of canes 3/4" in diameter more than 12" long. Grade #1 has at least three. Grades #1 1/2 and 2 have thinner and fewer canes. Potted roses are graded the same way. Grade #1 roses cost more, but if you are willing to take really good care of a less expensive rose bush, you may come out about the same after several years. Depending on what you buy, there could be major differences in how and when you plant your newly purchased rose. Please check back to learn the differences. Under Construction. Some links do not
work. Rose care in our area presents a number of challanges that rose growers in California and warmer or wetter climates do not have. There are also some pluses in growing roses here rather than other area. We have several months vacation from fighting diseases, pests, and weeds. Roses here are also generally not suseptible to some diseases that are prevelant elsewhere. Rose Care Calendar A month-to-month guide for rose care in northern Nevada and the Eastern Sierra. Pruning Roses
Newcomers to our region quickly learn that pruning times here differ
from those in California or other parts of the United States.
Check out the pruning advice from an expert who shares when and how to
prune roses in our area. Minimizing
Pests & Diseases Some people go to extremes to get rid of
every last blemish or bug in their gardens. Learn the bad guys
from the good which will make your garden work easier. Learn how
to recognize whether you really have a pest or disease problem or
whether it's just Nevada-as-usual conditions causing the problem. Ask an Expert Got questions? Get the answers from ARS-accredited Consulting Rosarians. |
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