How do I protect my Roses? They are in a well drained area where they get plenty of water, sun & shade. Now every spring they start growing wonderfully but after a a few months, the spots start appearing & nothing blooms or anything. Would I have to get a sprayer & spray everything around them & what is the best remendy to use?

Tuesday: Ok post them.

Tuesday:

Tuesday:

Yep! Donttt play arround with the apple treesss with anyone else but mee anyone else but me
Ohhh dearrr! Its the way I tell em eh!

Well the council had me on the list for the tidy garden thingamajig not that the garden was,nt tidy The other week they came round wanting to do the grass and chop things down. Seeing as the grass did not need cutting they decided to chop down the priviots and were about to start on the apple trees when I went down and asked if they knew what they were chopping down which of course they did,nt I manage to save the apple trees and told em to leave my other trees alone too Bet they thought "Interfearing ole bat"
Anyway they had started on next door,s grass(which did need doing) and said well we will cut the front for you. I had to point out that the front was not mine but seeing as they were looking to waste a morning on mine and could,nt they proceeded to do next door,s anyway(addmittedly it did look a lot better by the time they finish and they even sweeped some of the grass up )
I think they must be young lads doing community service for punishment or something as they are certainly not gardners Typical cheap labour.

Does anybody have some warm weather? Could ya send some my way.

Here's hoping 2009 is a better year for our gardens,mine anyways.

ScarletRose: hahahaha.....that is cheaper than the electric sort LOL....you get that for nothing ROFL

Bernice: We have ice air also.. haha.. it got to 1 degree today.. by next weekend though we should see 22 degrees.. hehe

Dolittle: You sound like us but we got -1 windchill.

Bernice: Send me some of your weather.

Foxy Lady: Think it is too dang cold to snow here!!
Was 10° when I got up this morning.

36degC here and humidity 85-90%

just another boring day in paradise ROFL

too hot for me....thank god for ice-air LOL

Dolittle: We got more coming today and Monday.Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Foxy Lady:

Ok who sent me all this wind and snow?

Tuesday: We had a bad snowstorm hit the NorthEast.Monday it's calling for in the 50's F.

Dolittle: Were going to 50 Weds.Crazy

Foxy Lady: My sympathies MsFoxy, we are due one of those winter storms tomorrow!!

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr we got a temp of -2 and a winter storm came thru.

Snoopy: They will probably be just fine, they will start sprouting close to the base in the spring

Dolittle: it is surprising what you can shock some plants/flowers into LOL

Bernice: geez Bernice, I have heard of whipping your tomato plants but I can't imagine my roses surviving that!!

Snoopy: actually Snoopy.....roses like a good beat up every now and again....but dont know if they would survive in the snow being treated like that LOL

Snoopy:You'll have to wait and see come next spring.

skipinnz: oh no it wasnt me..lol
around my flat we have a lot of rose trees that are looked after by local council and this is the way they prune them
i was concerned that pruning them at this time of year was wrong in such cold weather

Snoopy: I like your choie of gardening implement, if the wife didn't like roses so much it's what I'd use. No matter how careful I am and with gloves on I still get a thorn in the fingers. Thankfully we don't get snow so I can't imagine it as a problem LOL

skipinnz: so someone comming along with a chain saw and slashing the tops of them on a very cold day with with thick snow everywhere is not a good idea

Snoopy: I prune mine after they finish flowering and prior to the new leaves coming out.

can someone tell me when is the best time to prune them ?
i always though end of March start of April was about right

Bernice: that's no fun at all! is getting colder here at the mo....no snow predicted tho!

it is brilliant sunshine here at the moment and it looks as tho the rain has gone.....the humidity is over 80% and Im having to use my puffer to help me breathe :(

Dolittle: We had rain and the snow we had is gone.

Foxy Lady: You can keep that snow but then maybe Bernice would love it instead of all that rain!

Bernice: Want some Snow instead?

looks as tho our wet season has started early....we habe just had 2 1/2 inches of rain in the last 2 hours and it isnt finished yet.......LOL

that will teach us to moan it is too hot/dry ROFL

Dolittle: It was 10 degrees this morning

Was freezing here this morning and is now 55°...I can deal with that!!

Bernice:

Foxy Lady: you will have to cuddle up to your husband but be careful....funny thing happen in the chilly weather LOL

Bernice:

about 96degF here today and high humidity

Dolittle: Yes north of me got 2ft of snow.Our temps dropped to 17 F last night.

Foxy Lady:heard on my news tonight that your state got lots of snow....keep it up there PLEASE!!!!

Winter has finally arrived ,we got snow and its cold.