Best Roses to Grow

In the event you have roses in your garden that are not performing well enough to satisfy your needs, give some thought to the many excellent roses which are absolutely foolproof. The list is a long one.

There are a number of reasons why you should discard and replace certain roses. The most common irritation to the average gardener is finding out that he has planted a rose that is subject to mildew. Oddly enough we find that a certain rose may mildew badly in one area yet does not in other areas. However, there are certain red roses that will mildew quite badly no matter what you do to prevent this aggravating situation and personally I simply cross them off my list

Another annoying situation you should try to avoid is buying yellow roses which fade badly during the hot summer weather. Unfortunately, it would be unfair to the grower to name these varieties, not that it would hurt the wholesale grower but simply due to the fact that a certain rose might mildew badly in my garden yet be really good in your garden.

Perhaps I should confess why I am continuing to cover rose planting since I have been touching on rose selecting and planting off and on during the past six weeks. Well, the mail I have received from readers during the past six weeks has passed anything I have had in many years and in as much as most of the letters indicated that the writers were either newcomers or beginners in gardening and in almost every case wanted to know about rose planting and selection of varieties I decided to help these home gardeners in any way I could.

Specifically for the benefit of newcomers and home gardeners I am going to list 10 roses I feel can be planted anywhere.

Here is my special list which I know will perform well, even for the beginner: Capistrano, medium pink; Etoile de Hollande, mod red; Picture, light pink; Lowell Thomas, yellow. Charlotte Armstrong, light red; Chrysler Imperial, medium red and Christopher Stone, med red. These are all hybrid tea rose.

In the grandifloras, I give you Carousel, red; Montezuma, orange red and Queen Elizabeth, a profuse producer of beautiful pink roses. All these roses perform magnificently even with nothing more than average care.

The rose is by far our most reliable, colorful and useful summer-flowering shrub and in my opinion is the best investment that can be made by the average homeowner. Also, nurserymen can invest heavily in bare root roses in order that we can have a real good selection (if types and varieties of roses, something I am sure we all want to preserve.

Just as important, perhaps on a much smaller scale is the planting of bare root fruit trees and as I have done with the roses. I urge you strongly to complete this planting just as soon as possible. Best for local gardens are the Babcock freestone peach: Santa Rose and Satsuma plum; Goldmine nectarine; Brown Turkey fig and Hachiya persimmon. These should all be planted right away.

In planting bareroot fruit trees, it is wise to avoid the overuse of manures of any kind around the bareroots. Use liberal amounts of bonemeal and planter mix and set the tree so that the main bud is slightly above the surface of the soil. Plant the tree firmly tapping the soil firmly over the roots with your feet. Just be sure that you don't scratch the bark off the trunk of the tree near the roots with edge of your shoes.

Best Roses
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