5-6-3 Rose Food
Today I fed the roses for the first time this season. Our goal is to stay as organic as possible with our fertilizers and pest controls. This blend contains 5% nitrogen (N), 6% phosphate (P205), 3% potash (K20), 4% calcium (Ca), and 1% sulfur (S), and is derived from blood meal, feather meal, bone meal, ...
Rose Care
Six established hybrid tea plants came with our new home. Only one bush was labeled, a “Tropicana” orange rose. I suspect that we may also have a “Double Delight,” but will need help with identification. Last summer we had gorgeous blooms but the plants themselves suffered from every imaginable ailment: aphids, black spot, rust, white ...
New Plants
Our property has a south-facing strip of garden between the sidewalk and the street, and it has been quite a challenge to manage. (One of our neighbors lovingly referred to it as the “hell strip.”) The soil in our neighborhood contains a lot of clay and doesn’t drain very well unless it is amended with ...