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Re: [Fwd: winterizing roses]

> never cut back my roses very far in the winter and only mulch them heavily.
>  Of course I do live in Alabama where the ground rarely freezes solid so
> this may not be of much help to you.  I have also noticed that my own root
> roses tend to be able to bounce back from damage from early frosts and
> unforeseen winter storms, much better than those that are grafted making
> them a lot more flexable in terms of care.

I've noticed this too, but the one data point I have is this:  my OGR
type roses and ONE grafted rose are the ones THAT REFUSE TO DIE.  The
other own-root HT's will just up and die after a productive couple of
years.  So I'm wondering if their own-root root system is more
susceptible to our heat, lack of water, high alkaline irrigation, soil
pests, ?  I swear I have to replace roses at a very rapid rate while
roses elsewhere that are grafted are doing OK (BUT NOT ALL OF THEM --
I'VE LOST THE GRAFTEDS TOO)....

Sigh.
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Amy Moseley Rupp (amyr@austx.tandem.com)  Austin, TX, USDA z8b, Sunset z30
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