Re: New Member

**"Mary Dubiel" dubielm23@hotmail.com>**

Hi Joanie,

Thanks for responding so quickly.  I too live in the Chicago area.  I have 
always loved roses but in the past few years have been very unsuccesful in 
keeping them alive.  The last few years I've had to replant several of my 
plants.  I don't know if our winters here have been part of the problem?  
Also, a couple of years ago, the crab trees in our yard developed scab and I 
think this has had an effect on the roses as well.  Each year they too 
develop a fungus infection and by mid-July they begin to loose their leaves 
and bloom less.  As for the Japaneese Beatles, I too have also noticed this 
problem increasing in frequency.  I thought it was due to my other problems 
of growing but now I wonder they are contributing to the poor health of my 
plants.

Mary

>From: Jeaa1224@aol.com
>Reply-To: rose-list@mallorn.com
>To: rose-list@mallorn.com
>Subject: Re: [Rose-list] New Member
>Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 10:26:09 EDT
>
>Hi, Mary:
>
>You're the first letter in a long time. Let's see if we can get something
>going here:
>
>I've been very impressed with the hardiness, long bloom time and 
>no-fussyness
>with mini roses. I'd like to know if anyone could suggest a dark, clear 
>pink
>or a darkish coral or salmon color and a source if possible. These little
>fellas are really work horses. I've never had a reason to treat them
>chemically, I've never covered them for our Z.5a winters, no insects seem 
>to
>be attracted to them , they are attractive in habit and foliage and they
>bloom from June to frost. I've only bought own-root plants and would prefer
>to stick with those.
>
>Also, on rugosas:
>
>I have a 3rd year R. rugosa 'alba' which hasn't done much. It seems happy 
>and
>gets plenty of sun and no chemicals whatsoever. Only 8-9 blooms each year. 
>Is
>this normal? I've only pruned it each spring to remove any awkward looking
>branches.
>
>A comment:
>
>I'm north of Chicago about 35 miles. In recent years, the Japanese Beetles
>have become apparent around mid-July and hang around molesting the roses 
>for
>3 weeks. This year they appeared around the first week of August and stayed
>plentiful and voracious to mid-Sept...I can still find some if I look hard.
>Has anyone else noticed a change in their habits?
>
>Glad to hear from you, Mary...I hope others are still out there. It's been 
>a
>terrifically informative list in the past and I do hope it revives. This 
>list
>has been responsible for the moths flying out of my checkbook as have 
>become
>insatiable about roses now.
>
>Bye, Mary...happy gardening!
>
>Joanie Anderson
>Z.5a/4b
>
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