winterizing roses
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: winterizing roses
- From: E*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 15:00:27 EST
In a message dated 11/9/99 11:38:29 AM Eastern Standard Time,
mlaute@micron.net writes:
<< It's interesting and surprising to me to see so many people are using rose
cones stuffed with leaves for winter rose protection. Here in SW Idaho,
we're told by extension people that leaves as mulch won't protect roses --
we should use soil as mulch. 12 inches of soil over the crown of the HT
rose. Of course that may have something to do with the fact that we have
mostly brown winters, and on an average of every ten years we have zone 4
temps >>
I would agree with Margaret on the use of soil heaps as rose protection.
Planting the rose with the bud union several inches beneath the the soil line
is advised here also.
A suggestion might be to upend the summer potted plants and use that soil
(usually a light mixture) to make a heap around the the crown of the rose.
In zone 4, with the exception of the last two years, canes are alway lost and
spring pruning is advised.
A good subject would be rose that grow well in perennial borders, that those
that stay under thirty inches and are hardy. We attain less height on most
varieties in zone 4 than other parts of the country. Stanwell Perpetual is a
good one.
Claire Peplowski
East Nassau, NY z4
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