Hello Rosarians
My name is Alida and I live in sunny central Florida. I became a consulting rosarian and love all things roses. I have about 50-60 roses growing. I have a very simple question. In identifying a rose you go by all their features, but I want to know if there are any books with photos or catalogs that identify the vast amount of different roses? It would be amazing if there was an app just for that. All suggestions are welcome and thank you.
I’m not aware of any app for identifying roses. I’ve tried several plant ID apps and found them sorely lacking.
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Hi Aida, I don’t know of an app for that but there is Help Me Find-Roses, the largest rose database in existence. Check it out. 'Silver Dawn' rose lineage To get the fullest benefit from it, I’d suggest a Premium Membership, which costs $24 a year. It allows you to utilize the Advanced Search which permits you to search the database using all manner of traits. Are you interested in roses with a fruity scent? You can search for that. How about striped hybrid Teas? That, too! Do you want a list of all the micro miniature roses? Search for micro miniatures and it will produce the list for you. While not precisely what you were thinking, it may help produce the results you desire. Enjoy!
Good day.
I use Help me Find all the time. Did not know there was more with a membership.
That sounds great. Too bad there are no apps out there.
I have another question. How do you get rid of weeds near roses without chemicals?
Thank you
Alida
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No chemicals? Hand pulling and a deep organic mulch which makes pulling them significantly easier as the roots more fully release from the moist soil when pulled.
I’m a Master Rosarian near Atlanta. Hand pulling weeds near roses is preferred but I have also used Round Up if it’s not a windy day and there’s no possibility the spray will touch the rose foliage since that’s the only way it could hurt the rose. You have to get the nozzle way down close to the offending weed when you spray so it doesn’t drift. It does not move thru the soil. I have also heard of using a paint brush to apply the weed killer to the weed so there is no spray drift.
Thank you for your response. I will have to pull them manually as We will not use Round up.