thanks for the tips alan.

i am going to give oklahoma another try. i just need to find one. all the roses seem to be gone from the big box stores.

wow! i knew i'd be in store for something good if i asked you about roses. VH looks stunning and has some awesome reviews. i will check locally first. thanks for your offer! i will take you up on it if i do not find anything. i might be a baker nsy on mother's day getting myself a present. yeah, there's a bit of mother in all of us. haha! well, at least that's my excuse for the gift.

I fertilized today. Getting a second set of buds on my inherited pink hybrid t.

Alan, when you deadhead... how far down to you go? I think my dear mother (RIP) told me the first cluster of five leaves, cut at an angle about 1/2 inch above the joining area... leaves to stem. to stimulate another shoot for a bloom I think she said to look for that slit thing and cut at an angle 1/2 inch above the slit/eye thingy.

Thanks, Alan. Yea, she was a great rose grower. 'course the weather and soil helped a lot to live on the San Francisco Peninsula!

So I SHOULD be deadheading right now, right?? ok... and I didn't know how far back to go either... thanks, you are so smart

doopid-head here. does dead-head just mean cut off the spent flowers?

alan, i picked up my veteran's honor rose yesterday. it is in a 5-gal container with roots coming out of the drain holes. would a 10-gal pot be too big? i also have a 7-gal pot.