I had to google 'gophers' - we don't have them. Those teeth look like they could do an awful lot of damage! The only thing we have is hedgehogs! Everyone comments on how lucky we are and they would love to have them in the garden but they are making one hell of a mess of my lawn right now!! But roses and iris are not on the menu thank goodness.
Lyn - I hope you can find somebody to take your roses. I too hate trashing plants and always used to ask around when it came time for dividing but people are seldom interested
It is a sad day here in 'Sunny Valley' - the sun did shine but the damper was that I trashed a rose!!
Crown gall!! Or that is what it looks like. I have never seen it myself and decided not to take any chances!.
I can't believe how big it got but most of it was below the surface. I removed the entire plant and put it in the trash and then washed every thing, tools and buckets, with a strong bleach solution. I also removed quite a bit of the soil that was around the rose and am now sitting with great big hole in the middle of my rose bed. I am wondering if I should drench the soil with a bleach solution as well??
Anyone have experience with this situation? The internet has lots of info but advice from somebody with first-hand experience would be better!
