Fall growing season will probably be a narrow window here. We'll likely have hard frost in mid to late October. Some roses will remain green through the winter - wichurana minis and climbers, for example. I don't really expect blossoms after mid-October, though. I think it was unseasonably warm here for the monsoon season. It meant we had a good amount of rain, but it was about eight or ten degrees warmer than usual for much of August.
The 90F heat finally broke. And I see new growth on virtually all my roses for the first time since May. Some are really going to town. I'm hoping that the ones from ARE that I put in the ground today will grow leaves and that the leaves will be on the plants long enough to earn their keep.
I keep meaning to mulch but it hasn't happened yet.
