Almost all of my roses are putting out new growth, and some potted ones are already developing buds. It has been such a joy to walk around the garden and look at all the subtle shades of color on new rose leaves, as yet untarnished by mildew, rust, spider mites and salt damage. Everything looks new, clean, hopeful and full of promise. I can't wait for spring blooms.
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| Mme. Berkeley's leaves shining in the sun |
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| Dramatic colors of Comtesse de Provence |
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| Marechal Niel has very little new growth as yet, but the condition of last year's leaves is amazing. Not a speck of disease. The plant did not defoliate at all over the winter. |
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| Subtle pink of Gloire des Rosomanes |
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| Chocolate and plum of 'Benny Lopez' |
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| Droopy new leaves on Condesa de Sastago |
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| An old plant of Double Delight is pushing new growth. The graft union has long been buried. I found that pruning old canes results in dieback, so I cut them off entirely, and the rose is very willing to produce new canes which I leave mostly unpruned. The plant is now over 6' tall. |
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| Devoniensis |
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| Very graceful and delicate, Isabella Sprunt |
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| Elie Beauvilain does not repeat well. On the other hand it is very willing to bloom in complete shade on a north facing fence, even if only in spring. |
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| Tina Marie's leaves look almost hand-painted. It is setting buds already. |
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| New lateral growth on Zephirine Drouhin casting shadows on the fence. |
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| 'Old Korbel Gold's beautifully edged leaves. |
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| Rosette Delizy |
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| A white seedling of Purple Pavement. I am glad I took the picture because I noticed chlorosis just beginning to develop on the newest leaves. Time for a sulphur application. |
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| Just Joey |
I am so ready for spring! Thanks for the rease.
ReplyDeleteSandra
Ah, new foliage in spring is such a beautiful sight!
ReplyDeleteIf only our rose foliage looked this way all year !
ReplyDeleteHi Masha, I surely enjoyed looking at all the new foliage that is developing on your roses. Isn't it amazing how different all the rose leaves are in terms of color, texture and form? I think all the healthy foliage that you have in your garden indicates a very bountiful spring flush. I can't wait to see your first roses starting to bloom. Most of my roses also began to leave out and I haven't fertilized them yet, sigh. Hopefully I get to do it next week. By the way, my 'Grandmother's Hat', like your 'Tina Marie' is setting buds already, too. She is a promising candidate for the competition "who is blooming first" this year :-)!
ReplyDeleteChristina
Beautiful images of such a simple thing.
ReplyDeleteHey Masha, you have no idea how this new foliage of the roses makes me happy. In begin of january some of my roses showed new foliage but then the frost came in. A lot of my roses the branches are black. Will it mean that the roses are dead? I hope to hear from you.
ReplyDeleteWarm wishes and a lovely sunday,
Marijke
You lucky girl :) We have here almost one meter snow...but sun is shining, so spring is coming :)
ReplyDeleteHi Masha - It looks like spring has arrived... I was interested by your point about removing whole canes - just wondering what you meant about pruning resulting in dieback ?
ReplyDeleteHi there
ReplyDeleteHuuuuu, when I look at your photos I'm getting a bit jealous :o). There is still everything covered with snow in my garden :o(.
Have a nice day
Alex
Lovely leaves !!! Beautiful spring colours. I enjoyed the walk in your garden, Masha ! Thank you !
ReplyDeleteOhh ich freu mich, es geht los, der Frühling beginnt und bald haben wir die ersten Rosenblütenbilder von dir. Viele Grüße Annette
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful foliage on your roses. It never ceases to amaze me how different and stunning just the foliage can be.... Great post!
ReplyDeleteWhat luscious foliage growing out on your roses. Enjoy the awakening of this years gardens.
ReplyDeleteFlowerLady
Beautiful! Isn't it exciting when the roses start their new growth?! I love seeing the new red growth.
ReplyDeleteYou are so lucky to be having your roses growing out already. Mine are trying but it is just too early for that here yet. I will be able to enjoy your roses though until mine get ready to bloom in June. Sounds so far off yet.LOL! Have a lovely week Masha.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
ReplyDeleteB-a-g, dieback is another word for stem canker, i.e. a cane starts dying back at the site of the pruning cut (which is where the fungus is introduced). There is a good picture of it here:
http://www.sactorose.org/ipm//21fungi/21canker.jpg.
Some roses are more susceptible to it than others, my DD seems to have it on old canes that are no longer vigorous.
To wspaniałe patrzeć na te nowe i piękne liście róż i wiedzieć, że tylko trochę poczekać i będą kwiaty. Pozdrawiam Cię bardzo cieplutko. *** It's great to look at these new and beautiful leaves of roses and know that just a little wait and they will flower. I greet you very warm.
ReplyDeleteMasha, you have given me hope for spring. Oh, I know it will get here be February seems like the longest month of the year instead of the shortest one when living in Michigan.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the tip about cutting away old canes instead of pruning them.
Such lovely leaves on your rose bushes!
ReplyDeleteSigh. Simply beautiful, Masha! Thanks for sharing the beauty of your garden--even the simple beauty of your Roses' varied foliage.
ReplyDeleteFresh, new foliage! Nothing is more refreshing this time of year. You have sharp eyes to notice the chlorosis!
ReplyDeleteSince discovering your blog I've added more roses and learned how to prune/train a climbing rose. I hope mine are as beautiful as yours this year! Mentally filing away the tip about old canes. :o) It's going to be 65 this week which is beyond bizarre (we should be cold and a little snowy) so maybe my roses will leaf out early.
ReplyDeleteThe diversity of color and form on that emerging foliage is very interesting! Thanks for drawing my attention to it. Such a hopeful sign of beauty to come.
ReplyDeleteyay! I've been away for a 4 day weekend and just got home in the dark...but when I left I was thinking that this would be the weekend that the growth would really burst forth... I'll be checking with my coffee in the morning.
ReplyDeleteYour post took me back to my rose garden I had in South Africa. The pure joy of seeing those first water shoots shooting right up from the ground past all the other branches filled me with wonder and excitement every year. Enjoy your rose garden! :)
ReplyDeleteI love this post because it means bloomings are not far anymore. Here it's time for pruning, I'll have to wait a little bit longer.
ReplyDeleteMasha - your roses are leafing out beautifully and I am already looking forward to seeing pictures from you of their first flush! Does Zephirine Drouhin mildew for you? Or, is Powdery Mildew not much of a problem where you are?
ReplyDeleteThanks,
Jo
Thank you for your comments!
ReplyDeleteJo, it does, a bit, not too bad :). It grows next to a honeysuckle vine which gets pruned but is too vigorous to stay in bounds, so ZD gets covered by it somewhat in summer. But honestly, I have got roses with more mildew than ZD. In general, powdery mildew is certainly a problem here.
Hello Masha... c'est un plaisir de découvrir les premières pousses de rosier et les premiers frémissements du printemps. En France il fait encore très froid, et je dois patienter avant de voir un tout petit bourgeon. Comme toi dés que les jeunes pousses pointent je pulvérise contre les maladies.
ReplyDeleteBelle journée jocelyne
How I enjoyed looking at all the marvellous fresh growth on your roses! Promise of things to come ... very soon now :)
ReplyDeleteThe fresh growth shown so dramatically is almost as exciting as seeing what's to come later. I just pruned back our Roses a few days ago.
ReplyDeleteI love the colors in the new growth of roses, thank you for such beautiful pictures! This is what I was thinking about this past weekend...roses! Elaine
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photographs!
ReplyDeleteMasha - thanks much for the information on ZD. One more question, if I may. How well does it repeat for you?
ReplyDeleteThanks again,
Jo
Wow...sehr schöne Fotos!!!!
ReplyDeleteLiebe Grüße und einen schönen ersten März wünscht dir Eva!
Hi! i agree! I was just out in my backyard also admiring the flush of beautiful rose leaves untarnished before I saw this post. Beautiful! Jeannine
ReplyDeleteThank you!
ReplyDeleteJo, I am sorry, I hope you are still there, but better late than never (hopefully). My ZD has had only fair repeat, but it has never been grown in good conditions. It has always been in mostly filtered shade from a huge tree that fell on top of it last year. Since then it has been in a prime south facing spot :). However, it spent all last year just growing new canes (it was cut down to zero because of the damage the tree caused). This year is realistically going to be the first when it is grown well, and hopefully I can have a better answer at the end of the year.
I love the colours of new rose foliage, especially the reds and plums. My ZD has never had canes as sturdy as those, maybe I need to drop a tree on it!
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