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ROSES ARE THE
WATERWISE PLANTS
All of the roses you see in the pics
of our gardens are grown on just 1 bucket (10L) of supplemented
water a week per bush once established. We know of no other plants
that flower year round in flushes every 7 weeks (in Qld) with this
meagre amount of water. TRULY WATERWISE PLANTS AND
PERFUME AS WELL!!
and if the water runs out, well they
will usually survive through on just rainfall.
"Brindabella Bouquet" a Blackspot Buster
*we feed our roses a good handful
of
"Rose Food" every
time we see a flush of
flowers which is around every
7 weeks -
seeing flowers reminds us to
feed. We mix
our own and have it available
for sale in our
Nursery
* some of the best rose
gardens in Australia
are in SE Qld
- roses grow fabulously here as
we have flowers year round
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"Toowoomba's RoseTM"
a Blackspot Buster
Now
About Blackspot! did you know?:
*the fungus
blackspot is only capable of entering newly emerging leaves - once
fully emerged and "hardened" the leaves are impregnable.
The spots that you see on the old leaves are the result of infection
around 5 weeks earlier - the spots are the fungal "seeds"
(spores) ready to be splashed onto other new leaves.
* the best
means of control is genetics - choose rose varieties released in
the last 10 years or less. Over the years, the fungus mutates and
is able to overcome the resistance "inbuilt" by breeders
in our roses. So the varieties that our grandmothers grew (such
as "Peace", "Papa Meilland", "Queen Elizabeth"
etc) are now mostly susceptible to blackspot. Go for the Blackspot
Busters
* we reckon
blackspot affects humans more than modern roses - we humans worry
too much about seeing blackspots on leaves - modern varieties will
shrug off the fungus and put up a new batch of leaves and flowers
- remember we are growing roses more for the flowers than the leaves.
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