Why my roses don&#39;t grow very well

Jabo

@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

3 Mar 18

@JudyEv True

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@JudyEv (341780)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Mar 18

At least I can easily see my pests!

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317249)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

3 Mar 18

That's one determined doe. I'm glad she left you a bud. I don't grow any outdoor plants very well. Indoor, I'm good with. The plant I bought for Mother's Day is still doing well. The poinsettia from last year still has lots of new leaves on it, and the poinsettia I got for Christmas is still in the red.

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@JudyEv (341780)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Mar 18

I'm not much good with plants indoor or out but the roses are quite hardy - if the roos would just leave them alone.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317249)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

3 Mar 18

@JudyEv That does seem to be a problem.

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Natalie Frank

@writereditor (32)

• Chicago, Illinois

3 Mar 18

What do you think are the easiest plants to grow inside? I'm in a cold weather climate like you are and don't get a lot of direct sunlight and I'd like a shot at something living despite my pitiful brown thumb.

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youless

@youless (112561)

• Guangzhou, China

3 Mar 18

Perhaps you can grow some cactus nearby?

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youless

@youless (112561)

• Guangzhou, China

3 Mar 18

@JudyEv Yeah, it shall work.

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@JudyEv (341780)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Mar 18

That's a good idea. Or maybe I'll plant bouganvillea all around the rose bushes. That might stop them.

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44998)

• Preston, England

3 Mar 18

beautiful deer - shame she eats the roses

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44998)

• Preston, England

3 Mar 18

@JudyEv sounds a good plan - good luck

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@JudyEv (341780)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Mar 18

I'll just have to get some better netting and keep them out.

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@JudyEv (341780)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Mar 18

@arthurchappell We've redone the netting on two. I'll do the other tomorrow.

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Shadi

@Madshadi (8840)

• Brussels, Belgium

3 Mar 18

There are several roses left by previous house owners that still bloom. Luckily they don’t need much attention.

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@JudyEv (341780)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Mar 18

They seem to be very tough plants, don't you think?

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

3 Mar 18

There are some bugs that eat the leaves of my roses in summer. There are no aphids, I still have to understand what insects eat my leaves. I think that are the big locusts, there are a few in summer.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

3 Mar 18

@JudyEv According to your description I think it is the same caterpillars that chews the leaves of my roses.

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@JudyEv (341780)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Mar 18

We have what is called a cut-leaf caterpillar which chews crescent shapes out of the leaves of roses.

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ShannyBananny

@shaggin (72184)

• United States

3 Mar 18

Oh boy that wire netting didn't work at all

I enjoyed the picture though so her munching on your flowers gave me a smile lol

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@JudyEv (341780)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Mar 18

There is several rounds of mesh but she just carefully poked her head through until she would reach. I'm glad she made you smile.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (181995)

• United States

3 Mar 18

Your roos are like the deer we have around here. They tend to eat everything!

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@JudyEv (341780)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Mar 18

The deer probably need higher fencing than the roos do.

Sanjeev

@sjvg1976 (41289)

• Delhi, India

3 Mar 18

That may be irritating as roses had taken time to bloom.

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@JudyEv (341780)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Mar 18

Luckily she left the bud and I've now put more netting around them.

Gary Marsh

@garymarsh6 (23404)

• United Kingdom

3 Mar 18

Oops naughty Kangaroo! In our previous house we had lots of Roses. I do not like them so took them all up! Maybe I should have got myself a Kangaroo to help me get rid of them. I must say I do like to see a formal rose garden though. The different colours and smells are beautiful!

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@JudyEv (341780)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Mar 18

It's lovely to walk through an area and have the scent all around you. My friend has over 300 roses (she has a 5 acre garden) and they really are quite magnificent.

Angie

@andriaperry (117133)

• Anniston, Alabama

3 Mar 18

I can grow roses bu the deer eat my vegetables!

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@JudyEv (341780)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Mar 18

I am thinking of just netting the gardens. I don't know if they'd knock them down or not.

Scott Ganschow

@teamfreak16 (43418)

• Denver, Colorado

9 Mar 18

Always nice to find a tasty snack when you are a kangaroo!

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@JudyEv (341780)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Mar 18

The next day a rabbit were eating the bark of the roses then the skink started eating my butternut. There seems to be no end to the pests!

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Bhem

@JustBhem (70555)

• Davao, Philippines

3 Mar 18

I always wanted to have my flower garden. But we don't have space around here. And roses are one of my favorite flowers. You are lucky you can have a rose.

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@JudyEv (341780)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Mar 18

Hopefully one day you'll be able to have a garden.

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Bhem

@JustBhem (70555)

• Davao, Philippines

3 Mar 18

@JudyEv It's one on my Bucket list @JudyEv

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The Fly One

@aureliah (24316)

• Kenya

3 Mar 18

I see the reason and he seems determined to frustrate you.

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@JudyEv (341780)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Mar 18

He does doesn't he? But I am just as determined that she won't beat me.

The Fly One

@aureliah (24316)

• Kenya

3 Mar 18

@JudyEv you better be smarter because she is watching your every move

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Always smiling

@allknowing (137589)

• India

3 Mar 18

Surprising that thorns do not come in their way. Roses in general are a fussy lot specially when it comes to their feeding. They need good food once every fortnight. I see how poorly they perform when they are not fed properly. They also need a good trimming too.

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@JudyEv (341780)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Mar 18

The roos must nibble round the thorns. They take the leaves too as well as the flowers.

topffer

@topffer (42156)

• France

3 Mar 18

It reminds me a quote by Oscar Wilde "Ah, flowers, these vegetables that women like so much !"

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@JudyEv (341780)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Mar 18

I've never read much by Oscar Wilde. I know there are some great quotes from him.

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DianneN

@DianneN (247186)

• United States

3 Mar 18

I have to worry about deer.

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@JudyEv (341780)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Mar 18

I can imagine they would be very destructive too.

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Cindy Tolbert

@cintol (11261)

• United States

3 Mar 18

Great picture. I had roses all around my old house, I love growing them an never had much trouble.

Xavier Bage

@franxav (13849)

• India

3 Mar 18

We grow roses but we have to protect them from goats from our own farm. If some of them stray into the rose garden they express their love for roses not by seeing them but consuming them.

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@JudyEv (341780)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Mar 18

I know my pet goat loved roses too. There was nothing she liked better.

John Roberts

@JohnRoberts (109846)

• Los Angeles, California

3 Mar 18

You need to use finer mesh to prevent the head from poking inside.

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