Rose flower growers, help needed, what do rose plants really like please read below?

I grow some roses in OR zone 7, and they do fine, but I just bought 5 more and I want to plant them where they will be really happy. I have good soil and raise a lot of flowers and it is hot here in the summer altho it gets cool at night. It seems that if they get any a.m. shade, they tend towards mildew on their leaves and I think they like a.m. sun with afternoon shade, as do most plants here. Any good suggestions besides spraying and all ? Or any new info on raising happy rose plants. They are hybrid teas.

Rose flower growers, help needed, what do rose plants really like please read below?
you already know all the answers on how to grow them but one thing we have discovered is that if you buy some fish emulsion and pour it around their roots they will go crazy..they also like the epsom salt. I find the Old English much easier to raise than the teas plus they do not create nearly as much waste and are much more disease resistant.The way to keep them happy is to prune them regularly and sometimes harshly.


But you already know that.
Reply:Give them as much sun during the day as you can and they don't mind the heat AT ALL (I'm in SC). If the humidity is high or they get 'dewy' overnight you might need to spray an antifungal on them. Water them from the bottom or if you use a sprinkler do it early enough in the day so they are dry by dark.
Reply:Roses do best in full sun. They will get powdery mildew when there is high humidity no matter how much sun they are getting. A great preventative of any fungal diseases is to water them at the base only and avoid getting any of the leaves wet. They really like to be fed and they must be treated to prevent affid infestations and fungal diseases. You mentioned spraying, which should be done monthly OR


Bayer Advanced has a fairly new product out call All-in-One which feeds, handles insects and funguses. The best part is that there is no spraying! This is a concentrate that you mix with water and pour in around the base of the bushes every six weeks and it protects them from the inside out.





I am in Arkansas and we have high humidity plus extreme fluctuations in the weather, so mine perform their very best when I use the Bayer Advanced every 4 weeks instead of every 6. In years with extremely strange springs and if my bushes get black spot before I am able to get on top of it, then I will spray AND treat with Bayer's All-in-One.





Hope this helps! Good Luck %26amp; Happy Planting!