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Since I have a flower bed now

What can I plant for winter that will also allow my regular flowers to return in spirng and summer?  Thank you.  I so love my flowers.  I am busy every day with them doing something but a rose bush that was here looks like legs and hanging out and no roses?

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Tell us what state you are in and we can advise what grows best in area. Plus how much sun vs. shade does it get?

 

Rose has no leaves?? probably from blackspot-- go and look online for Kordes roses-- they come in all colors and sizes and fragrance. Very disease resistant and no need to spray for fungal diseases.

 

Newflora.com has pictures and descriptions of roses there and then look online as to where to purchase. Newflora does not sell retail. Best time to buy roses online-- January when their catalogs come to your home.

 

Recommended rose places: Chamblee Roses, Roses Unlimited, Heirloom Roses. All these sell own root (not grafted) roses. They are small to start out but by 2 seasons are where they should be in size (if comparing to grafted roses).

☼The best place to seek God is in a garden. You can dig for him there. GBShaw☼
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Re: Since I have a flower bed now

Knockout roses are a type of shrub rose that doesn't get diseases

roses normally get, and comes in pinks, corals, yellow and white.

They bloom from spring until the first frost.  You can trim them back

in the spring, or let them keep growing (in the back of the border,

for privacy, etc...).  They are usually about $14 at places like

Home Depot, Lowe's, and nurseries.

 

Fall is also a good time to plant perennials - these are flowers that

will come back year after year, once they are established.  My cone

flowers have finished blooming and I've let the seed heads stay on.

Now the goldfinches are picking out the seeds.  Again, many of

the perennials will be on sale in the fall - check your local nursery,

Home Depot, Lowe's (they don't keep plants that are finished blooming,

so I often find great buys on marked down perennials at Lowe's).

Happy gardening!  Sue

 

 

 

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Re: Since I have a flower bed now

Your local garden stores will soon be stocking plants that are good for winter - pansies, ornamental cabbage, etc.  In most cases, you'll treat them as annuals and remove/discard them in the Spring.

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Fall is a great time to plant bulbs for tulips, daffodils, crocus. Album, etc.  be sure not to plant too early.  They are lovely as spring's first flowers!  LM