Disneyland Roses - Fall Rebound - Early October 2024
Dahlias aren't the only thing 'popping off' in our garden right now . Surprisingly (to me), I'm seeing some nice-shaped blooms on our Disneyland Roses that are planted in our sideyard. Last year, we had six of these Disneyland Roses - but I lost all three in the front porch bed. (I replaced them with Dahlias, which...I think worked out nicely...) But, the three on the sideyard are still around. But, they struggled all year. I published a post in June titled: The Disneyland Roses are Struggling . At that time, they were dealing with (what I'm pretty sure was) a double-trouble combo: sawfly larvae and fungus. I treated them a variety of ways - Neem Oil, insecticide dust, systemic combo treatment. They seemed to 'rebound' by late June . But, that might have been a response to fertilizer. Then, they dropped all their leaves. That had me REALLY worried. Articles like this one - talking about how roses drop their leaves when stressed - didn't pac