Sunday Gardener: Everything's coming up roses!

Valley View Farms: Everything’s coming up roses!

HEY, IT’S AVA MARIE AND IT’S TIME FOR SUNDAY. GARDENER. I’M HERE AT VALLEY VIEW FARMS WITH KERRY ENGLE. HELLO. AND EVERYTHING’S COMING UP ROSES. LOOK AT THESE LOVELY ROSES. AND JUST AS PRETTY ARE THE NAMES TOO, ARE NO FUN. YEAH, I DON’T EVEN NEED TO HAVE A ROSE. RIGHT. YEAH. THERE’S THAT. LIKE, IT WOULD BE FUN TO, LIKE, GO THROUGH YOUR GARDEN AND GET TO SEE WHAT’S GOING ON. I LOVE THAT. SO THIS IS A GOOD TIME. NOW THAT THE SOIL IS WARM AND THESE WILL BLOOM THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. BUT YOU SAID THESE TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF MAINTENANCE. THEY DO. AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT KINDS. SO WE HAVE THE FLORIBUNDA ROSES HERE. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THEM, EACH BUD HAS SEVERAL BUDS ON IT. I WANT TO SAY EACH OF THE BRANCHES. AND WE GO UP HERE TO THE HYBRID TEAS. YOU’RE GOING TO SEE ONE BRANCH PER ONE BUD PER BRANCH. THAT’S WHAT I’M TRYING TO SAY. YES, BUT THEY ARE HEAVY MAINTENANCE IN MOST CASES. THERE ARE SOME LIKE THE WHAT I WANT TO SAY THE YOU TOLD ME BEFORE KNOCKOUT THE KNOCKOUTS. YEAH. TAKE A LITTLE BIT LESS. BUT LESS WILL TAKE SOME. THEY’RE GOING TO NEED FOOD. THEY’RE GOING TO NEED WATER. YOU PROBABLY ALSO HAVE TO INVEST IN BUG CONTROL. THAT’S WHAT WE HAVE THE KNOCKOUTS. AND WE DO GET LIKE LITTLE HOLES IN THE LEAVES LIKE A BUG IS EATING IT. SO YOU KIND OF HAVE TO KEEP UP ON SPRAYING THEM, BUT THEY ARE WORTH IT. THEY ARE STUNNING. LOOK AT THE PRETTY COLORS. AND SOME OF THESE, LIKE YOU SAID, ARE SO COMPACT AND FIRM. THEY ARE GOOD CUT FLOWERS. CAN YOU GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO SMELL THAT ONE? THIS IS ONE OF THE TROPICANA’S HAS A REAL NICE FRAGRANCE. OH WOW. SO A LOT OF THEM. YEAH. SO THERE ARE SOME. THAT’S THE OTHER THING PEOPLE LOOK FOR. SOMETIMES PEOPLE WORRY THAT THEY’VE READ SO MUCH ABOUT THE FLOWER FORM THAT THEY FORGOT ABOUT THE FRAGRANCE. BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING BACK AND SAYING, HEY, WE WANT THAT FRAGRANCE IN HERE TOO. SO THEY’RE MAKING SURE THAT THE FLOWER IS DOING AS WELL. NOW THIS ONE’S THE MR. LINCOLN, AND THAT’S AN OLD VARIETY THAT’S BEEN AROUND FOREVER. AND THEN AS WE GET A NEW ROSE THIS YEAR, I DON’T SEE IT RIGHT HERE NOW, BUT IT’S SOMEWHERE. IT’S THE MARTHA STEWART ROSE. SHE FINALLY PUT HER NAME ON ONE AND SAID, YOU NEED YOUR OWN ROSE. THAT’S MINE. YOU GO. THERE YOU GO. I WANT TO BUY THE ROSE. I LOVE THAT. OKAY. SO THEY PUT THEM IN THE GROUND. WHAT DO THEY NEED TO DO TO KEEP THEM HEALTHY? YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY GET WATER. SO WITH THE DROUGHT AND EVERYTHING, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE’S ALSO A GRAFT ON THE ROSE. IF YOU GO DOWN TOWARDS THE STEM, YOU’LL SEE LIKE A LITTLE KNOT. YOU WANT TO KEEP THAT NOT ABOVE GROUND SO THAT IT DOESN’T REVERT BACK. THAT JUST HELPS MAKE IT STRONGER. THE ROOTSTOCKS ARE STRONGER THAN THE INDIVIDUAL ROSES ARE, SO WE LIKE TO DO THAT. THE OTHER THING IS DO KEEP AN EYE BLACK SPOTS. USUALLY THE FIRST THING THAT SHOWS UP AND THAT’S USUALLY FROM LIKE WET NIGHTS, HUMIDITY. SO YOU DO NEED TO SPRAY FOR THAT. BUT AGAIN, THERE ARE A LOT OF NATURAL THINGS YOU CAN SPRAY WITH SOME OF THE OILS AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN USE. AND SO THEY TAKE SOME WORK, SOME MAINTENANCE, BUT THEY’RE WORTH IT WHEN YOU BRING AND ROSES F

Valley View Farms has beautiful roses and advice to keep them fragrant and healthy all summer long.