Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Milkweed for Monarchs Plant it and they will come Waystation, 0 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Muddy--

I learned, a long time ago, that along with Systemic Rose Care feeding--
or "Rose Tone"--also include a hand-full of Epsom Salts.
It encourages new shoots from the base. Works every time for me....

I have 3 Roses that are good repeat bloomers. One of the 3 is a climbing Rose.
Somewhere--buried under years of other growths--is also a 4th--an OLD Tropicana.
It is in my YUK bed--almost invisible with all the DL foliage amassing now.
It cannot be moved--I tried once--and just a couple inches below the soil,
encountered a big, fat maple root--bigger than s broomstick--anchoring the rest
of the plant for eternity.

I get one stem every year--with maybe one or two blooms. That's it!
It is a brilliant orange-apricot.

This is out of focus--but I got to it too late...