Re: Roses and "snowball" plants

The snowball flowers are probably hydrangia.   Look it up.

I like roses as cut flowers.    So I cut them with a reasonable stem and
use
the thorn remove on the pruners to clean them up.
Then I cut the stem back to just above the first set of 5-leaf leaves. 
This
encourages more blooms.    Fertilize lightly every month and apply a
fungicide.  Don't forget to water the roses early in the day using a
soaker
hose rather than a sprinkler.


"Dennis M" <dennmac@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Pardon my ignorance on this subject but I have almost no knowledge about
> plants and flowers. I moved into a house a couple of years ago with a
nice
> rosebush in the backyard. I didn't have a problem the first couple of
years
> but this season so many beautiful roses have grown on the bush that
they've
> begun to droop over and almost touch the ground. I have another plant
> nearby (don't know what its called) but it has white "snowball" type
> flowers that are so heavy it's also begun to droop the past couple of
> weeks, soiling the flowers. Just thought someone could advise me of the
> best way to prop up and/or tie off these plants. Thanks!