I have a few rose bushes, one is called "Nearly Black" and it blooms the most beautiful bright/blood red, my blue climbing rose blooms a sweet lavender color, and my yellow "victory" rose blooms white.
The colors are beautiful, but they're not what they were supposed to be, nor are they what I wanted. What can I do to correct this?
2006-10-12 12:37:12 · 12 answers · asked by littlegoth 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
I agree with Dragon and Sonoman....
There aren't any truly 'Black' or 'Blue' roses out there. There are some attempts being made to splice the genes of Pansies into the genes of Roses to get blue and black. It's a way off though.
Especially be suspect of any catalog picture colors. I just find that they aren't very accurate for a number of reasons.
If you find a rose that you like... take the pic or info. to your local independent garden center and ask them about it. They will be able to tell you if they can get it, or why they don't stock it.
I hope that this helps
Good luck-
2006-10-13 04:38:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure about your yellow "Victory" rose, but the "Nearly Black" and the "blue" sound as if they are normal. The producers of rose bushes, and other flowers as well, are pretty liberal in their descriptions. There are no truly black flowers - what is labelled as black is really dark blue or dark purple, so "nearly black" really is usually a deep or blood red. There is no true blue rose as yet; all the "blue" roses are shades of lavender.
So I suspect that the "problem" is not in your soil or in the Ph level or the type of fertilizer or the grafting or anything else like that - I think that it's just that, as in all types of advertising, there is an element of exaggeration. There is nothing you can do to change the colors of the flowers, so if the plants don't suit your needs, you will need to replace them (just keeping in mind that there are no black or blue roses....)
2006-10-13 00:14:36 · answer #2 · answered by sonomanona 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because of printing inks, most labels and catalogues produce colours of flowers that are not truly representative of the colour of the flower. They're close but not completely true.
Also genetics plays a large part in rose colours. I have seen cut flowers of roses, bought plants from the same growers and they have been not nearly as good as the ones I've seen.
If you want to be really sure of a colour you would be better to buy a potted rose in flower then you know exactly the colour your getting.
There is no black rose, just very dark red/black colours, blue roses are always a lavender colour. The first person to grow a truly blue rose will make mega millions.
Sprinkle a little sulfate of potash around for strong healthy flowers. Hope this helps.
2006-10-12 20:11:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh dear! sorry but Just askin is probably correct! The roses are all grafted onto root stock of old sturdy roses. It sounds as though the grafts died and the old root stock took over.
You can do NOTHING to change that!
Unless you have some guarantee of color from the nursery where you bought them. Maybe tags? something to show the problem.
I know that for that, my Nursery would replace the bushes, not refund the money!
2006-10-12 20:31:43 · answer #4 · answered by bugsie 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Grafted rose plants is the only thing answer I could find.
http://www.walterreeves.com/qa_display.phtml?qaID=148
At first I thought it was the soil ph, but apparently that only affects plants like my hydrangeas: Blue with strong acid soil of below 5.5 and red or pink with neutral or alkaline soil of 7.0 and above.
2006-10-12 23:01:17 · answer #5 · answered by Lynda 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try putting coffee grinds and banna peels around the base as a mulch it really helps the colors also good for roses calcium for clam shells.
2006-10-12 19:39:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
rip them out and replant with the right color or paint them the color you want.... odds are you may have been told the color but if it blooms white then its white...
2006-10-12 21:44:09 · answer #7 · answered by bluedanube69 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The acid level of soil can change flower colors. Check with a local gardening shop and ask for fertilizer to lower the level of acidity in your soil.
2006-10-12 19:50:54 · answer #8 · answered by JP 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Rose paint. They sell it at Wal Mart!
2006-10-12 19:39:45 · answer #9 · answered by zclifton2 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
absolutely, they either miss marked it. It could have gone back to its orginal form if you live in a cold climate (hybrids sometimes revert back to one of hybridized color)
the lavendar, when they call things blue, they are mostly lavendarish.....take it back you will get your money back
2006-10-12 19:39:37 · answer #10 · answered by JuSt AsKiNg 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋