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too (?) busy portrait of full Olympiad bushes......♠ ♠ rating
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I didn't know my photo would be graded. Oh well, I like it.
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Miss Sunny - I like it too !!! The rating is only my personal opinion..........compared with other photos of same. Sometimes photographers like to get some feedback. Most importantly, THANKS for providing the photo.
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Ok, I didn't understand. Is this a new thing?
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Miss Sunny - It's just my personal opinion thing.
Maybe I had better not do it again. :-)
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HMF is all about community - it's a tool for pooling our knowledge and expertise. People making the time to participate are our most valued resource be they contributing photos or commenting about them.
Most of all, thank you both (Miss Sunny and Miguel) for your participation.
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4 MAY 07 by
Unregistered Guest
My Gemini, which I purchased last fall year in a five-gallon pot, flourished without disease until Spring pruning. I had two nearby roses that were attacked by spider mites. All adjacent roses received the same general pruning, the same chemical treatments, and the same pressure water spray (to remove the spider mites that were surviving the chemicals). The heavily infested plants recovered, but the seemingly untouched Gemini died off. Pruning was light, but the dieback seemingly started with each pruned cane. I recently replaced Gemini. The rose I purchased, which was the only one left at the nursury, iis blooming but the areas that appear to have been pruned previously are mostly dead. My take, and perhaps others can weigh in, is that Gemini responds horribly even to mild pruning. Anyone else experienced this?
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4 MAY 07 by
digger
What zone are you in? We only have a foot of live cane on Gemini in spring (planted in 2001). I mound it with 6 inches of mulch (lawn clippings) and it gets lots of snow piled on it. Spring growth is early and very vigorous. I haven't noticed additional cane dieback after pruning. I pressure wash it with water twice a week but don't have to spray chemicals.
Dave South central Montana - zone 4/5
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Can't say that I have encountered the same pruning problem you have experienced. Gemini prunes well for me and in my SoCal garden needs to be pruned occasionally for shaping. For what it's worth, Gemini is one of the most prolific bloomers in the garden even after pruning. Best of luck! It's a great rose.................SoCal Miguel
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unfettered full bush.....full blooms and falling blooms.......wish bush were more manicured.......♠ ♠ ♠ rating
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Excellent frame of full bloom.............♠ ♠ ♠ ♠ rating
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