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- Lynnette Payne
Roses/Expert Profile
Expertise
I am knowledgeable in all aspects of growing roses, especially their disease problems. I can also help with organic growing of roses.
Experience in the area
I have grown roses for over 50 years, worked in a rose nursery in the Pacific Northwest and now, thanks to retirement, have managed to stuff over a 800 roses into an acre of land.
Organizations
Vice president of a large garden club.
Publications
Have written the modern and antique FAQs for Gardenweb. Answered Questions on AllExpert when it first started and have a rose information website with photographs which is still being expanded. www.theoldrosarian.com
Education/Credentials
I studied under a British Rosarian in regards to rose history, blood lines, identification, breeding, diseases and propagation.
What do you like about this subject?
I like the fact that there are so many different shapes and colours in the roses.
Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:
Roses are like people, plus they also have bloodlines like people, so a rose can have a personality, such as, doesn't like wind, hates sandy soil or prefers a warm climate. Even bugs can be only attracted to specific named rose.
Something controversial or provocative about this subject
Many books on roses have not kept up with the modern ways of caring for them. Commercial rose growers have proved that many rose myths are still alive and well. Modern rose breeders are doing a first rate job is producing many disease resistant and easy to care for roses.
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| Dave | 11/13/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thank you. |
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Recent Answers from Lynnette Payne
2009-11-21 knockout:
I know there is a lot of hype about Knock Out roses but alas they are no different then any other rose and will have the same problems. The only feature that may be a little different is that they are
2009-11-20 roses:
Making new rose bushes by putting a piece of cane in the ground, requires a warm and humid climate to make them grown without any problems. Also being kind and giving the tiny rose some chemical fertilizer
2009-11-17 Cecile Brunner weird double buds:
What you describe is an excellent example of proliferation in a rose. The reason for proliferation in garden roses is not fully understood. The effect is usually noticed when a rose bud tries to form within
2009-11-12 Unknown scarlet HT:
Other ideas could be to see what red roses were popular around the time you think the rose was bought. Maybe it was purchased from a garden center or even a rose nursery close by. If it was a good rose
2009-11-12 Unknown scarlet HT:
Every year there are more than 200 roses introduced by the breeders or the rose nurseries. Many of the red hybrid teas look the same. Even many of the floribundas or modern shrubs also are difficult to
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