It’s time again for my 2014 growth diary. These are the photos taken on Aug 3 2014, which is twelve weeks or three months since I’ve planted the roses.

Bareroot Roses

Most of the bareroot roses growth are showing black spot diseases, probably because there’s not enough roots to support the leaves that have sprouted out very early.

Nahema is now the only bareroot rose with still clean leaves; this rose has also grown out more noticeably than the others.

Nahema with very clean leaves.

Firefighter, Soeur Emmanuelle and Jubilee Celebration have not grown that much and are also showing black spot. Firefighter has started to drop leaves too. One good thing about this is that I now see a dieback that I will have to prune out.

I won’t be spraying them with anything as I want to see what will happen.

Firefighter losing leaves

Soeur Emmanuelle – blackspot starting

Jubilee Celebration 12 weeks

Potted Roses

The potted roses have been doing pretty well especially Valencia as sunlight is now reaching it.

Honey Bouquet 12 weeks

Valencia 12 weeks

The next update will be their growth after another 4 weeks.