Received beautiful order from Chamblees / one love roses
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Just got first ever order from Chamblees
Comments (11)Thank you, Sandandsun, for that compliment. It is nice to know that people have enjoyed reading about my roses even if they weren't living in such a cold zone themselves. I must say that after all these years, just that smidgeon of decreased cold to garden in is exciting to me - although you'd never know any difference from the brutal winter just past! So I had to go out onto the patio to refresh my olfactory senses regarding Kordes' Savannah, where the roses on the wagon were snugged up to the glass door over night (it's only 32 degrees out there right now.) The only wide open bloom has a damask scent to it - not very strong, but the bloom is old and it's very chilly. There are two more buds that will open if we get some sun and warmth and I'll be sure to note the type of fragrance for you when it's fresh. I did snap off the open bloom and bring it indoors but I'm afraid it is competing with the overpoweringly heavy scent of Easter's potted hyacinths which is filling my house right now! Still, sinking my nose right into the bloom, I think of the damask, old rose scent. Yum....See Morenot ordering from Chamblees again
Comments (89)Just thought I'd stop in and report what I've been up to. After years of reading this forum I know better than to say anything against any vendor and it's a pity. The quality might improve. Of course, growing rare roses is a specialty which has to be supported by the rose community and some errors probably need to be overlooked. Growing own root roses is tricky, not only getting them to root, but getting them there alive in the mail. Nursery X sent me roses which stood there and did nothing, until I said, "Ah, ha. They are missing the chemicals they used to receive in their old home town." Now, all the advice here is to not fertilize bands and especially after transplanting. I got out the Schultz plant food which did nothing for about two weeks. Now, they are beginning to pop. Rule No. One: Plants can only grow roots down to 50 degrees. Or is it 40? Does anybody know? I planted my little bands in August last year at a hundred degrees. They'd shown little growth in their pots all summer, but seemed to be relieved at being released from their bonds. Everybody made it, even Madame Isaac Perriere, which I had little hope for. She is a tiny little twig, now, but alive. Rule No. Two: Pot up your babies and babysit them all summer. But how's a thing going to get any roots in a little pot? Especially when roses experts tell you to dig a hole 2 feet wide and 2 feet deep, and mix one third soil, one third peat moss, and one third horse manure to fill the hole? Does this sound like maybe the rose needs a fair amount of room? This year my roses are going straight in. I can see no possible improvement in the survival rate by waiting around fooling with pots. My son did give me one idea, It takes half a day, sometimes, to pound out a rose hole with one foot of available clay topsoil and sandstone underneath. He said, "Why don't you plant the rose in a cardboard box, set it close to its final home, and slide it in, box and all, when you finally get the hole dug?" I'm going to try it. Nursery Y sent me some roses covered with aphids. Two of the roses were so tiny that they turned gray within a week. The nursery replaced them, but not without some self righteous instructions about waiting until my last frost date. I got my roses when they decided it was time. There was a blizzard that day, but oh, well. Now, I want my roses before it gets hot and they turn to spinach in the mail. Nursery Y also believes that growing roses inside is certain death, and if I was trying to grow them in my super-insulated home, they'd be correct. But they're out there in my unheated greenhouse. Growing. Nursery Z and many of their friends mail off powdery mildew. I had never seen it. It infested half my roses in the yard. Took me awhile to figure out what it was. I get out the fungicide now as soon as they come out of the box. And I isolate the roses 7 miles away, in town, INSIDE A BUILDING for two weeks. I killed two roses in pots in my unheated greenhouse this spring. They lived all winter, then budded out too soon and froze. My success rate on overwintering roses in pots is zip. I really believe in own root roses. I have three grafted roses failing this year. They are about 12 years old. Two have made suckers. Their cold-hardiness is less and cane loss more profound. They don't grow any bigger and isn't growing something the point? Yes, it is and that is why I'm going outside right now....See MoreAwesome Chamblee's and Roses Unlimited orders...
Comments (6)Dana, shipping was $28. Countryrosegirl, thanks for the heads up about Hawkeye Belle. I will give her more room than originally planned. Mike, I received my DA order 3 weeks ago, and the bare roots are already sprouting. I wonder why the hold up with your order? I also ordered/received/planted from Hortico: Outta the Blue (I also ordered this from RU...my bad) Yolande D aragon White Queen Elizabeth Park: Marmalade Skies DA...great bare roots/ already sprouting: Brother Cadfael Lady Emma Hamilton Pat Austin Just Joey French Lace So far not a dud amongst the orders. Yeah Spring!!!...See MoreMy first DA rose from chamblees..
Comments (8)Lovely bloom, looking forward to trying a couple Austins this spring also, ordered this one as well, supposed to be very fragrant :) Canes look pretty spindly on your plant, maybe just the photo ?...See MoreEcho_Texas_zone9a
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