Recommendations for a mass impact rose
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Comments (23)Sanju, From the list you've mentioned, I can warmly suggest Jubilee Celebration. It's the best from the list for this climate type. It will repeat well, and produce lots of blooms till May in Melbourne. But it's a big one: goes in back of the border. Pat Austin ... It will get burned in January/February. It has big, gentle petals, and somewhat fragile. First flush is lovely, but when the heat hits 40 C in few days, it looks .. well .. :-( Also, petals will drop within 4-5 days from opening, no matter what weather. Be careful. Sharifa Asma is not too bad, but there are much better English roses suitable for this climate. Try Miss Alice instead: it grows better, and is overall a much better rose. Munstead Wood is a new rose this year, and it reminds of WS2000. However, sources say it behaves a bit better than WS2000, has a neater form and it's not as notorious in shooting long canes as WS2000 does in this climate. But it does shoot long canes nevertheless. JumboJimmy, we cannot still ascertain is Munstead Wood poor repeater or not; not yet. Many factors contribute to that and I don't always trust what nurseries say, because there roses live in somewhat extreme conditions compared to our gardens. Sanju, if you like myrrh scent, I'd avoid mishy-mushy Tamora and plant Ambridge Rose. That's one of the best English roses ever for this climate too. Period. It's strong, healthy and reliable, blooms first and ends last. Mayflower is fantastic, but makes great sense to plant few of them for best effect which then reminds of a thicket of Gallicas. All in all, very few roses from DA's Old Rose Hybrids group are fit for Australia. St Swithun is one of them. It's big, but it's an amazing rose. It has a very strong myrrh scent. Leander group, however, and Hybrid Musks Group are much better overall because they have scents that activate better in warm climates, petals that are not too thin, shallower flower shapes that won't burn in the sun. And all are strong growers. Another great one for Australia is Teasing Georgia. William Morris too. Pegasus has the most powerful tea scent, but tends to sleep later in season. Crown Princess Margareta is lovely and will grow big. However, they're all, as you can see, bigger ones. This season I've seen a new Strawberry Hill, and it looks very, very promising. I felt very tempted! Tea Clipper and Port Sunlight are other two to check as well....See MoreRecommendation for long-blooming mass planting in raised bed
Comments (1)Inquire in your area about South Seas ~~ I see several people commented on its long bloom season. Lovely melon color that would stand out against white roses and might not clash with your house....See MoreLandscape rose recommendations not named "Knock Out"
Comments (25)If you want a big statement plant somewhere along the strip, you could try Darlow's Enigma. He makes a nice architectural statement, and I've never in my life deadheaded him. Wouldn't know how to get close enough without serious bloodletting, and he never needs it. I don't think he sets noticeable hips, and he blooms more or less around the clock. I also rarely if ever prune him, maybe a little tip trimming if I feel like it, but he mostly drops off nonfunctional twigs at the ends of branches without much help from me. I agree that Bonica is mostly self cleaning, or at least doesn't look ratty if I don't clean, and Marie Daly is similar. Several of the Easy Elegance roses do fine without any deadheading from me at all, and they're both winter hardy and pretty continual blooming. Little Mischief is short and wide dark pink, Yellow Brick Road is tall and slim, Kashmir is medium and red, Pinktopia is about 4-5' and medium pink. I'd say that Calypso, Music Box, and Sweet Fragrance can be left without deadheading but look a little less clean if they're not tended at least once a month. I think the hybrid musks like Wilhelm or Penelope would do fine without deadheading, and bushy singles like Ballerina or Robin Hood might be good. You don't want roses in a public space that are too tempting to nip off the flowers for cutting, so the singles and mass clusters are better than any hybrid teas. I know what you mean about maintaining church roses with a minimum of effort. My church has 70 or more Home Run bushes around their property, and about 5 years ago put a notice in the bulletin because no one had ever pruned them and there was all kinds of dead wood looking terribly ratty and half dead. Easy care isn't no care, even for Knockouts and similar roses. Now I just go in every spring and do a fairly brutal prune once a year, throw on some fertilizer, and they get absolutely no care till next spring. Driving by they look fine, though I'm sure my fingers would be itching to deadhead something if I got right up close to them. Oh, there's also a Seafoam or two around the other side of the church that I don't prune any more than my own Darlow's Enigma, but I rather think Seafoam looks ratty at the best of times so more care wouldn't help it much. I'm sure the congregation appreciates your attention and care. Cynthia...See MoreRecommendations for Roses suited to NW Florida (near Pensacola)
Comments (8)Hi, Fl gardener here. You are in Northern Florida and Nematodes are probably not as much a concern there so I would not worry about root stock as much. I would however worry about the climbers as they most likely will not bloom for the first 3 years (YES 3!). So you may not see ANY blooms before you move, if you stay on course.Eden and Zeph are particularly notorious for this. I have both, and can attest. Eden has had maybe 5 blooms going into its third year, Zeph is going into its third and has never had one. If you really want climbers, try and get large bushes that can be trained to climb (wont be hard in FL climate). Also some climbers don't have this problem (some few). Good ones in my garden that would work for you (and will bloom even when small) are: Nahema Heirloom Spirit of Freedom (highly recommend this one) Abe Darby * William Morris Dames De Chennonceau Pat Austin * Evelyn* The ones with stars by them I grow grafted on Fortuniana so they may grow slower on their own roots. Jude The Obscure will do fine, but may need spraying for black spot. New Dawn is a good choice I think. I have a small one and it blooms a lot even while small. It will get huge! So make sure you have room for it. If you are willing to wait, all of the roses you have chosen will do well for you, you have made good choices for your area, but 2 or even 3 years wont be enough time to really get to reap the benefits of your efforts. New Dawn will be worth it, but the others wont. Also, I really don't recommend you pay $45 per rose at Heirloom. They are not any better quality than Rose Unlimited, Rose Petals Nursery, Chamblees, Rogue Valley Roses or Angel Gardens and all of these charge less than half that for their roses (Chamblees has New Dawn for $10.95 and is EXCELLENT QUALITY)....See MoreArtist-FKA-Novice Zone 7B GA
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