What (Currently) Would You Name As The Three Most Beautiful Roses
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Comments (24)Sherry, my Crepuscule is just been sitting there as well. I have very high hopes it is one of those that has to get settled in good before shooting up like a rocket. My Jaune Desprez is another story, growing as a large pillar rose. Our winters keep her pruned to a reasonable size. I guess the only thing about her that I am not too crazy about is how long her laterals get, growing out at a 45 dgree angle from the main canes and easy to snap off. I probably have her too constrained growing up one side of that narrow arbor. But she is a great beauty, mutable shades according to temp and light, a bloom machine. Very healthy. My Lamarque is shooting up finally, after 3, maybe 4 years. Very healthy, beautiful ivory-tinged-with-cream flowers. The frost keeps her nipped as well. My Reve d'Or is still a baby, but growing well. MAC is a monster, healthy and beautiful. Celine Forestier is not looking so hot as of late, I think she needs a good, reviving pruning. Nastarana, well I have gotten so far as to prune Mermaid down (blood, bandages, colorful language). Reckon she is considered a briar rose? LOL Those basals are tree like, truthfully I don't really know how it is going to go from here. And super to hear about your good luck with the Vintage GdD, hope she will work for me. How long have you have her?...See MoreWhat are you most looking forward to this rose year?
Comments (31)Joe, I remember you mentioned this rose not too long ago. It's the red/dark pink sport of La France, right? I hope you will post pictures of it when it blooms and put one on hmf - there aren't any there ...:( I hope it blooms its head off for you. La France does great for you, doesn't it? Thanks for posting. Gean Carla, if you can grow lilacs, I'm jealous. I love that smell. What kind do you grow? I don't know what a non typical lilac is. Our cherries are in full bloom; I love those clouds of white and pink. It's one of the things I most look forward to. You still have all that to look forward to! Happy spring, Carla! I hope you have a bountiful crop of roses and flowers this year. Gean...See MoreBest red English Roses?
Comments (36)I've just come in from taking cuttings from the roses that rate rare treasure status in my garden. I just stuck three cuttings of The Squire. He is now virtually impossible to find in Canada and I hope to root some cuttings for insurance in my cold climate. He/she/it,is, as are most old fashioned red roses, a "DIVA" in my garden. But I have grown him in a large pot since I stumbled upon a plant about five years ago. He blooms well for me, though the plant is short, + or - two feet and is very upright in growth. Fragrance varies with the weather, but there is a noticeable Damask fragrance when temperatures are not too hot. The Squire gets some blackspot but not enough to defoiate, I do not spray. In fact this year, he has almost no spotted leaves even in October and is in fact cleaner the WS 2000 and Tradescent who are in pots adjacent to him. After reading the posts on this thread, I looked at the reviews for The Squire on Help Me Find and the quote below struck me as expressing how I feel about this rose better than I am likely to do myself. "Nothing quite matches the beauty of a well formed bloom from The Squire. The single bush is ugly, but plant two together, or three a foot apart in a triangle and it is less noticeable." I love The Squire for the huge, bright crimson, old fashioned flowers. No other red comes close in my view and I've grown or grow the majority of the reds mentioned on this thread. Each to their own, but for me, The Squire is a rose I don't want to be without. Cheers, Rick...See MoreThe most beautiful rose in the world
Comments (11)Melissa, if you want to do the pherormonal traps next year (it's too late for this year, methinks,because the major season for the beetles is May/June;now there are just the stragglers) PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!! The traps themselves cost very little, but what rips the buyer from Italy off is the shipping and, since I don't have a partita IVA,the taxes ( the fact that Hungary does not have the euro has something to do with all this, making the cost for the inexpensive traps go way up-and the scientists who actually make the traps see none of this extra money! all for shipping,etc!) So we could order together ,thus cutting the cost for both of us ,and not cheating the actual scientists -totally non-profit,it seems to me- of a dime! My own store of traps is sadly diminished,since because of my health issues I was unable to collect them out of the lower garden after their period of use was over, and they are made of plastic so no doubt the're totally deteriorated by now. So if you are really interested, let me know-either here or in an e-mail, please. It would be a savings for both of us. ....See Moresherryocala
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