Please recommend mid-size pink/dark pink old rose look shrub
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Comments (22)Tammy, thanks for posting your experience with the 'Mary Rose' By now the roots should be well established. Do you deadhead yours? If so, how often? I just had to purchase mine, when I first saw it at the nursery late last spring. Since this was an english shrub rose, I did not make a bed for her. I now regret that the place I planted her stays wet too long, during very rainy seasons. Last spring we had an extremely wet spring, and her roots suffocated before she had the chance to even begin to become established. Now I intend to look for her again this year at my local rose nursery. This time I intend to plant her in a better spot. On the East side of my house, last week I took out some potted scarlet oaks, which I had grown for about 4 years from acorns. Now the long window on both sides of my fireplace from where I took the oaks, now seem to be perfect spots for me to grow two 'Mary Rose' shrubs. Yes the fragrance is delicate, but that is part of what I liked so much about this rose; especially since the subtle fragrance could still be detected without one having to stick their nose on the bloom before being able to enjoy the fragrance. Last year I had intended to purchase some Gootendorst Rugosa Pink roses for planting in front of my windows this spring, but my friend purchased three of them and that left only one for me. I liked those Rugosa roses for the leggy look they easily take on. Since I purchased my Rugosa in the early Summer, I kept mine in a pot and took care of it for a couple months until our fall cool-down temps arrived. Durring that time, I noticed that the Rugosa Gootndorst Pink came down with multiple fungi and diseases. I applied some Bayer rose systemic treatment to it and that helped some, yet it still seemed to display some of the diseases. I was impressed that this rose was a strong enough grower to survive well. It seemed almost amazing at how well this rose survived even when it lost many leaves due to disease. Watching this rose survive so much disease attack, it became clear to see what gave it the leggy look, which first appealed so much to me. The leggy canes seemed to bend into intersting shapes of structure. Still after seeing how disease prone the Rugosa rose was, I almost thought about throwing it out. Instead, I ended up planting my Rugosa rose at the edge of my patio, and it seems to be doing well this spring, with no signs of any diseases. Maybe that is the rsult of the Bayer systemic I had given it last year. The Nursery where I purchased my Rugosa last year does not have any more of this cultivar, and I am not certain I even want any more since the cultivar does not have very good resistances qualities. Now I am wondering if the Mary Rose shrubs will be a good choice to plant infront of those east facing long windows. I have read that Mary Rose grows into a nice shrub form, which can grow up to 4-5 feet tall and wide. Also since Mary Rose has a nice amount of resistance to BS and is very disease resistant, I am beginning to think that she will be a much better rose to plant in front of my long windows, instead of trying to find more Rugose Gootendorst Pinks for there....See MoreSearching for pale pink old garden rose
Comments (21)I got an answer from Ohio state. Here it is: "I am the person in charge of the Rose Garden here at the OARDC. I have been forwarded your message and I am happy to say that I can answer your question. The rose on the page that you sent is called �New Dawn.� It grows very well for us here and we have it on all the fences. I hope that helps and have a great day! Kelly King" I was afraid of that. New Dawn DOES match the description of my rose very closely, as many have proposed in this forum. That's what prompted me to buy a New Dawn a few years ago, but it is not the same rose. New Dawn has a definite climbing habit, in fact it grew well all over our pergola, whereas the one I'm searching for had a bush habit, albeit with some arching canes suggesting that maybe it COULD be a climber. (My New Dawn was lovely but it didn't make it through one of our harsher winters, so I don't have it any more.) The fragrance of New Dawn, for one thing, does not match the fragrance of the one I'm searching for, for it had a much stronger fragrance. I'll try to come up with the other differences I found, as I can't remember them all right now. Perhaps I should pursue roses in the heritage/lineage of New Dawn? Ideas anyone?...See MoreLooking for a moderately sized dark pink or red rose
Comments (40)I grow two Rose de Rescht bushes here in hot, humid Alabama. I planted them last February in all day sun. The bushes are nice rounded mounds that are about 3 ft x 3 ft now. The bushes are attractive and have stayed pretty clean without spraying. The blooms are beautiful and smell like heaven. Each had a big first flush...completely covered in blooms and have had good rebloom since. They haven't been covered in blooms again, but have consistently had several blooms each. The blooms don't last long on the bush and only a day as a cut flower, but the petals fall off and self clean without drying up and turning ugly. Color is pretty true to the first pics below that were taken in very hot September...not as purple as they look in the last couple pics which were taken in spring on a different camera....See MorePink shrub rose ID
Comments (4)bruglover, You said your nose wasn't at its peak, so you couldn't detect or ID fragrance. But Mrs. B. R. Cant has a very unusual, cool fragrance to my nose. Not heavy and sweet or sharp and spicy but cool and penetrating. Sounds strange, but it's true. Sometimes it smelled like cherry Kool-aid to me. If you smell Kool-aid, you are one step closer to an ID. : ) Since your rose is very hardy and tough chances are there are other bushes elsewhere that have survived the same way your rose has. You may want to look at Old Garden Rose retail websites like The Antique Rose Emporium or Vintage Gardens for pics of your rose. As the rose re-establishes itself, you may want to root cuttings and pass them along to keep it going. Have fun!...See Moresusan4952
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