Buff Beauty structure ideas?
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Buff Beauty - pillared...I think!
Comments (37)Thanks, berndoodle (and the others that chimed in since I last posted!) for your thoughts and advice. As I have stated before, I appreciate anyone taking the time to think about, formulate and write a response to a query of mine. Since there are some aspects of rose growing that I am not particularly experienced with, I take any advice from a more experienced person seriously. I am my own cadre of gardeners so whatever I do is going to be that much more work for me and I know and accept that. I am constantly trying to think of ways to make the yard more interesting. I'm sure I am not alone in this desire! It is very flat here. There is no topography. I have very few large trees around my house (being built on a pasture 15 years ago). There is no beautiful bank of evergreens surrounding my yard to make a nice enclosure or background. Everything is one dimensional and flat, flat, flat. I would love to add an arbor or a pergola to add interest and bring things UP but I decided (wrongly or rightly) that a pillar would be the fastest, easiest and least expensive way to start and experiment. I suspect that arbors and pergolas also add a lot of extra work (just as the more roses you have to take care of, the more work you create for yourself yet that doesn't stop many of us from buying more more MORE!) I have learned that I probably chose the wrong variety so now I have to make a decision, based upon what people have suggested, as to what to do about it. I didn't deliberately choose the wrong variety to make more work for myself. The question shouldn't be "why did I do it in the first place?" but what do I do to rectify the situation NOW. I am still in the experimental phase (just call me a teenage rose grower!) of my rose growing and I want to try - and fail, if need be - to see what I am capable of doing, whether it is with a variety of varieties or how I grow them. Isn't that how we learn and evolve....by trying stuff and succeeding or failing? My entire yard is WAY too much work, and gets to be more work everyday with all the new beds I've put in, but I like the way it looks better than if I had just put in some evergreen shrubs around the foundation. Just the other day, I was in the pasture and looked back at the backyard and it looked really really nice and I took an enormous satisfaction in that. Sometimes the more difficult things in life are the more satisfying because you work hard and achieve something! I admit - maybe my poor BB is doomed - I just don't know yet. But I do know that neither the pole nor the plant are permanent and if it gets to be too much work, well, I always have a shovel and loppers! Again, thanks to all for their help and suggestions. I will definitely be a bit more careful in my rose selection next time! Lynn...See MoreCrepuscle vs. Buff Beauty---Which blooms MORE?
Comments (10)I grow both and you need both :-) I read complaints several times that Crepuscule is very slow to start and bloom well and I read the same about Buff Beauty. In those cases, as it turned out, the plants were own roots. Both of my BB and Crepuscule are grafted so I didn't experience this problem with either of them. Buff beauty blooms in flushes but as the plant matures the distinct flushes get closer to each other, so it seems the plant does not need much rest in between flushes. My Buff Beauty is enormous; too bad that I read AnnÂs comment about the size BB much later than I planted this rose in front of a not very tall structure. Crepuscule gave me a spring and a fall flush in the first 2 years but from its 3rd year on C. is an ever-blooming rose if this term has any meaning. Another plus for Crepuscule that it is self-cleaning - it makes a mess of the patio but it still much better than to deadhead a rose with that many blooms. Buff Beauty you can get from Pickering; my grafted Crepuscule came from Ashdown but they do not have grafted roses any more. So, again, my conclusion is: you need both....See MoreBuff Beauty or Cornelia in Zone 9-b?
Comments (8)I'm obviously in the wrong region, but let me take a shot while you wait for desert-lovers to show up. I can only comment on Buff Beauty. Mine is somewhere between 5-10 yrs old (can't remember). It is free-standing, but be warned--it spreads far and wide even in its free-standing mode. Maybe 7 ft wide? It forms kind of a large umbrella top with long canes arching out and down. Gorgeous spring flush, tepid repeat, adequate fall bloom. How much sun were you planning to expose it too? I don't know how much sun it can take. It is often sold with the proviso that it can tolerate some partial shade. That is the situation I have mine in. So the question is: Would it be more floriferous in more sun, or would it fry? Guess we will have to wait for someone to enlighten us. Hope that is a little bit of help. Kate...See Morea clematis murdered my 'Buff Beauty'!
Comments (6)And I thought it was Colonel Mustard in the library with the candlestick. Shows how wrong a person can be! You get the horticultural Sherlock Award for solving garden mysteries. That's quite some story. Sorry for the loss of your BB. Mine was murdered also--by a giant oak tree branch that crashed right on it. I pruned of the damaged stuff (most of the rose!) and it limped along for the rest of the season, but then it failed to survive the cold brutal winter. RIP But I planted another one which is in full bloom today--gotta go visit it! Kate...See Morejerijen
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