Ruth's Rose Garden at Florida Southern College

malcolm_manners

10 years ago

The garden was near peak bloom this week. New photos are posted!

Here is a link that might be useful: Link to rose garden photos on flickr

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Leighsroses

10 years ago

Malcom,
The garden is wonderful and I can imagine it will be even more beautiful next year! I love the design and the roses too! Can you tell me the approximate date you pruned them back? The roses were definitely at peak bloom and the citrus trees were flowering as well which were very fragrant. I am going to come back soon to see how everything is growing, especially the climbers.
Also the PVC pipes: do they function as stakes to give the roses stability and another purpose like irrigation? I thought I saw soaker hoses in the pics when you were first laying out the garden.
Loved Mrs BR Cant, Lady Hillingdon shrub, Maggie, Leonie Lamesh, Soncy, Devoniensis, Gruss an Teplitz, and International Herald Tribune(which seemed thornless). Souvenir de Pierre Notting was very prolific as well

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sammy zone 7 Tulsa
10 years ago
Thank you for sharing the pictures, Malcolm. The roses are very pretty.

My roses are just waking up, so this is a good reminder of what we will see in a few weeks.

Sammy
plantloverkat north Houston - 9a
10 years ago
What a lovely tour! Thanks so much for sharing these photos.
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Leighsroses
10 years ago
Malcolm,
Thanks so much for sharing! I rarely post, but I want to thank you for being such an invaluable resource! I am lucky to be 45 mins away from the FSC campus and am hoping to see it(the new garden) today. I always look for your posts and comments as they are so pertinent to roses in central Florida.
Leigh
dublinbay z6 (KS)
10 years ago
I'm afraid Kansas is a bit too far from Florida for me to pop in and enjoy first hand such a lovely rose garden, so thank you for providing for my vicarious enjoyment. Wonderful garden!

Kate
mendocino_rose
10 years ago
Thanks Malcolm.
ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
10 years ago
Malcolm, I thoroughly enjoyed this. Many roses there are old friends. This will look spectacular in two or three years, and I hope you'll let us have a peek as it progresses every year.

Ingrid
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10 years ago
Thank you for the lovely show, Malcolm! A question: is the Flamingo Gardens tea thought to be Souv. de Pierre Notting? Noticing the similarity with the photos close together.

I was particularly taken by that photo of the nodding bloom of Soncy (love those yellow teas).
rosefolly
10 years ago
I am happy to have had a chance to enjoy this garden at an earlier stage. Thanks for showing us how it developed.

Folly
malcolm_manners
Original Author
10 years ago
Catspa, That's the question -- are they the same rose? We've only recently noticed the similarity in our gardens. Malcolm
malcolm_manners
Original Author
10 years ago
Leighsroses, From pruning to full bloom was just over 7 weeks for most varieties; true musk roses and some early Noisettes are taking closer to 9 weeks. Had we pruned later (e.g., March 1, our normal date), I'd think they would take 5-10 days less, due to the higher average temperature.

The PVC stakes are for support in wind. Plants on 'Fortuniana' roots never develop physical strength, even though it's a tough-as-nails rootstock in all other respects.
Leighsroses
10 years ago
Thanks for that info, Malcolm. I noticed that many of the noisettes hadn't bloomed yet, so I'll have to come back to see them later!
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10 years ago
Dr. Manners- Thanks so much for posting the wonderful pictures of the garden. All my life I have been told that roses can't be grown in FL! To which I say, "Ha, look at this!"

Are all of these roses on Fortuniana? Almost all of the Fortuniana-grafted roses in my garden have died, so I am sticking with own-root roses. Maybe it's my fault they died, but it seems like there was an awful lot of graft rejection/separation.
malcolm_manners
Original Author
10 years ago
Yes, most are on Fortuniana. A few Chinas are not (Napoleon, Old Blush, Louis Philippe, Cramoisi Superieur), but nearly everything else. I've only seen graft separateion with 'Hermosa'.
MM
sabalmatt_tejas
10 years ago
Malcolm- thanks for the wonderful pics. Alot has changed since I visited in 2011 during the citrus conference. I really like the looks of Leonie Lamesch and your seedling from Home Run- great color on that one.
sara_ann-z6bok
10 years ago
Malcolm - Thank you for sharing all the pictures of some really beautiful roses, it was very enjoyable.
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Contech
6 years ago
Dr. Malcolm, I visited your beautiful rose garden while on a tour of the college campus last year. The tour guide mentioned that there is a thousand year old rose in that garden. Might that be a rose of Hildeshiem?
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6 years ago
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The George Manners was my absolute favorite, gorgeous photos... thank you for sharing.
ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
6 years ago
The thousand-year-old rose might also have been Old Blush, which is believed to be an ancient rose in China, although it came to the west in the 1700's, I believe.
rosesmi5a
6 years ago
What a well-planned garden! How do you keep the mowers from denting/crushing the metal edging? I really noticed the ample spacing between plants -- I appreciate the planning for future growth. As a northerner, I appreciated the chance to see some of the lovely teas -- how beautiful and healthy they all looked! -- Sunny
malcolm_manners
Original Author
6 years ago
plj1606 et al., It is unfortunate that the campus tour guides always, without exception, get some aspect of their story wrong. It's a running joke -- what will they make up about the garden next? I complain frequently and vigorously, but it continues. So I'm not sure what the "thousand year rose" story is about; it could refer to 'Autumn Damask' which, of course, is a 2000+ year rose, so they've severely underestimated it if that's the case.