Suggestions for Partial Shade Roses
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Roses for partial shade?
Comments (6)Morden Blush does great in partial shade. Betty Prior, Gruss An Aachen, & a number of Austins (Mary Rose, Fair Bianca, Abraham Darby) will also take shade....See MorePartial Shade Rose under 4 feet tall
Comments (22)One of the lovliest roses in the world and of all time, is the light pink 'Madamoiselle Cecille Brunner' and its' darker pink sport 'Marie Daly', which I'd suggest for a hot climate place like Texas because it does not bleach out like the original Madamoiselle Cecille Brunner. Here in the S.F. Bay area 'Marie Daly' matures at a height of 4' tall on its own roots, which I prefer, for their better bloom production over a 20 year span, and because roses budded onto rootstock can grow to be 25%-50%larger than the same cultivar grown on its own-roots. helpmefind.com has photos of Marie Daly and says it is disease resistant in Texas. vintagegardens.com sells Marie Daly' on its' own roots, and A.R.E. might. White roses that are less than 4' tall, and shade tolerant. 'Katherine Zeimet' a white Polyantha, with dark green glossy foliage that is resistant to most fungal disease. In our neighborhood near San Francisco, it stays lower than 3' tall, when grown on its own roots. It makes a nice low hedging plant because of the density of its foliage and blooms. The clone of 'Little White Pet' that we got from Canada has shaplier flowers than the 'L.W.P.' I bought from California and the Canadian one (from hortico.com) blooms nearly constantly. It has matured at c. 2 and 3/4' tall. Good health, a little bit suseptible to p.m. but never defoliates from it, and keeps on blooming steadily. Good luck, let us know which rose you choose. Lux. P.S. I adore 'Perle d' Or', but because it reaches a mature height of c. 10 ft. tall in California, unless pruned regularly, I'd suggest one of the smaller rosebushes for anyone who doesn't wish to prune for size....See MoreBest Roses for Partial Shade??
Comments (16)Judith, silly me, I was getting ready to give you my list when it struck me that blooming is the criteria. Whoops! I have Parade, Cornelia, Mrs B R Cant, Francois Juranville and one Louis Philippe in mostly shade. They're all green and healthy, but I have nothing to compare their blooming to. Being young climbers, P (3rd year) and FJ (1st year) may just be showing their youth, but they're supposed to tolerate shade. My Cornelia is healthy (major accomplishment since other HMs are now gone due to this issue) but she hasn't bloomed a whole lot with maybe 2 hours of late afternoon sun after a year in the ground. Amazingly, MBRC did bloom even on her backside which is in dark shade. Unfortunately, the whole bush is now in shade. I'm sure she would bloom more in sun. Must trim some trees! Clotilde Soupert does real well in a lot of shade - don't know exactly how much sun she gets. Maybe 4 - 5 hours. Sherry...See MoreSuggestions for shrubs for Z5 well-drained sandy yard in partial shade
Comments (8)I live in central NH, and probably have similar soil (though perhaps finer in texture) since I have fine sandy acid loam. My property is geologically new soil, on the site of a glacial lake, so very little organic matter (and virtually no rocks, unusual for this part of NH.) I am going to respectfully disagree with Ken about the organic matter. I typically add about 6 inches of well aged manure to the entire bed before planting to provide some organic matter and help with moisture retention and mix it in with a spading fork. Then I plant shrubs not adding anything specifically to the planting hole, and mulch well with a layer of cardboard topped with 5" of so of loose wood curls (commercial mulch would do the same thing) that probably weather down to about 3". This helps keep moisture even and weeds down. I usually also edge with the big box store black plastic edging buried to ground level and place a line of bricks inside for the mower wheels to run on to keep out grass. I've done this with my shrub borders and it has worked well with little work, though I do renew the mulch every 2-3 years. My suggestion would be a staggered row of mixed evergreens and several of one type of flowering shrub either sprinkled along the length or in a solid row along one side to give you an ornamental yet functional hedgerow. A full-sized cultivar of Hydrangea paniculata such as Limelight, Pinky Winky, or Quickfire (blooms early July until hard frost) or else Physocarpus/ninebark would work well. In my shrub bed both are healthy, bloom well, and provide long season interest in full to mostly sun. Some other alternatives for part to full sun include some of the PJM family of rhododendrons, Hydrangea arborescens such as Annabelle (needs afternoon shade), or Kalmia/mountain laurel. The only maintenance I do on my H. paniculata and arborescens is a once a year trim of the old blossoms, and I do even less on the ninebark, mountain laurel, and rhododendrons. My evergreens are a mix of Fat Albert blue spruce (probably too large for your use here) and two types of Thuja occidentalis, Sunkist and Techny, but you may want something a bit smaller. This mix is low care, blocks sight relatively well after about 5 growing seasons, and has spring or summer flowers (depending on which of the flowering shrubs you use) and a mix of winter colors. This photo includes several of the plants I mentioned: Coppertina ninebark on the left, a rhododendron, Quickfire Hydrangea (in fall colors - it starts blooming white), Fat Albert blue spruce, and immediately behind the Hydrangea are Thuja Sunkist on the left and Thuja Techny on the right....See Moreogrose_tx
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