Campfire Roses, anyone grow them?
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10 years agoken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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Scorcher, Black Boy & other Alister Clark LCLs: anyone grow them?
Comments (6)Sherry Good to know that Clark is being grown in the US.Sunny South is certainly not a tall bush in my garden, I think it's one of his less successful roses. Lorraine Lee is fairly slow to establish, here it has the virtue of flowering through winter, mine is in bud now. That might not be an advantage in Florida. My favourite Clarks are Cicely Lascelles (vivid pink, huge, flowers right through the season), Marjorie Palmer (small, very free blooming all year)and if you want leaves all year see if you can get Jessie Clark or Milkmaid (both once flowerers but mine are in flower for three months, don't lose their leaves, don't get BS). Another beauty is Squatter's Dream (I know, you think the name is funny, squatters are a kind of unique group in Australia's history, something like settlers or ranchers)blooms all year, stays small, looks a lot like Mrs Oakley Fisher. When you read "disease resistant" it's probably talking about Melbourne (where I live) which once was known for it's cool wet winters and dodgy summers. Recently we've had hot, dry summers and dry winters, humidity is rarely a problem. Go for more Clarks, Regards Sue...See MoreCampfire rose?
Comments (158)Last year they were awesome!!!! So many different colors on it. They also plunked 2 black rod iron bench type chairs on the sidewalk across from the drift rose, campfire rose and the shield rose. Soooooo anybody in our building will be able to admire them. Also too I am the ONLY one in our entire senior's building that is growing roses. Nobody else wants to try their luck at growing them. Hey in all the years I had lived with my parents at their house I never ever attempted to try and grow them. Dad didn't care for them due to the thorns. I tried hollyhocks when I moved from my parents house to the seniors building and got nada. Said ok I am going out on a limb here and try growing roses. My first lot were great but unfortunately due to having the eaves trough empty into the garden they were in became like a swamp and all of them ended up dying on me except for the double pink knockout whom I transferred to the main garden. Had a Lizzie rose but it too died as somebody cut it back too far without my knowing about it and it didn't like that so bye bye to it. Got a blaze rose and despite all the negative comments on it mine is growing great Bought the always tea rose and it is going on 5 years and is continuing to bloom. Bought a new drift rose, the strike it rich rose, an at last rose, a chinook sunrise rose and they are all going onto their 2-3rd year. The shield rose is tenacious and beautiful. Mass of red blooms every year. Coral dawn is being ravaged by caterpillars but I have been gaining the upper hand by picking them off it by hand. Might try the home remedy on them and spray it on them to deter them. Last year it got 20 huge pink blooms on it....See Morecampfire rose-colorful, disease resistant
Comments (4)I ordered 5 this year from Cornhill Nursery. They were ownroot bareroot and are potted up ready to grow. I have a cold spot out front and I keep losing roses there over winter. I wanted something very hardy, on the smaller side, and colorful in a small mass planting that I dont need to fuss over....See MoreWhy I grow rose Campfire
Comments (3)what a stunner! Some asked recently on the rose forum I believe for recommendations for a pink and yellow rose. I do hope this was suggested to them!...See MorePatty W. zone 5a Illinois
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