Can we discuss Chuckles?

redsox_gw

16 years ago

Has anybody grown this? Ever?

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jim_east_coast_zn7
16 years ago
Have grown it in my "pot ghetto". These are in 1 gallon pots placed in the grown. The plants were grown from cuttings. Had some nice 4 inch single blooms on them this past year. The flowers really stand out.They have been stunted due to being in such small containers for 2 years. Have seen them used to line rose beds at the Roger Williams Gardens in Providence, Rhode Island. Saw them in June there several years ago. The bushes were a mass of light to medium pink blooms and about 3 ft high and wide.
Healthy. Mine are healthy. Hope to get them planted in the ground this year so they can really strut their stuff. IMO, this is a rose that deserves to be more widely grown; a nice garden rose. I believe Shepherd was the hybridizer and he made a lot of unusual crosses; I think he was working towards disease resistance.
Jim
barbarag_happy
16 years ago
I'm staying tuned on this thread, as I love the idea of keeping these older varieties going and am an ardent admirer of Shepherd who did some interesting stuff hybridizing. In particular I'd like to know how well Chuckles does down South. Roses seem to either love it or hate it down here.. (my area is by no means typical of Virginia, we're in a coastal area which is way hotter in the summer & much warmer in the winter than the rest of VA)
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redsox_gw
Original Author
16 years ago
Chuckles sounds fabulous and is also somewhat shade tolerant.
alameda/zone 8/East Texas
16 years ago
I just bought this rose from Chamblees. I am wondering about its growth habit, I think I read someplace that it likes to sprawl, but cant remember.....is it an upright grower or a sprawler? Blooms look lovely....
Judith
redsox_gw
Original Author
16 years ago
Judith, check out the shape on the vintage site.
chefcdp
16 years ago
It is probably not a problem in Kentucky, but Chuckles is very hardy. He grows well here in MN with just a wood chip mulch for winter cover.

Chuckles also will bloom well in lower lighting. I use him in the foundation planting on the north side of my house. It is open to the east and west so it is not deep shade, but some roses have not done well at all there.

I have never seen spots on Chuckles, but some PM in years bad for PM.

Regards,

Charles

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