Climbing Hybrid Teas et al. as shrubs?
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Comments (20)I am in Northwest Missouri zone 5/6 and don't protect except for about 5 roses every winter that I know are tender. St. Patrick, Heart O' Gold, Lucille Ball, Color Wonder are some I can think of right away. Most years I don't lose any more than 3 or 4 roses of the 300+ I have outside and most times those are roses that were not good growers to begin with. I rarely ever lose a rose that was healthy and vigorous prior to winter. This past year I only lost one of this type of rose and it was a yellow HT "Aztec Gold". Yellow roses do tend to be more winter tender and susceptible to blackspot I have found in my own garden. The main thing is to be sure the rose is planted correctly. I plant grafted/budded roses with the bud union about 3-4 inches below ground level. Also make sure your roses are disease free and healthy before winter sets in. I also spray all my roses just around the Thanksgiving weekend with an anti-dessicant like Wilt-Pruf. I also prune down any canes over 5' tall so that the cold dry winter winds don't whip them around breaking them and rocking the bush which loosens the soil around them and makes them weaker. It also helps keep the bush from drying out too much. John...See Morethose gigantic ramblers - Kiftsgate et al
Comments (73)I went a little rambler-happy when I ordered for the cemetery. There are quite a few big trees there, and I basically picked one for almost every tree. If Brian the caretaker doesn't want them all, I just may keep one or two for myself -- and save the rest for another cemetery I'm already eyeing. This is what I've got sitting in pots right now: Brenda Colvin Kew Rambler Kiftsgate Mlle Cecile Brunner, CL Polyantha Grandiflora Rambling Rector Seagull The Garland Treasure Trove Violette Wedding Day summersrhythm -- If you got the real 'R. moschata', I'd recommend planting it against a wall or side of a house, facing south. Mine was getting hit hard by Winter, and this Spring I dug it up and moved it to where it got more sun. Hopefully, this will allow it to ripen more before Winter sets in. For you, I doubt it'd make much of a climber. Even where it's warmer, it's more of a big sprawling shrubby thing -- look at pics of it on HelpMeFind. Of course, there is the question of whether you got the real thing. Some places sell 'R. brunonii' under that name. Others sell something else entirely. BTW, what is "Thema"? I can't find anything about that one. Was it a typo? :-) ~Christopher...See MoreTea, China, Noisette, et al. Experiences and Recommendations
Comments (21)Baronne Prevost could probably be trained on a pillar but it is fiercely prickly - the big, pointed kinds - I would not want to be the one to tie it up! We have Mme Joseph Schwarz growing in almost total shade in the Sacramento cemetery where it stays clean and blooms. I'm pretty sure it's a sport of Duchesse de Brabant since it sometimes throws pink flowers, but it performs much better. DdB gets mildew here, too, although our summer heat discourages it so the mildew is spring and fall. I heard a European speaker (don't remember who) extoll Mme Joseph Schwatz's virtues as a much superior plant to DdB, and that's been my experience too. Some teas are big. Some are huge. Mrs. Dudley Cross is in that category. Mme Antoine Mari is the closest to a moderate-sized tea that I've encountered but even that is building in our garden. Anita...See MoreWhat is your favorite mauve Hybrid Tea?
Comments (51)The bloom opened. Pretty flower: loosely quartered (similar to Comte de Chambord), lightly fragrant, and clear lilac*. Good, strong stem. The color and fragance was disappointing but this is a first year own root plant. I'll give it another year or two for the plant to mature before making a final judgment. The plant itself is still tiny, but bigger than four other own roots in the same pot ghetto. Only the Bourbon DUEL DE DR. REYNAUD is bigger, and it is a climber. It is also one of the few babies that has foliage. I don't spray the roses in my pot ghetto because I want to be able to accurately access their black spot resistance before planting. You'd be surprised at how many of the babies never make it into the beds. * I define lilac as lavender with a noticeable pink undertone....See Moremichaelg
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