Espalier Hybrid Tea?
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Comments (12)I don't know how hardy it is in your zone, but Double Delight ranks very high on my list! Fragrant Cloud is another favorite, but I realize it has a flower color you will probably either love or hate. Few are agnostic about Fragrant Cloud. (I also don't know if Fragrant Cloud would be hardy for you.)...See MoreEspaliered Tea Rose
Comments (8)Hamp, I hope that you do try to espalier Mrs Dudley Cross. If it can be done with any non-climbing tea rose, MDC would be the best candidate, in my opinion. You will have to do frequent pruning, and her virtual thornlessness will be a huge asset for that process. My oldest Mrs Dudley Cross is many years old, as she was my first OGR. It is pretty much a fully mature specimen. I grow her on a western-facing wall of our home. I am pretty sure her full, unpruned dimensions would be somewhere in the neighborhood of 12 ft tall by 12 ft wide, if I had left her alone all these years. But I've pruned her a lot over that time, due to my lack of space. Yesterday, I pruned her back to the below dimensions: * 5 ft tall from top to bottom * 4 ft wide from her back side (the brick wall) to front (facing the path she's on) *10 ft wide from side to side. By leaving her a full 10 ft wide, growing along the width of that stretch of wall, she still retains some of her natural size and form. When I was finished pruning yesterday, I was pleased with the results. Your task won't be easy, but I think it can be done, and I hope you try it and report back to us. Randy...See MoreTea-like hybrid teas
Comments (29)I collect Old Garden Tea roses and I rarely see any rose in a different class that has the same degree of "exquisite delicacy" that is shown in a Tea rose blossom. The few roses that I do grow with my Tea roses that are suitable for a colder climate include: Tea Hybrids: which have one Tea rose parent; Souvenir de la Malmaison' which although is sold as a Bourbon is fully 1/2 a Tea class rose. Divine pink-flushed creamy blooms, the plant is floriferous. I planted 3 of these in a triangle at a local public Old Rose garden, which makes a mass of fragrant roses. One of the very best of the Old Garden Roses in my opinion.. Mrs. Herbert Stevens, is very lovely; the climbing form can be grown as a self standing "tree rose", c. 6-7 feet tall, with one thick central trunk, the delicate blossoms have the natural artlessness of a true Tea. Mlle. Cecille Brunner' a Polyantha-Tea with dainty blossoms and a great fragrance, Spray Cecille Brunner is an excellent plant that can be grown as a hedge, or as a self standing "Tree rose" . Early Hybrid Teas that retain some Tea rose character; Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria' a white rose with a sweet graceful bloom style. Not pure white, it has some lemon tints to it according to conditions. 'La France' 'Snowbird' nice fragrance and a lovely bloom shape. Mrs. Jules Bouche' is as floriferous as a Tea rose and has a nice mixed floral scent. The Pernetiana class has a few roses that would mingle well with Tea roses. Duquesa de Pernananda' (sp?) reminds me of the Tea, Anna Olivier', but with richer hues. If I could not grow my beloved Tea roses, I would grow the roses listed above. Good luck on your quest to find cold climate Tea like roses....See MoreNancy Lee, Tea or Hybrid Tea?
Comments (1)To me, it looks like a Bourbon-Tea. When I looked up its ancestry, I can see why -- though its parents were Tea X HP, that line of HPs is rather Bourbon-like, rather than Portland-like. :-) ~Christopher...See Morebenjoe
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