Is there a better white rose than Pope John Paul II ?
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Comments (11)I have 2 own root PJP2 roses and struggle to keep them below 6 feet. Mine grew 3 feet in the first year and is now in its 4th year. They repeat quickly with large blossoms,around 4-6 inches across and with a high petal count. I live in USDA zone 9 about half way between San Francisco and Yosemite National Park in California. Roses begin to bloom here in late March to early April and continue to around the middle of December- a very long growing period. This is the best white hybrid tea that I have ever grown, and I have grown quite a few. Its a shame that it doesn't perform better in other areas as it is a truly magnificent rose here....See MorePope John Paul II bonsai
Comments (16)Seil, it's quite possible this could be a warmer weather rose, but not necessarily. Each cultivar has a genetic 'preference' for each variable, just as people do. Many overlap and have the same ranges of tolerance, but there are quite a few which are just intolerant of extremes in either direction. As mixed a bag of genes modern roses are, they can pick up those traits from many ancestors, combined with parallel as well as conflicted 'instructions' or traits. Hopefully, we can hear more of the conditions the good and the bad ones are grown under. It will definitely help to determine what this rose wants/needs and whether it is worth messing with own root in many instances or if it should be offered budded for most, if not all markets. Not that it is going to become the way it is, but it is definitely interesting and instructive! Thanks! Kim...See MorePope John Paul II Rose (6 pictures)
Comments (7)Thank you for your kind comments all! There are thrips, just not enough of them to completely ruin the flowers. I do grow 'Lemon Spice'. 'Lemon Spice' has a more, well, lemon+spice kind of fragrance. 'PJPII' is lemon+old rose. At this point 'Lemon Spice' is stronger, but 'Lemon Spice' is well established at three years in the ground while 'PJPII' is new this year, so that is to be expected....See MorePope John Paul II
Comments (32)No medical attention unless you count me being an RN lol. I've actually been stung a few times now. The first time I didn't really know what stung me and I was thinking it was a spider and was considering going to the Dr but then I went out to look really good under the leaves and saw that it was those caterpillars and researched a little to find out what they were. They aren't deadly or anything..perhaps if someone was actually allergic to them. They do hurt really bad and I am not a whimp about pain normally lol. Don't get me wrong you guys, I don't really think PJP2 attracts them in everyones yard and you should definitely get this rose! They just like him in my yard for some reason but I still grow him. I also don't spray at all because we have a lot of endangered little green tree frogs all over the place and they love my roses. They hide in the flowers and eat bugs. No clue if they eat the Saddleback caterpillars or not. I may go ahead and use NEEM on the caterpillars if I get a big infestation of them this year. I will have to make sure to knock them off with a stick into a cup of something after I spray them to prevent the frogs from eating them full of the NEEM....See Moresusan4952
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