Easy Elegance roses-they seem to be pushing them hard here
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Easy Elegance-Second coming of the Knock Out?
Comments (12)Ive never seen one in a retail nusery here, KOs our king at the retail box stores, even local nuseries who know better, dont sell anything else, I talk to one or two nusery I know, and its basically.. its the only thing people ask for to buy, so he sells them. Drives me nuts, literally, instead of educating the public on what works, they just give in.. Im not really anti KO, im more pro.. what works where you live. KOs on the whole are only slightly hardier then a hybrid tea here, there is a business that has like 40 planted, every spring I drive by and half of them are dead, they just replant them every year. .. BTW I WISH nuseries would stock ramblin red, a much hardier and nice northern rose that should be more available to the public. There is not such thing as one plant for all the country.. I wish they would stop selling junk advertisement like that, its like in the old days when they sold CURE alls and people believed it. Oh well.....See MoreEasy Elegance Macy's Pride photos of whole bush & site choice
Comments (11)Well, she's in the ground :)! Yesterday, during late afternoon shade, I dug deep and wide to give the best chance. The garden bed's top 6 inches is run-of-the mill garden soil and then heavy clay begins - solid clay at least 1.5 ft down. I didn't dig deeper but know it continues thanks to last summer's experience. I'm a little concerned that the clay floor and wall that runs around the hole will cause issues but, hopefully, I've amended the area adequately. In the bottom, I put about 8 inches of triple mix (peat, compost, manure), gently roughed the roots, set the bush on top of a pyramid pile, sprinkled some bonemeal around, filled in, firmed and watered. Watered a bit more this morning, too, just in case. Feel free to tell me where I goofed ;-). Now, I'm on the hunt for clematis (maybe Piilu)...and probably one more rose...The bug has bitten :). Karenforroses - I loved your pairing of veronica with your Macy's Pride. I picked up two to accompany mine - Royal Candles. Pretty sure sweet William will go in there as well. I have seedlings on the go but just heard they'll not bloom til next year. Ah, well. Off-topic: Others I picked up on the same trip- nemesia Berries n Cream, heliotrope, stock, dianthus Arctic Fire and coreopsis Moonbeam. The coreopsis will go near some salvia May Night at the side of the house...I haven't decided about the others - containers or beds, time will tell. The nemesia smalls out of this world!!! Thanks, everyone....See MoreKnockout, Flower Carpet, or Easy Elegance?
Comments (8)I know a lot of people love KO, but where I live they are so ubiquitous I'm tired of them! My limited experience: I had one pink Flower Carpet, for me I was not impressed - it grew well enough, but only seemed to have one flush and then I read these roses are closely bred to rugosas, so you may not see continuous flowering as claimed. Eventually got SP'd was fed up with the thorny flowerless weediness. Easy Elegance: I was just admiring my bursting with growth own-root (from Home Depot 2 years ago) Macy's Pride and Funny Face Easy Elegance roses this morning. (Maybe all EEs are own-root). I treated these terribly the first year, left them in the original pots, they were down to a few spindly shoots. Now planted in baking sun front yard in not the greatest soil (though they did get fertilized) and they have really bushed out and shot up, with multiple buds. I do have some light black spot low down but then stupidly planted them (3) too close together, I will fix that next year. Based on this small experience I would buy more Easy Elegance tomorrow, if I could. PS. My front soil is horrible rocky clay that was amended a bit with organics, nevertheless the roses are happily sharing space with a Japanese spirea and some other shrubs. Easy care bushes!...See MoreAny experience with Easy Elegance Tahitian Moon?
Comments (3)I've had Tahitian Moon for 2 winters in my Z4 garden. I just cover the crown with some mulch for winter protection. TM dies back to the mulch for me but wakes up early & regrows very fast to about 7' tall. No disease problems but does get a light spraying as I usually empty my sprayer on TM & other resistant roses. Like TM's color & seems to hold its yellow better than some other yellow roses. Link to a pic of my TM below. Here is a link that might be useful: Tahitian Moon...See MoreCindi_KS
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