Summer Wine in zone 5?
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jim_w_ny
13 years agojim_w_ny
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Attention zone 5ers. Endless summer hyd.
Comments (5)Joy, I planted my ES about 3 years ago. They were in 2 gallon pots when I bought them. I am in Zone 5 too and they seem to die back a bit every winter. Anyway, 2 years ago, they grew a bit and bloomed well. Last year, the plants exploded and grew like crazy! However, there were very few blooms (probably all got damaged by the late frost). This year, we had late frost and late snowstorm again. They killed off many tender leaves, but miraculously, the flower buds did well and now the plants are full of buds! In answer to your question, they did get big! The tallest one is about 4-5 foot tall now! So, they do get big, even in our climate. I guess you do need to be more patient... I did not apply much fertilizer except for Holly Tone last year. However, during the first couple of years, I really wanted to develop a strong root system so I watered them deeply almost every day. It did seem to help. Good luck!...See Morebest performing annual last summer zone 5
Comments (0)Mine was verbena lanai twister pink....See MoreZone 5a - late summer/fall lawn help
Comments (2)Where do you live? I'm sensing the Chicago area. What kind of grass do you have (assuming fescue, Kentucky bluegrass, and/or rye)? Now is the time to fix it. Early spring (January to March) can work, but any later and you're back to having a crabgrass lawn again. NOW is the time. Most problems in lawns come from watering wrong? If you were not watering at all, that's often much better than watering too frequently. Did you water at all?...See MoreWe will be moving to our new home this summer. Zone5 recommendations?
Comments (13)I learn so much non-rose stuff from this forum. Take turtle brumation. I first heard about this from Moses. I must have been asleep in school. We were not guided by exams set by Cambridge. High school here is far less rigourous, as a rule. And “LCMS“. I thought this was some millennial type expression. I had to look in Wikipedia: ” The LCMS bars its clergy from worshiping with other faiths, holding "that church fellowship or merger between church bodies in doctrinal disagreement with one another is not in keeping with what the Bible teaches about church fellowship."[63] In practice of this, a Connecticut LCMS pastor was asked to apologize by the president of the denomination, and did so, for participating in an interfaith prayer vigil for the 26 children and adults killed at a Newtown elementary school, and an LCMS pastor in New York was suspended for praying at an interfaith vigil in 2001, 12 days after the September 11 attacks.[64] ”...See Morepatreesh
13 years agojim_w_ny
13 years agogibsongirl74_gw (zone 6 CT)
8 years agogibsongirl74_gw (zone 6 CT)
8 years ago
oldrosarian
8 years agoI have my Summer Wine against a 6 foot fence and this helps me control the pliable laterals. On a trellis the main canes would be supported and then you would have to tie in the laterals or cut them back hard. This climber has many buds and making it grow even slightly horizontal encourages them. It also shows the flowers off as they tend to face upward and you don't see the beautiful boss of stamens.
jacqueline9CA
8 years agoI was sent Summer Wine a long time ago by Heirloom Roses, when I had actually ordered Altissimo (go figure). Of course, I did not realize it was NOT Altissimo for several months, as while it was throwing out long growing canes, it appeared to have the correct growth habit.
When it bloomed, I realized I was very happy that the blooms were dark pink morphing to coral, to light pink, instead of red. For a while I actually thought it might be a color sport of A. Anyway, I got it identified eventually. Here in zone 9 it does re-bloom a few times. I love it. Here is a pic of it growing on a fence in my garden with Buff Beauty, Sutter's Gold, Duet, and Iceberg on the far left.
Jackie
gibsongirl74_gw (zone 6 CT)
8 years agogibsongirl74_gw (zone 6 CT)
8 years agooldrosarian
8 years ago
oldrosarian