Roses That Don't Like the Heat
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Comments (20)That's great news about Belinda's Dream. I used to turn my nose up at it as looking too modern until I saw it in a friend's garden and thought it was lovely without knowing its identity. I'd love to know about more hot-garden-worthy roses. This is really useful and great information to have. I'd rather not be looking at midget blooms all summer long, unless the rose is meant to look that way. Ingrid...See MoreDo you grow roses named after people you don't like?
Comments (150)I'd probably hesitate a moment or two if the rose name evoked a negative reaction. And the marketers are aware of this. They don't want to have a namesake which most people would avoid. For example, years ago there was a cute lil' rose bush named after someone in the royal British family. "Fergie" to be exact. Welllll, soon after the introduction of that rose the real Fergie was photographed poolside while having her toes sucked by someone (not her husband). Needless to say this created a hubbub in the news and a somewhat negative association with the rose shrub. The marketers quickly changed the name of the shrub to "Sunseeker". That cracks me up every time I think of it. But while we have grown accustomed to the names of our roses, non-rose fanatics are simply unaware and my friends find it wildly amusing when I say something like, "That's George Burns! Isn't he looking good this year?" What IS in a name anyway? My last name is Butcher and it's prevented me from seeking employment as a baby sitter, veterinarian or even a medical examiner. But it is a great name for a hockey player....See MoreEasy care climbing roses that beetles don't like???
Comments (1)The only rose I know of that might do that is Baltimore Belle. However the reason it is beetle free is that it is a once bloomer. No flowers, no fragrance, no beetles. It is also huge and would overwhelm a trellis unless drastically pruned. So not really a solution. The only other rose I have out of a hundred or so is way too small barely 3'. Eutin, a little known floribunda introduced in 1940. Never a beetle while roses next to it are covered like Jacques Cartier. It is also totally BS free and blooms all the time. It should be in ever rose garden. Well actually more than one as it is very colorful. Sorry that I don't have a real answer to you question!...See MoreWhy some roses don't produce rose hips???
Comments (4)Setting seed is pregnancy. If the plant is stressed, it may not set seed. If, for some reason, the pollen didn't make it to the pistles to accomplish fertilization, or if the weather was not conducive to fertilization (too wet, too cold, too hot, etc.) seed won't be set. If the plant is too immature, it may not set seed. Just as with people, "getting pregnant" is hit and miss. Some are more fertile and willing to set seed than others. Those of us here in extreme heat areas quickly find out how late in the heat we can pollinate before it stops working. A friend out in Rancho Mirage, near Palm Springs, has already stopped pollinating because it's too hot for fertilization to work. I'm still pollinating here just north of Los Angeles because it's still working. If I allow the seed parents to dry out, they'll stop setting seeds. If I don't watch how I water and the pollinated flowers get soaked by the hose, fertilization might easily be stopped for those blooms. If your rose fits any of the mentioned categories, it could explain why seeds didn't set. Kim...See Moreimagardener2
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