My first blooms ever of 'Morning Blush' (many pics)

brother_cadfael

13 years ago

Finally my 2 year old Alba 'Morning Blush' is blooming!

Thanks for looking,

Rob

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ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
13 years ago
Rob, this is truly an unusual rose. I'd heard of it but I don't think I've ever seen a picture. It's really lovely. A whole bush covered with these flowers must be breath-taking.

Ingrid
elemire
13 years ago
Congratulations Rob! It is so special when the plants bloom for the first time!
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First my heartfelt thanks to Anita for her warm and caring comment. It meant the world to me. Much I don't remember back then, and either I or the paper got the detail wrong about the bed/machine. Bernadine had a younger sister, I remember, thought her name was Brenda, didn't sound right, maybe it was Glenda. I have thought over the years what a terrible ordeal it would have been for the family, the caring, the moving to CA and the constant sorrow and stress. I know what it is to lose a child, lost my son in December 2012 under vastly different circumstances, and I will never get over it. It was fourth grade, the fall of 1950. The family moved to Davenport from Buffalo or Linwood, and Bernadine may have started a little late that year. February 1951 was still fourth grade, and I don't think Bernadine returned to school after that Valentine's Day I mentioned in one of my posts. Then was the unsuccessful surgery in Iowa City. Bernadine would have been in a coma for at least six years before she died. There are probably still some here who remember her. It is painful to think that so much has been learned and new diagnostic methods that she could be saved were it to happen now as they are able to save to many heart patients. It was a blessing for Anita to be born the year after her death, and she was no doubt much welcomed and loved, but no child can ever replace another. So thank you again Anita for responding to my old post. And hope I didn't say anything wrong or offensive. About the roses. I had my own website and had an html page full of my "finds" where I found most of them, and how they looked after I got them rooted. The best I can do is post them to my flickr photo stream. Some you can kind of figure out but most will be a jumble. See if this link works to my flickr account. There should be 29 or so rose photos. I tried some months back to upload a couple photos to houzz and failed. I used to be able to do it with ease but not since they changed the format of the site. https://www.flickr.com/photos/44652973@N04/
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Well, don't we all have great taste?! If you find a Makaha as a cutting you might consider sending it straight away to Florida Colors to be grafted. They are VERY hard to root! I've only ever seen rooted through 1-stop-aloha. I don't know why they're so scarce, but there seem to be more nurseries in California with plants than elsewhere from what I've read. Bill, that's very encouraging about Intense Rainbow--thanks! Here's a photo of the beautiful inflo I had on my unrooted Makaha cutting that I eventually got grafted: I was THISCLOSE to seeing blooms! With those colors I can totally see why it was named "Inferno" by some. Of course, the inflo came off during the grafting process, so I still have never seen flowers. Can't wait to see your photos, Bill!
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lovemysheltie
13 years ago
Breathtaking!! I love the subtle shading on it.
harborrose_pnw
13 years ago
That is lovely and quite different from other alba pics I've seen. And I guess it's got a strong fragrance, too? Thanks for posting. Gean
silverkelt
13 years ago
very pretty Rob..

I wobbled back and forth about ordering that.. but with some negative reviews here.. I decided against it..

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AnneCecilia z5 MI
13 years ago
Isn't it a shame that such a lovely rose has absolutely no scent at all? I still have mine after 10 years of moaning over that fact - so I guess it's just too pretty to remove (and too big and thorny now, too!! Talk about an octopus!)
rosymominzone9
13 years ago
Thanks so much for sharing the pics!! Isn't it breathtaking? This is why I was so interested in it. I still am sometimes thinking of getting it...BUT I vaccilate!

Annececilia - so how big and "octopus" like is it? :-)

How big is this one, BCadfael

How much winter chill do you guys get?

How is the disease resistance on it so far? Any other issues? Please share!! There is not much out there on this one.

I'm very excited for you as this is a truly lovely rose. Was it worth the wait?

I think there is some question as to the mixed background of this alba - and it is a more recent one I believe (is it the 80's that this one came out?)

I would love to share my pics of it from San Jose Rose garden where I fell in love with it, but (cursed!) I don't know how to post pics here!!!!

Quick tutorial anyone?!?!?

Stasi
AnneCecilia z5 MI
13 years ago
Stasi, mine is planted in a row of large shrubs and dukes it out for space with Mary Queen of Scots (the acknowledged Queen of Suckering in that row, LOL.) Morning Blush is about 4' wide, but has some 8' canes that lay across MQoS - or hang out over the grass where they wait for me to come by with the mower so they can grab whatever piece of clothing (or skin) is in their reach, mean things. I would think a trellis, pillar or tuteur would be appropriate for this rose. Not really a climber, but quite lanky. Mine does have winter issues (I'm in zone 4) and some years I have to prune the canes back by as much as half - which makes me wonder just how wild it would get if it went unpruned! No disease, BTW. (And remember, it is once blooming - and not much to look at (certainly not a graceful shrub) when out of bloom.)
brother_cadfael
Original Author
13 years ago
Stasi,

Mine is still in a 3 gal nursery pot. It was too small to plant last year but I'm going to plant it this year. It's about 30" tall and wide. It is leggy and octopus-like, by no means graceful... quite an ugly bush in fact, but I love the flowers, so it's a keeper. :)

I'm surprised to hear some of you say it has no scent because I found it very fragrant for the first morning of each bud's opening. The blooms seem to last about 4-6 days for me. The bush had more than one open bloom for about a two week period and as of today it's down to the last unopened bud. :'(

As far as winter chill goes... I'm not sure what our chill factor in scientific lingo... but our first frost is usually late Oct. to early Nov. and last frost from mid Apr. to mid May... coldest temps can be down to -30Âº for a few days, -10Âº for a week or so, and can hover around 0Âº for months at a time.

Our milder winters may never drop below 20Âº.

I don't know if that's the info you need to calculate winter chill, but feel free to ask any info you may need to accurately calculate it. :)

Disease resistance... disappointing...
After all the talk about it not being disease resistant, I went to examine mine and discovered quite alot of early Anthracnose symptoms, so I sprayed it with Bayer for disease, and it is clean now. It's VERY early for me to be spraying for disease this year, but my two biggest indicator plants are 'L.D. Braithwaite' and 'The Prince'... and they went all lights and sirens about three weeks ago with BS, so I guess I'll be on a regular spray schedule this year. Last year I sprayed once in August and all was well.

I feel it was worth the wait... but other than my Faith and family, gardening and roses are my life, so there are very few that don't find a way into my heart and a permanent home here. :)

Rob:)

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