Do you own a Fair Bianca rose?
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Comments (37)Hi - I got mine from Hortico several years ago. I just saw it listed from Peter Schneider under the Custom Propagation section. http://www.combinedroselist.com/freedom-gardens.html I know that Palatine Roses in Canada offered Fair Bianca a few weeks ago when it had a special sale of discontinued David Austin roses. You might contact them to find out when their next sale is. I believe their FB is grafted on multiflora rootstock which does well for me in 9b. Ann...See MoreHow will Fair Bianca do for me? bs questions too
Comments (4)It is a small growing Austin and a very pretty rose in bloom. It has the same myrrh based fragrance as Tamora, but not anywhere close to the same potency of perfume. Unfortunately, it is very, very prone to BS, so that is most likely what you saw on its leaves. I removed it from my garden many years ago because it was always one of the first roses to exhibit signs of BS. Austin doesn't have too many good white roses, but Clair Austin is an excellent white variety that is highly resistant to diseases. He also has a new white introduction this year called 'Susan Williams-Ellis' which is a white sport of The Mayflower and as such, promises to be an excellent rose. Particularly so, for the more northern growers as The Mayflower is exceptionally resistant to disease, is very hardy and blooms and repeats very well all season....See MoreSee my Fair Bianca Hedge I grew from cuttings.
Comments (25)About Aliska's remarks on the costs of propagating roses and how you don't necessarily save that much, I think I do save money, and I have more time than cash anyway. Right now I have a couple of dozen or more little roses growing in my propagating beds that are from cuttings I was given last fall. I'll give away some of them and will probably keep about eighteen plants (I was counting them recently) of about thirteen varieties. Say about three hundred bucks to buy the ones I'm planning to keep. My costs are the ground I need to root them in, which I'm lucky enough to have, the frame of the cold greenhouse that protects them in winter, which gets re-used, and some sand and potting soil. Costs include the labor of planting and then watering and weeding the cuttings, but I think I can put these expenses under the category of entertainment, because watching my new roses grow certainly is fun. And this doesn't include the roses I'm going to give away. Propagating roses isn't principally about costs, perhaps, but I probably have 150 roses I've propagated myself in the garden, plus a fair number I've given to other gardeners. More important than money is the pleasure and the sense of control being able to propagate gives. I don't want to have to run to a nursery every time I want a plant. And, once you learn how to do it, it IS fun! I would consider myself only half a gardener if I didn't know how to propagate at least some plants. Melissa...See MoreCheck out my Fair Bianca Rose Hedge!
Comments (3)Growing roses from cuttings is a fine addiction and yours look very healthy. You spoke of rose sports and I have a Moon Shadow that is gorgeous but won't propagate at any method. I finally found a healthy rooting sucker or sport that is growing well but still small with thin canes but we'll see. My question for you is, I've kept my roses tall this year five plus because something is eating all the lower leaves, up to two ft, of the tops. It breaks my heart to see empty canes or flowers that were just ready to open totally gone. The backyard is at the base of a mountain covered with trees. In the front of the house all my roses are tall and flourishing .I'm always experimenting and in the kitchen windowsill have the base of a stalk of celery, some carrots and green onions all rooting well and begging to go outside in the dirt. Now if I put these in a large container close to the roses next to the gazebo which are being eaten, would you think the animals would get into the veggies instead of harming my roses. Poisons, systemics,animal be gone junk, electric devices, sour milk and Tabasco, nothing is working. These aren't big animals, just rats under my gazebo which love to thrive on poison and sometimes squirrels and rabbits....See Moremzstitch
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