Can I get some comments on these Roses: pros and cons..

15 years ago

Here is a list of some roses I'm considering to add to my collection. I would love to hear comments about them...especially those you find NOT worth the garden space.

Comtesse de Murinais

Duchesse dÂAbrantÃ¨s

Goethe

Golden Moss

Ma Ponctuee

Princess Alice

Alexandre Laquement

Malton

MercÃ©dÃ¨s

Old Homestead

Ville de Toulouse

Tricolore

Rose Pavot

Gilbert Nabonnand

Mary Queen of Scots

Mrs. Colville

Rosa roxburghii normalis

La Nymphe

GÃ¼tersloh

Thisbe

Catherine Seyton

Des Peintres

Sappho

Thanks, Robert

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catsrose
15 years ago
I grow Old Homestead, Ma Ponctue, Catherine Seyton, Sappho and am going to pickup Golden Moss and Tricolore from VG's current sale. Old Homestead made his third year leap this summer, but after bloom time. I am very pleased with his disease resistance. The rest were planted last summer or this, all VG bands except Ma Ponctuee, a 1-gal from Randy. Sappho put on a good show and is healthy, but she's still a baby.

If you want to wait until next year, I'll have better info.
jerijen
15 years ago
We grew Princess Alice a long while ago.
She was disease-free for us, and prolific.
Her only problem here was that she made such massive sprays that they wanted
to fall over.
G. Nabonnand is a winner here. Took a long while to get going, but now
he's hit his stride, he's a good bloomer, with no disease problems in our garden.

Jeri
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I didn't mean to, but I planted Gilbert Nabonnand in a less than ideal spot (a bit too much shade in the afternoon).
Anyway, it's in its 3rd year here and is about 5x5. The blooms are a tad smaller than most of my other Teas, but it makes up for it in quantity and quality. It blooms in large fragrant flushes and repeats very well.
len511
15 years ago
sounds like a nice list, i only have one and that is goethe. It is one of my favorite mosses even though i had read somewhere where a single moss was useless. I love the foliage a lot it is very mossy and doesn't get the crud that some of my other mosses get. It has a very classy antique look to it.
melva
15 years ago
Malton is a lovely rose...it gets pretty large mine in 8 feet tall and about 6 feet wide. The flowers are lovely.
rjlinva
Original Author
15 years ago
I appreciate the comments. So far, I haven't read any negatives about any of these... and, I was hoping to narrow the list down..

This may be my only order for this fall/winter. I say that knowing it's most likely untrue.

Robert

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