Will Reine des Violettes Succeed Here?
ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
9 years ago
Featured Answer
Sort by:Oldest
Comments (35)
hoovb zone 9 sunset 23
9 years agoKippy
9 years agoRelated Discussions
Marie Pavie and Reine des Violettes in pots
Comments (9)I grow Marie Pavie in a large pot, too. I think this is my third year with her & mine has gotten pretty big for her pot. I've never done any pruning to her, but think I will need to cut her back some this spring. Unfortunately, mine only gets a few hours of sun once the trees leaf out...so I get wonderful wafting fragrance coming from lots and lots of blooms in the spring & fall. She repeats okay in between for being in so much shade, but usually not heavily enough to enjoy the wafting fragrance...have to smell her blooms up close then. I have Reine des Violettes planted in the ground, and after two years here, it is tall, but rather lanky (I have a support behind it, but the trellis is only about 4 ft tall, so doesn't help much). I do think it has a good fragrance & love the color and bloom form. Mine repeats fairly often, but only heavily in the spring & fall...and the summer blooms don't last too long in our heat. So far, its disease resistance has been poor here...foliage looks terrible more often than good and sometimes it completely defoliates. I don't plan to remove it, but if it were to die, I'm not sure that I would replace it due to the fungal issues. Here's my Marie Pavie in her pot last year (pic is from May 2014)...I don't have a full bush shot from this year, but she's grown a lot since then...about twice as tall now, but really not much wider:...See MorePhotos - Reine des Violettes, Salet, carpet of Cap. John Ingram
Comments (19)I like those irises too. I wish they bloomed a little longer, though. Yes, you do get a little colder than we do here. We might get one or two nights down to 28F, but mostly in the low 40's or high 30's. Good for things like citrus and avocados. I even have pentunias and snapdragons that survive the winter and regrow in the spring. I don't mean reseed, I mean the same plant survives like a perennial. This is not so good for the roses that need a winter chill to form buds, as they never really go dormant. I do manage to grow a few hostas and astilbes in pots on the patio. The containers cool down more in the winter, and I help them out by dumping ice on top on cold days. They do best the winters that I plug in my garage fridge for tulip bulbs, and put the pots in there for a few months. I wish I could stuff some roses in there! Lisa...See MoreWhy Reine Des Violettes buds turned yellow?
Comments (9)Your RDV definitely has spider mites, but the photo you show isn't one of them. They are tiny, usually reddish, and hard to see. You see the damage and the webs more than the mites. They love it hot and dry. Usually you can bring them under control by a daily hard spray of water (being sure to wet all the undersides of the leaves); twice a day if you can get around to it. But be careful not to get the soil too wet while doing it. You don't want to drown her while treating the mites, lol. I've been known to lay pots on their side and spray the plant without wetting the soil. Your RDV may be too big/awkward for that, though. EDIT: Also, for future reference, that is a lovely pot she's in, but it will be very difficult to get her out of it when it's time to re-pot or plant in the ground. I never plant anything but annuals in pots that are smaller at the top than at the bottom, as once the roots fill out the soil in the pot, they become a "plug" that keeps you from removing the plant. You'll have to sacrifice a lot of the root ball, and/or possibly the pot itself, to get her out. :( John...See MoreLa Reine, Reine des Violettes and other antiques
Comments (13)So beautiful! Just have been getting into old roses for the past couple of years. Always nice to see pictures of them blooming in someone's yard. It gives me more of an idea as to how they will actually perform (rather than the staged photo's of a nursery catalog). Love Duchesse de Rohan. Now I have to go look it up and read more about it. Thank you for posting pictures!...See Moreingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
9 years agobuford
9 years agoroseseek
9 years agoVicissitudezz
9 years agorosefolly
9 years agoingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
9 years agojerijen
9 years agotitian1 10b Sydney
9 years agojaspermplants
9 years agoKippy
9 years agoArbutusOmnedo 10/24
9 years agoanitasacramento
9 years agoingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
9 years agoroseseek
9 years agopat_bamaz7
9 years agoKippy
9 years agobart_2010
9 years agoKippy
9 years agoingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
9 years agoKippy
9 years agobuford
9 years agobart_2010
9 years agopat_bamaz7
9 years agoroseseek
9 years agopat_bamaz7
9 years agobuford
9 years agoroseseek
9 years agopat_bamaz7
9 years agochris209 (LI, NY Z7a)
9 years agobuford
9 years agoVicissitudezz
9 years agomad_gallica (z5 Eastern NY)
9 years ago
Related Stories
GARDENING GUIDES6 Captivating Roses for an Alluringly Fragrant Garden
Perfume your garden with aromas from richly spicy to lightly sweet, without sacrificing an inch of color
Full StoryFALL GARDENINGReflecting on a Gardening Year
Mistakes and successes, surprises and comforts. The garden helps us grow in new ways every year
Full StorySponsored
Tessiess, SoCal Inland, 9b, 1272' elev