good roses for S Alabama
WannaBGardener
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Can anyone recommend a good climbing yellow and climbing red rose
Comments (5)Rev d'Or did very well in Earthkind trials for Texas gardens, so may do well for you, too. I like a modern red climber in my garden - Dublin Bay. It reblooms well - no fragrance, though. It can definitely take the heat. Anita...See Moreantique roses in N. Alabama
Comments (4)Hi, Karen, Vics gardenkeeper was kind enough to remember my no spray garden in Huntsville, thank you, that's sweet of you. I posted here as duchesse_nalabama until we left the Huntsville area in mid Feb of this year to move to the PNW. It's not easy to move, so I completely understand your questions. I was very apprehensive about roses before moving to Alabama , but found it pretty easy, as long as I wanted to grow what grows well there! The antique roses that did the best for me were the tea roses and the chinas. I had not yet ventured much into the noisettes, but I suspect they would do well also, as Vics gardenkeeper mentioned. Where are you living now, Karen? If you have an acquaintance or knowledge of teas, noisettes and china roses, that will transfer to north Alabama easily. If you're coming from a zone 6 or lower area, things will be a little different for you. My favorites among the teas are Marie Van Houtte, Mrs. BR Cant, Isabella Sprunt and General Gallieni. Cramoisi Superieur and Spice, the Bermuda mystery rose did well. Beaute Inconstante is lovely. Ducher and Perle d'Or will do well. Duchesse du Brabant and her white counterpart, Madame Joseph Schwarz are great. Devoniensis is beautiful, and G. Nabonnand is also. Really, any of those old teas should do well. Mons Tillier blooms a lot and is a very healthy rose also. Others here who live in warm climates love Le Vesuve; I had just bought one before leaving and brought it with me. It is not in love with the PNW, though! I bet it would do well for you, though. Hybrid musks weren't overly happy in my yard. Some of the Buck roses did fine. The polyantha, Borderer and White Cecil Brunner were fine; I like polyanthas and wanted to try more of them there, but didn't get around to it. Some people have good luck with polyanthas in warm humid climates; I hadn't learned for sure how they really did for me. they love it up here, though! Faith Whittlesey, a cream colored tea from Roses Unlimited was bred in India for hot and humid climates and did really well. I suspect that most of the Viru Viraraghavan roses would be good there, but I don't have a firm opinion. There are lots of good mail order rose vendors in the south. The soil is a red clay - the roses will like it but I amended with a lot of local composted horse manure, which they really liked and fertilized with alfalfa pellets, either as a tea or broadcast around the roses. Let me know if I can help some other way or give you some information about others in the gardening community there. I lived in Madison, though, and am more familiar with people in that area. Good luck and welcome to north Alabama. Gean spring 09 north alabama...See MoreTomatoes grown in Alabama in the 20s - 30s - 40s?
Comments (9)I begin thinking about growing some tomatoes last year and had been reading information about heirloom tomatoes. So I went to the seed stores and asked about them and if they carried any. Well they did not carry any seeds of most of the ones I had read about - Brandywine, Cherokee Purple and others. And as we talked I asked if their was any tomatoes native to Alabama when it was being settled. And no one knew. After some searching I found out that a tomato was cultivated in Alabama called the Jeff Davis. So I have been searching for 1) are there any tomatoes that are (where) native to Alabama. 2) What kinds of tomatoes my Grandparents grew (or might have grown - that would be the tomatoes by years) I also come up Rutgers and Marglobe - but no one remembers when they where introduced into Alabama. I wrote the guy that has the tomato radio show last year and he said he remembered Mortage Lifter being grown around their area but did not know when they where introduced to Alabama. I have even asked some of the seeds stores if they had keep records of the type of seeds they sold during those years and they did not. I was asking about okra also because Alabama Red used to be very popular here but isn't grown that much around here anymore (I did find seeds for them and plan on planting some this year) - then I stated looking for white lightning okra as I have heard that there was a white okra grown arounf here that was white and used for pickling but no one remembered the name after some searching found the one called white lightning but it looks like it isn't grown any more. I did find it's parantage is the White Velvet but it has a green tinge to it....See MoreAny of You have Buck Roses?? +'s or _'s??
Comments (23)Growlove, i live in north sioux city and i did a lot of research on buck roses and finally decided on prairie star and enchanted autumn both bucks from chamblees. They are both own root as i felt it was best to start with own as a first year gardener. They have been in the ground since the middle of april and both doing wonderful! Enchanted autumn has more than doubled in size already and has 8 buds ready to pop right now. I do not spray, only water on the leaves and they need no winter protection. I love both of them so far even though they are still very young. And they were in excellent shape when chamblees got them to me. I would LOVE to see your garden with all your hybird teas, i bet it is gorgeous! I would like to try my hand at just a few, since they need so much protection, which i would have to learn to do. Also, if you ever need any help in the garden, i would live to help in exchange for a rose or two and some advice. :) the photo is encjanted autumn bloom. Beautiful!...See Morealabama_jan
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