Aimee Vibert cold tolerance
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Big, free standing, shade tolerant and thornless (or almost)?
Comments (10)yes, it surely does - the helenae hybrid, Lykkefund fits the bill in all ways and you even get clusters of lovely little orange heps. Goldfinch is another decent rose which, although not entirely thornfree, does not have the pricking spite that many of them do (although it has a fairly short 3-4 week bloom period, it is a good foliage shrub. Aimee Vibert - grown with just a tiny bit of support in its first few years, has a lovely, late blooming habit but will need a little more sun than the other 2....and finally, can I suggest the Hybrid Musk, Moonlight. No, it is not terribly thorn-free but will make a terrific specimen with an even better flowering in autumn than spring....and finally, a small rambler which will grow as a free-standing, very shade tolerant, healthy and more or less completely thorn-free - the Austin rose, Snowgoose.....See Moretreachery and perfidy (and long and waffly)
Comments (18)It looks as though species roses are true woodland edge plants - they laugh at shade, blooming perfectly well in 3-4 hours of dappled light. Even moyesii will do OK in a shady place. Singles seem to be less demanding than doubles - nutkana is much happier than nutkana semi-plena and the single white alba performs brilliantly as an understorey rose while alba maxima is sparse with its blooms (and gets really, really tall and gangly). New to me this year is r.wilmottiae and I am debating whether to get r.webbiana (might be better for you, Melissa) and dithering over Penzance briars (Amy Robsart, Meg Merrilees et al.....which are great woodland roses. Multiflora is also a great woodlander here but Nastarana, my nearest musk rose, is a bit of a sulker. I am hoping for a woodsii (happy for colonisers and spreaders) and a couple of palustris for the damper corner with (at last!) primulas. Hybrid musks are always mentioned as shade tolerant but I find in my garden that the Pemberton hybrid musks invariably stretch to the skies in search of light (must be the Trier/Aglaia Lambertiana parentage) but Len's HM's are much more floriferous (which I have always attributed to Ballerina in their lineage....which will bloom in less than 3 hours of sun). Darlows Enigma is relaxed about light, as is Sally Holmes (although blackspots horribly for me) and the old gallica, Tuscany is far better in shade than sunlight. For larger roses, helenae is a favourite - the semi-double pale yellow Lykkefund is a delight. I grow the huge Scharlachglut as a freestanding shrub and best of all, rosa glauca - lovely at all stages.....ho yes, Mermaid, which will grow well on (large) shady bank. It is 8 years or so since I successfully grew raspberries (every virus and pest congregates on a public allotment and sick raspberries go on forever - result - futiiity) so I am hugely excited at growing them at the woods - there are already wild r.idaeus growing (tiny and not very sweet) but I will be getting some good Scottish cultivars. Marianne - bad girl! This is already the most expensive time of year and there you are - tempting me. One day I plan a raid on Pirjo Rautio's catalogue........ Comtessedelacouche (great name) isn't Mousehold a pearl? My daughter lives in Norwich and our woods are only 4 miles away in Postwick - we should meet up. Cats - plants for free have an especial piquancy hey? (or is it just me being a tightwad?) Those hybrid berries! - we do have Hildaberries though. Will try to get party pics (obvs I was too insanely crazed to take any myself)....See MoreAimee Vibert
Comments (13)I also happen to have Aimee Vibert by mistake! Last spring IâÂÂd ordered her from RVR* but based on some feedback I got here, I decided to go with something else better suited to my climate. I changed my order but I guess I was just fated to grow Aimee because they shipped her to me anyhow. Since I no longer had a spot in the garden planned for her, I stuck her in a pot and sheâÂÂs been growing happily all summer. She is of course, exquisite. So IâÂÂve decided to rearrange some things and give her the safest, warmest, sunniest, spot I have in a bed thatâÂÂs my little zone 6 micro-climate. Please tell me she'll survive. This brings me to a question about what to do now. Presently George Burns is growing in the spot IâÂÂm going to give to Aimee, so George needs to move. IâÂÂve never moved a rose in the fall and IâÂÂve never successfully over-wintered a rose in a planter. Here are my choices as I see it, what would you all suggest? 1 - Transplant George now and plant Aimee in her new spot. 2 - Leave George alone until the spring, and A Plant Aimee in the ground now and move her again in the spring. B Dig a big hole and bury Aimee, planter and all in the ground until the spring. C Beg my mom to let me store Aimee in her unheated attached garage. D Store Aimee in my unheated detached shed. * I name RVR as the seller not to criticize them for a mix-up but to explain that itâÂÂs the Aimee that RVR sells; it sounds like there are two different versions. They describe her as: âÂÂthe short, spreading original form that repeats continuously, not the large shrub that blooms only once". FWIW they say she is zone 5 hardy. They handled the mistake commendably, quickly shipped me the right rose at no cost and told me to keep Aimee....See MoreAutumnal Bloomers, 1863
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