Shade tolerance of Hot Cocoa, Cinco de Mayo and Dragon's Blood
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Comments (37)Ken, My Hot Cocoa is ownroot. It seems to have done really well so far. I bought it as a quart 3 years ago and its about 4ft tall and a bloom machine! The only problem is, I planted it too close to R. Rugosa Alba and its getting crowded out. I'm a bit of a chicken and have never tried fortuniana! I'm secretly using Susan (poorbutroserich) as my guinea pig since she's only about three hours west of me. From what I've been told, if I can get it through the first year, it should be established enough to handle our 6b/7a winters. btw....Burling has Hot Chocolate, Butterscotch, and Edith Holden in stock for April, but Julia's Rose wont be available until summer or fall (it's a budded plant in a 1g pot...but I'm assuming she buds onto Dr. Huey, and without major soil ammending, I can't grow it here well). Tammy...See MoreWhat roses do you have coming this spring?
Comments (61)I ordered to many, but it will be alright. I will say what I've just received from Burlington looking awesome! Smith parish denise cassegrain lullaby margo's baby mrs. charles bell mrs. herbert stevens souv. de brod sunshine tip top yvonne rabier calpoly carmela gourmet popcorn grace seward scarlet moss stars and stripes x-rated capitaine basroger mme. abel chatney mutabilis If anyone would like to comment on how any of these do for you I would love top hear it! High Country roses Minnie Pearl Mountain Mignonette Goethe Ferdinand Pichard Varieta di Bologna Hope everyone's orders are doing well!!! Still to receive From Linda at Long Ago roses I will be receiving next month or so Cardinal de Richelieu Indigo William Lobb Henri Martin Rogue Valley, which I believe ships out next week Duchesse de Montebello Louis Gimard Dainty Bess Pandemonium Plus my mystery and free rose which I chose Incantation a Paul Barden rose. I also have three coming from Roses Unlimited, maybe more, if I have the resource's to order more, she's rooting two for me, and one wouldn't be ready until August. They were: Occhi di Fata Edith de Murat ( ready in August) and for the life of me I can't remember the name of the other I will have to call :)...See MoreAustins an exercise in futilty in hot dry summers?
Comments (28)In coastal Orange County, I used to grow a lot of Austins. Most did fine. One of my favourites was Heritage... but when I planted it I had NO idea how big it was going to get. By the end of its first year it was over 8 feet tall! The next winter I cut it all the way back and moved it to a spot where it could go crazy and it loved it. A great rose, but for me it did get some PM and rust.. so watch out for that. Heritage: I hated Teasing Georgia.. it put out long thin spindly canes that couldn't hold up the fairly unimpressive flowers. I put it on a trellis and that helped, but if I had stayed in that garden I would have replaced it with something else. My favourite yellow Austin Jude the Obscure. It does really well in a warm climate and has the most heavenly, delicious, fruity scent. A fabulous rose. Jude the Obscure: Charles Darwin for me was strong, well scented, and had a lovely yellow that faded to a soft mustard. I loved it, but many people don't like the colour as it fades. Charles Darwin Molineux was a bloom machine, and was really the first rose that smelled like tea to me... I couldn't believe it... it smelled just like tea, I finally understood! Molineux: I loved William Shakespeare 2000. He has a wonderful scent, blooms well, and the colour changes to an AMAZING deep purple/pink. One of the best Austins in my opinion. William Shakespeare 2000: I haven't grown the other ones on your list, but I did just visit David Austin's gardens a few weekends ago, and they had The Generous Gardener growing all over the place. It is certainly a favourite rose there. They had it growing as a climber most of the time, like in this photo (it's too early for blooms here, but you can see the potential for this one to turn into quite a climber, that's it on the right): I think you'd be wise to take the good advice you've seen on the forum and visit the gardens near where you live and see which plants seem to be doing well there and consider getting them; but also, I recommend that if there are some roses that you're dying to try and they make your heart sing when you look at them, go ahead and try a couple of those too. Every garden is different, you might get lucky... or you might wish you'd listened to others, but I think it's a matter of taking a few risks for the sake of love now and then. Happy gardening! robert...See MoreYour top ten roses - anything goes
Comments (67)Here are the top performers in my relatively new rose garden, so far: Pink Cracker M. Tillier Mutabilis John Paul II (on Fortuniana) Mr. Lincoln (on Fortuniana) Europeana (on Fortuniana) Le Pactole Duchess Du Brabant Caldwell's Pink Alister Stella Grey Teasing Georgia (on Fortuniana) I'm sure that this list will change next year, as my Vintage Gardens bands mature. Also, I really don't expect the ones grafted onto Fortuniana to live very long and I will not be purchasing any more grafted roses. Reason: Graft separation/failure, too many of them have died....See Moreratdogheads z5b NH
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