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Zone 8 Rose Lovers~Help!Roses for Zone 8

homemadecountrylife

17 years ago

Hello, Everyone!!

I am new to this forum and I need your help,please!!! :)

I'm going to purchase some David Austin Roses and I am so excited! I Really Do Love them but I am concerned about them surviving in my zone.

I would love to find great repeat bloomers, as disease free as possible, not "leggy", and fragrant as possible (In other words - The biggest bang for our buck :).

Or are they even worth it?? Will they even survive the hot dry heat?

I live in Zone 8A, the "high desert" in Palmdale,California. We are in the 90's all summer long and can get up to the 100's for a few weeks. The roses will be planted in full sun, on our south side of the house.

I found a few roses that sound great on David Austin's website, but I like to hear from anyone who's accually grown them in a hot zone :)

The roses that I fell in love with are :

1. The Fairy

2. Eden - Climbing

3. Glamis Castle

4. Golden Celebration

5. Knockout

6. Sharifa Asma

7. Alnwick Castle

8. Comtes de Champagne

I love their colors, But I mainly like the sound of them because they seem to have everything I want in a rose (color,fragrance,repeat bloomer,disease free as possible). I'm told that they will not fair well. Does anyone have any of these? And if anyone knows of better roses, that do well here, by all means, I'd Love suggestions!!!

Also could you include pictures of your roses so I can see them in a real garden setting and not a "staged" one that DA's has. That would really help me out too :) Thank you :)

Thank you so much for all your help :)

I hope I didn't sound bossy in my post.....I'm really sorry if I did! I don't mean to!

Thank you ~ Amanda

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Comments (4)

kasiec
17 years ago
Hi Amanda - I am in Perris/Lake Mathews area. It gets really hot. I have found that watering my roses the "drip system" way works wonder. My roses are growing on the south side of my home also.

Kasie
Ideefixe
17 years ago
The full sun and the arid desert climate won't help them any--they really won't grow at their best. They're not disease free in any climate. You might want to post your questions on the Rose forum.
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You may want to contact Bert Grant (bkgrant@bak.rr.com) or Kay Grant (KayGrant@bak.rr.com). They are the American Rose Society's "Consulting Rosarians" for the High Desert.

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homemadecountrylife
Original Author
17 years ago
Good Morning, Everyone!
I'm sorry I didn't post earlier, it's been a long busy week!
I posted my query over on the rose forum,like Ideefixee suggested and I did get more info there. But I tried here too, just incase :) No one knows your climate like your fellow neighbors :)
Thank you, everyone, you've really been helpful to me in helping me with deciding if I should plant the David Austin roses.
In my search on the internet I did find a family that grows and sells roses an hour from me. He and his staff are very knowledgeable for the best kind of roses for me and my climate, so I think this fall I'll take a trip on over :) I guess the family sells over 9,000 roses with 600 varieties! So I'll Definately find Something for my area!!! I'm a person who has to see it in person before I buy, so this'll be great. I've been guilty of buyers remorse at times because of big exspectation in my roses, then being let down :)
Gardenguru, Thank you for the email addresses. I appriciate them very much! I certainly will email them. Anything to find some really nice roses!
Thank you again, everyone! :)
~Amanda

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