Rose Bush Gone WIld?
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morz8 - Washington Coast
18 years agolindac
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Bush gone wild
Comments (2)I have no idea which zone I live in - ha ha. Calgary, Alberta if that helps any. The shoots are now up every where within 20 feet of where the bush was originally planted. I'm sad as I don't want to have to dig up the sod to eradicate. I will go to garden centre though and see if I can find the stuff you were talking about. Thanks!...See MoreRose gone wild!
Comments (3)Sillytara: Can you post a picture, even if it is not blooming yet? Or, if you cannot do that, please give us a description, as Jeri asked - have you ever seen the blooms? What did they look like - color, approx diameter, single, double (number of petals). Did it bloom only in the Spring, or all summer? Leaves - dark & shiny, or lighter, or mat? What size are they approx? From your zone 8, and your description, it could be any number of roses - how tall is "as tall as my house" - one story? two stories? I have a banksaie lutea which does exactly what you describe as to growing habit, but that is just one of many roses it may be. In order to give you any advice as to how to handle this rose, we really need to figure out what type of rose it is - they all act differently. So, looking forward to hearing from you further - Jackie...See MoreSpirit of Freedom is a girl gone WILD!
Comments (6)Loveroses, I had success training the lateral growth during the first year. It was lovely with lots of blooms. As the years have passed I haven't had as many blooms, and it is much more foliage than blooms. The spring flush is lovely, but then it goes nuts. The blooms are lovely and last about 3 days and then blow. Next spring I am going to heavily prune out older canes. I already did this last year, but next spring I will be ruthless! Then I will shorten her down to about thigh high. I will see how it does. I saw SOF at Huntington garden and it was HUGE with quite a few blooms, but I certainly don't have the same climate. As to you question about supporting horizontal growth, you could try, like I did. Again, my problem was that she just produced so many basals that I wasn't able to train them all...and they got over 10 and 12 feet long! Good luck. It is such a beautiful rose....See MoreYello rose (wild like) bush wanted:
Comments (2)I had a Persian Yellow. This yellow rose is BAD BAD BAD news for Blackspot. Regularly all of the leaves will fall off by the end of July. The problem is that the blackspot will spread and infect all of your other rose bushes, and cause them to die. You can carry on the tradition of a fragrant rose in your garden, but the child doesn't have your memory, so she can form a new memory, which will be just as pleasant and long lasting as yours, if you grow a newer variety of highly fragrant Hybrid Teas, such as those that have won the James Alexander Gamble Fragrance Medal such as Crimson Glory Wilhelm Kordes 1961 Tiffany Robert Lindquist 1962 Chrysler Imperial Dr. Walter E. Lammerts 1965 Sutter's Gold Herbert C. Swim 1966 Granada Robert Lindquist 1968 Fragrant Cloud Mathias Tantau 1970 Papa Meilland Alain Meilland 1974 Sunsprite Wilhelm Kordes 1979 Double Delight Herbert C. Swim & Arnold W. Ellis 1986 Fragrant Hour Sam McGredy IV 1997 Angel Face Herbert C. Swim and Oliver Weeks 2002 Secret Daniel Tracey 2003 Mister Lincoln or you could pick a David Austin, of which there are many that are highly fragrant. Personally I have had excellent results with Tiffany, a most beautiful classic rose. Lillian Austin, Mary Rose, Winchester Cathedral, Benjamin Britten, and many many others are also worthwhile....See Moresusi319
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