Improved Blaze, Don Juan or Dublin Bay
summerf
19 years ago
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climbing dublin bay.
Comments (7)I'm partial to Dublin Bay--as my user name suggests. Those clear red blooms (no hint of purple like many red roses sport)are so bright and eye-catching. It is reasonably disease-resistant and reblooms OK, although not prolifically. If you grow yours on a pillar like I do, make sure you wrap the canes around it while they are young. The older canes get quite rigid and unbending. I don't have a really good pic of DB, but this one might suggest the eye-catching red of this climber. Dublin Bay Kate...See MoreClimbing Red Rose - Blaze or Dublin Bay?
Comments (69)They had a pink climbing rose at Lowes but forget the name of it. Would have got one but they looked pretty pathetic. I looked on the tag of the 2nd one said it was grown in Canada but it didn't have the name of "Demokracie" anywhere on the tag that was tied with string around the main branch of it. So I imagine like the first one it is the Original blaze. It is doing so awesome the first one. Here is a picture of it. And I found out I can plant the 2nd one I got up against the Wooden Fence like this one only further down. YAY!! Discovered caterpillar or rose slugs not sure which on it anyhow I picked them off and threw them over the fence :) Was on just one branch as you could tell by the leaves. I also removed two that had the leaves like a cocoon with the caterpillar in it so just removed that entire leaf bract and pitched it over the fence. Haven't seen any since on it. I didn't want to spray it as we do have chickadees and chipping sparrows come to our gardens too. Have set up a small birdhouse in it and the chickadee have taken up residence it . They are sooooooo cute....See MoreCl Crimson Glory, Don Juan, or other? Id pls?
Comments (11)I seem to recall that Climbing Crimson Glory has weak stems and "hangs its head" -- not a disadvantage in a climbing rose, which is observed from below. The flowers are enormous and age to a deeper crimson. Old garden books used to rave about climbing Crimson Glory, deeming it better than the bush form. But one seldom sees it now. I don't think yours is it. Don Juan is very nice, too, however. It doesn't age to a darker, more purpley color like Crimson Glory, but keeps its ruby red. My husband adored our specimen of Don Juan, bought on a whim, but it succumbed to a particularly hard winter one year in our garden. Here is a link that might be useful: crimson glory showing nodding flowers...See Moredon juan rose
Comments (13)Second Cynthia here. I am in 6b/6a. My Don Juan is 4 years old, and barely made it each winter. I never flower much because it is young, and more importantly, I assume it needs muster all the energy it needs to recover from the winters. I got it when I first get into roses and bought it from a local nursery, which apparently knows even less than I did about zone-appropriateness of roses. It can be a beautiful rose, but I suspect it would never achieve its potential if you live in an area cold or as cold as 6a/6b. There are other red climbers, and, if you are in a colder zone, maybe look for something else. Dublin Bay is reliably cane hardy here in the NYC metro area, and the botanical garden in Brooklyn has a few gigantic ones that ought to be in full bloom soon. Truly a sight to behold. Not sure the hardiness of these, but might worth look into the new Kordes Florentina as well as Red Eden....See MoreMAD4U
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