Does Tennessee have a nearly lost wild rose?
anntn6b
18 years ago
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Hmmmmm....Nearly Wild, Carefree Wonder, Bonica or Knockout? z5
Comments (23)I have about 15 of these knock out's in my yard and I absolutely love them! They will thrive an thrive and the best thing is you can keep cutting them back to your liking and they will just keep popping out those flowers like crazy. I have the (rad raz) with is the dark hot pink and they are mixed in with boxwoods. The deep rich color (rad razz)looks very nice mixed in with and kind of dark evergreen shrub. I have a Care Free wonder and really dont think it grows well. I planted a Bonica for my Mom one year and I thought it was just ok. I would say your best bet is to go with the knock outs and maybe mix a few bonca's in there for color variation if you are having a hard time deciding....See Moreneed quotes on wild roses, Cass, Jeri ?
Comments (7)Lux, you've put a lot of work and information into this essay. Your talk will be wonderful, I'm sure. I do nearly everything that Cass tells me to do, but I'm not going to run out and plant a California wild rose into my garden. My friend Bill planted one in his garden and found it popping up all over the place. Took him years to eradicate it. I'm content to admire California wild roses in the wild or in somebody else's collection. I do, however, grow several species at home, including R. glauca, R. eglanteria (rubiginosa), and one of the double moschatas. So far, none have colonized very much. In the cemetery, R. roxburghii plena is one of the most beautiful and long-blooming roses in our garden. Worthy of mention, for its spiny sepals, beautiful flowers and interesting foliage. A rose that may be a cinnamomea has an incredibly colorful fall foliage and hip display. The species truly can be beautiful and garden-worthy, although usually one must have the space for them. Love your description of the alba leaves as shorn teal velveteen. The preferred terminology is "Scots" rose, not "Scotch," according to Peter Boyd when he came to speak a couple of years back. His wife Evelyn described the "tsunami of scent" from their collection. We've planted a couple of spins in the cemetery, including a single cream variety from Vintage, and have been pleased by how pretty its bloom was this year and how many visitors commented on it. I know that you targeted this to Jeri and Cass, but it was fun to read it - thanks. Anita...See MoreWild (?) Bamboo, E. Tennessee
Comments (7)K9tenn, I caution you about planting bamboo next to a street or road. Without first installing the correct bamboo barrier. Bamboo will shoot up through hot asphalt I have seen it more than once. It will completely destroy an asphalt highway and I'm sure you don't want to see the bill from that. Not to mention when my 26 ft canes get wet or snow covered they droop over so next to a road they will be in the road and cause problems. I am not trying to discourage you because I love bamboo. I grow 29 different species so far and could give you a million good reasons for growing it. But these are the things most people don't tell you. Now back to your questions. I usually recommend spreading them 4 to 5 ft apart but its really up to you. The bamboo will go where it wants to no matter how far apart you spread it. It just depends on how long you are willing to wait and how hard you are willing to work for it. Digging bamboo is no easy task and anyone who tells you different has never dug it from an established grove. I agree about the size of the rootball but, I always take way bigger if possible and you will be able to tell the difference in the size of the following years canes. I have never lost a division with a rootball basketball size or bigger. This is very important. Most people don't agree with me on when to dig bamboo. I say you can dig it any time of the year as long as the ground isn't frozen. Now that being said the worst time to dig it is when its shooting. But I have been forced to dig it both when the ground was frozen and when it was shooting and my divisions of the frozen ground did fine. My divisions when it was shooting suffered but still survived just produced much smaller canes for a few years. I also would suggest getting as many canes as possible in each divisions but don't cut them back much a larger rootball will compensate for the moisture loss. Keep them wet and get them in the ground asap. water well for the first year. When the leaves curl on themselves they need water. They will spread fast once established. I would start digging early march before they shoot. Mine shoot early in april. but I am in Northern Ky. You might need to dig as early as 2nd week in febuary. If they have already began to shoot see if you can find some in the grove that haven't began to shoot there will be areas that have yet to shoot. Good luck I hope this helps....See MoreOOC and nearly OOC Austin roses
Comments (5)I've discarded a lot more than I ever kept, some to my dismay now. Cottage Rose: It's quite a good rose although a bit thorny. I took mine out because they were planted where it was too hot and dry. With afternoon shade in a hot climate I think it's still worth growing. It needs to be pruned every year to produce well. Charmian: Unlike mcnastarana, this rose did not "charm" me, nothing wrong with it that I can remember, but the flowers just didn't do anything for me. Sister Elizabeth: A little finicky in that it doesn't like too much shade or too much sun in my climate, but I'm on my second one now because I adore the beautiful lilac-pink flowers, exquisite in color and shape. Potter and Moore: One of my favorites of the old Austins, this rose is very much in the old rose mold in terms of its beautiful pink flowers. My own-root rose stays on the small side, which I like. I know not everyone does well with this rose, but in a good location in a warm and drier climate it is lovely. Queen Nefertiti: Pretty flowers but my bush was very lanky, spiky and unattractive. Janet: Very lovely flowers but bush planted in an area that was too hot and dry. I do remember someone saying here that as it matured the bush became unattractive and lanky, but mine never got to that stage. Harlow Carr: Very pretty but did not do well in my heat and was soon gone. Charles Darwin: A lovely rose that deteriorated quickly, great the first year and then awful. I'm trying it again because the soft golden color goes well with my mainly pink old roses where other yellows often don't. Glamis Castle: This is the one Austin I really hate, extremely thorny, an ungainly bush and flowers that smell in an unpleasant way. Yanking it out was a huge relief. Wife of Bath: A dainty small rose with very pretty silvery pink flowers that deserved much better care than it got. Carding Mill: I think Austin still has this one. It's a great rose in the heat but does a lot better grafted. I stupidly got rid of my first one that was grafted because I thought the color was "wrong" for my garden. I now have an own-root one which is growing at a glacial pace and I hope I live long enough to see it bloom. It blooms a lot though....See Moreanntn6b
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