I am zone 9 - very hot dry summers. JC never got over 3 feet for me - had her about 6 years. I just moved and have been rose shopping. I went to nursery last year in our record breaking hot spell - over 105 - the only roses blooming in their black containers were Doris Day. All of them were blooming - so thats the yellow rose for me.

I'm disappointed in the plant and myself too! Doris has not seemed to thrive or grow at all in 3 weeks. It has lost several leaves on the bottom, turn yellow and shrivel. When I pushed the skewer in today, the whole plant rocked like it's just the same root ball as when I repotted it, no additional root development. It was very wet when I brought it home. My plan is to repot in clay, keep in the shade several weeks. Questions: Clip off furry bloom so it can focus on roots? The rootball wasn't too big. Should I get a smaller pot? Unpot and let it rest that way in the shade 24 hours or so before repotting? i know plants can be killed with too much fussing, and I don't want to do that either. Failing leaf on the right. Brown tips in center are ok? Not mushy. PS I did just water it. 50/50 c&s, pumice

Hi socks! I'm gonna give this a go. 1. Looks like there's a ton of peat stuck to your roots. Soak the rootball in a cup of water (not the rosette) until you can pick off all the soil. Be careful not to damage too many roots in the process. 2. For mix I would use a standard grit. I've never seen the mix you have, but a good grit is 1:1:1 bark fines/turface/granite chips. Granite and bark should be small, about 1/4 inch to 1/8 inch. Echeverias rot easily for me in my climate, so I stay away from soil altogether. 3. I would wait a week or two before watering. 4. Personally, I don't shade recently reported plants and I have not yet had any problems.. but if you feel the plant is already unhealthy, try morning sun with afternoon shade and hopefully it doesn't etiolate. Best of luck! :)

We’re visiting New Zealand, and now I’m on a mission. We’ve been eating fresh and canned “Black Doris” plums, and the canned ones especially, are the best I’ve ever eaten. Quite different to the US varieties I’m used to. My Google Fu has failed me in finding any reference to this tree outside NZ, Amazon doesn’t even sell the canned fruit. Do any of you know if this tree can be had in North America? Does it possibly go by a different name elsewhere? thanks!