Rose of the Month - April 2015
I've been enjoying all the great pics of everyone's roses as their gardens begin to come alive. As I was perusing I noticed how few of us show our roses, so I thought about creating this, a space for everyone to share an outstanding rose in their garden for the month of April 2015. Everyone is invited to share. The criteria is simple: share a picture and a brief explanation of the rose in your garden that you feel is outshining all the rest. Your rational could be simple or complex. If you own hundreds of bushes (like someone I know ;-) and you would like to bequeath the honor to one rose per category (Hybrid Tea, Floribunda, Climber, etc.) you may nominate various. The goal is to honor the rose that is outshining all others while giving novices and experts alike and opportunity to celebrate their
My Rose of the Month for April is Alec's Red. It has covered itself in blooms and has completely surpassed my expectations. At one point I thought the two that I own would never produce a single bloom. Another reason I'm enamored with this rose is because it changes scent throughout the day. In the mornings and night it has the lightest scent of antique rose. During mid day the scent is overwhelming and strong. My nomination for Rose of the Month is Alec's Red.
Now, your turn...
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anh3012
9 years ago
Mine is Graft Rose( Crescendo and Paradise Found). You can see the change of the color( mix of ivory and lavender). I put it in the front of my main door, so when I open the door I can smell its scent. It blooms beautiful.
Sorry I don't know how to rotate these pictures here.
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jo_pyeweed (z9 SF Bay Area)
9 years agoKubla, Anh - lovely roses !
April is usually when my roses are at their best in a spring flush. This is an unusual year in that my roses have not been flushing in synchronization, so I have many that are just beginning to bloom while others are already done. Young Lycidas started in March but is still going strong. So he is my pick for the Rose of the Month for April:
Closeup:
Honorable mention goes to the humble Iceberg. So as not to cheat and slip in a second rose, I won't share pictures of it :-)
Can't wait to see what others choose as their roses for this month. And, all you cold-zoners - I will be eagerly waiting to see pics of your roses in the coming months. They will be a sight for sore eyes because I have drastically cut back on watering due to the drought, and likely won't have any repeat blooms until fall....
Jokublakan
9 years ago
sara_ann-z6bok
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9 years agodensiemill Miller
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Saurabh Singh
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9 years agoAlec's Red is beautiful! I've heard good things about the rose, but never grown it or seen it in person. Thanks for sharing and starting the "rose of the month" club :)
Anh, I'm a bit confused, too. Is your rose a dual graft of Paradise Found and Crescendo where both are growing on the same bush or standard? It's lovely!
I almost got Young Lycidas last year...your pictures make me wish I had! It wasn't blooming when I saw it, or I'm sure I wouldn't have been able to resist.
I don't have any blooms yet on existing roses. Some are getting close, but some had to be pruned to the ground due to winter damage and on going canker issues. I do have some blooms on new roses that were shipped to me from nurseries in warmer areas. My favorite so far is Savannah, a new HT from Kordes. It smells fantastic and is supposed to be very bs resistant. Here's the first bloom which took forever to go from bud to blown and survived two nights below freezing:
anh3012
9 years agosara_ann-z6bok
9 years ago
Brittie - La Porte, TX 9a
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jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
9 years agoUser
9 years agolast modified: 9 years agoGreat idea Kublakhan. I especially like people's specifics on a particular rose. Colette is beginning her flush. I like one-two budz at a time opening in the sprays. With her bushy growth habit it makes a perfectly charming display. Engaging old fashioned bloom form usually apricot pink but sometimes pink. Looks well in a 'cottage garden'. Disease resistance outstanding. Will perform with less water than hybrid teas/Austins. Now the confession part. I had a gopher so put her in a 5 gal. pot and buried it. Well, she's still in it. Probably why she stays under 5 feet with minimal pruning. Also the 1st year her blooms were pure apricot! Ugh. Not like the pictures. Thank goodness I didn't un-dig the pot.
Colette (climber, Meilland, 1994)
Here's what she looks like up close.
sara_ann-z6bok
9 years agoanh3012
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9 years agoI am going to nominate Koko Loco as my rose of the month. It is such a great all around rose for me. Lots of healthy foliage, tons of buds, long lasting blooms. It would go so well with a dark red rose nearby but mine settles for a daylily, instead, Persian Ruby. It is not yet blooming, unfortunately.
kublakan
9 years agoanh3012
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Jasminerose, California, USDA 9b/Sunset 18
9 years agolast modified: 9 years agoThis month my favorite rose is Marriotta. I will try to get a clearer photo on the next flush which shouldn't be long, because this is a miniature rose that loves to bloom.
sara_ann-z6bok
9 years agokublakan
9 years agojim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
9 years ago
rosecanadian
9 years agosara_ann-z6bok
9 years agoI have this one pictured on another thread, but since this is my first April rose to bloom, it will be my rose for April, Mme Ernest Calvat. Seems to be doing great, looks healthy and has quite a few buds. I planted it last year, but this is the first time it has bloomed, great fragrance.
seil zone 6b MI
9 years agoDrooling over all these beauties! But...look who decided to bloom today!
Now I can start pruning and roses won't be to far away. Yippee!densiemill Miller
9 years ago
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9 years agoSeil, you are right about drooling! All these lovely blooms and we still have to wait! Our forsythia started blooming last week of March and I pruned first week of April so we are ahead of you by about 2 1/2 weeks. My first bloom is probably going to be a florist rose that I grafted last year and over-wintered in the shed.
This is what she looked like last year - grafted in May onto rootstock cane in the garden. The cane has since been rooted and potted up
armyyife
9 years agodensiemill Miller
9 years ago
Mine would be my first bloom of the season the gorgeous fragrant Pink Peace.
dublinbay z6 (KS)
9 years agolast modified: 9 years agoHere I am, squeeking through at the last minute (last day of April!)--finally I have a couple roses opening.
One Home Run bloom, one Queen of Sweden bloom (which instantly shattered when I accidentally brushed against it), one Braveheart bloom almost open, one Double KO bloom, several blooms on Fru Dagmar Hartstrup--and seven Sweet Dianas, the cutest little mini you ever saw--and all seven of the plants, scattered around my central garden, have 2-3 blooms per plant. So much sunshiny yellow is welcome now that the yellow daffodils have all gone away.
Two plants of Sweet Diana (mini)
Sweet Diana can grow to about 18-20 inches tall, maybe even a bit taller, but she doesn't bloom as well when I let her go that way. This spring I had to prune them rather low, and they loved it! Lots of healthy new growth and lots of these perfectly formed buds and blooms resulted. Right now all the pruned and blooming bushes are about 8-9 inches tall.
Sweet Diana is a good re-bloomer also, and has relatively few BS problems and those only periodically. I really enjoy Sweet Diana as an attractive underplanting to a number of my floribundas and shrubs.
I've been admiring all the Rose of the Month pics and am glad I finally have some roses so I can participate also.
: )
Kate
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