Found roses from my travels
hiclover
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Comments (10)An afterthought... "frangea pangea" is, of course, a misspelling--a wrong guess--or I'd have found it by now. I put the letter "e" in there to soften the "g" sound, not to add another syllable. The name the gardener called out to me might have been one word or two words. At any rate, it had the sound of fran-juh-pan-juh (4 syllables in all) I don't know whether the gardener might have been a native Spanish speaker or not and if so, whether that would have influenced his pronunciation. I vaguely recall thinking that he might be from Cuba. The pronunciation seemed a bit slurred to my ears. I just assumed he could understand my question. (I don't think fran-juh-pan-juh is Spanish for "No speak English!") If you have any notion as to what the proper spelling/name of this ornamental tree is, I'd appreciate knowing. I don't have a real need to know, of course--I'm just curious. The flowers, as best I can recall, were on the small side but produced in large prolific bunches close together that you could easily notice and admire from the street. The ones I saw were a rosy dark pink. I think the foliage was thicker and shinier, different from a Mimosa and the flowers had more substance. The form of the plant as a whole was more like a Mimosa than a camellia. It didn't grow straight upwards an it had substantial limbs curving around the corner of the house. I only saw the tree from the car in the street, a good distance away from the actual plant, so I could be wrong on some of this. Anyway, if this ornamental grows in your area, you might consider it. It's lovely, lovely. Best wishes, Mary...See MoreFound rose from Raleigh Cemetery~ could this be Memorial rose? Th
Comments (10)I think you've got a variety of Rosa multiflora. The scent is wonderful. Check Blooms in clusters. Check Apple green foliage. Check More leaves per compound leaf than almost any other rose. Check Deeply fringed stipules at the base of the leaf. Check. Double check, if the anthers turn brown before the petals start to fade. There is a variation on multiflora out there that is much shorter and well behaved. It's a natural variation. I had it in the garden and got rig of it, thinking I could get some that was down by the ferry landing. Only the Fisheries and Wildlife folks bulldozed it to increase a parking area. (Roses ARE wildlife, too.) If the next growth it puts out (almost before the blooms are over) is really vigorous, you have the barn eater multiflora which needs to be sited carefully in home yards. (Great photos, and it's good to see you posting.) Ann...See MoreMy found rose
Comments (40)Interesting update! I had stated above that my rose didn't change color in the fall. Surprise, it does! Previously I had looked at a pic from last October which is our peak leaf season and my rose had green leaves at the time. This is what it looks like today, decidedly colorful, while every other rose in my garden is still quite green. Belmont, if you're reading, you had asked for a piece of this rose and sent me a nice message, but I'm pretty sure GW isn't allowing me to respond. If you (or anyone else) would like me to share, pls send a message that includes a regular email address so we can correspond off GW's system....See MoreThe advantages of traveling, or is a rose is a rose is a rose?
Comments (7)It is actually suggested around here that you plant roses with the graft union several inches below ground so that if the plant does die back to the ground that what comes back from the root has a chance to be your preferred plant, which may have grown some of its own roots. Then mulch. Don't cut back until spring when you see what has died. Climbers you can detach from the trellis and lie close to the ground and mulch. I tend to grow roses from cuttings from friends that I know will be hardy locally, and even as a relatively inexperienced rose grower I've been reasonably successful. Unfortunately, many of the roses I've seen at big box stores aren't hardy for this area, so enjoy their blooms this year and hope for another mild winter, preferably with good snow cover. I'm biased in favor of roses that I don't have to fuss over too much, so I don't grow hybrid teas and research whether the rose is prone to blackspot or other deseases before I buy them. Anecdotally, sprinkling alfalfa meal or corn meal under the plant is supposed to reduce blackspot, but I've never had enough of a problem to try it. Many of my roses are early once bloomers because they are done blooming before the J beetles arrive. The ones that aren't I've planted in an area that isn't good J beetle territory - a clearing surrounded by much woodland. I'll be spreading Milky Spore desease on the small amount of lawn there as I've had success with that reducing the J beetle population at a previous house/garden. I don't have any neighbors with lawns within J beetle flying distance, and I've heard that this is only successful if all the nearby area is milky spored. Another problem is rose chafers, which are insects about the size of J beetles, but longer, slimmer, and tanner. They emerge a bit earlier than J beetles and chew on the blooms. I don't know of any organic way to prevent them other than hand picking. They are common if you are near fallow agricultural land, which surrounds my current house. I don't have problems with them in the wooded location. I hope this is helpful, and if you want cuttings or have other specific questions, I'll check back here (though maybe not right away as work is busy right now.)...See Morejerijen
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