Would like to know about your best climbers
Sara-Ann Z6B OK
8 years ago
I love climbing roses, even though I'm not the greatest with them sometimes. Pictured are three of mine: Aloha, Dublin Bay, and Zephirine Drouhin.
i would like for others to tell about climbers that you are fond of and that are good growers and healthy. Show pictures if available .
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altorama Ray
8 years ago
Prettypetals_GA_7-8
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Would like any thoughts on climbers, arbors and/or zone 4
Comments (4)It is only a slight exaggeration to say that supporting William Baffin is like supporting a lilac bush. The first year you would need some support such as a fence post to keep the canes upright. After that you would only need to tie new cane growth to keep it from whipping around in the wind. It needs plenty of room to spread. I originally had WB planted a good 3 feet plus from the house and that was not enough room and it had to be moved. It is rumored that WB will repeat. All I ever get is a tease of a few blooms on a late growing new cane once in an odd year or so. I have an arbor with John Cabot on one side and John Davis on the other. They are a pretty good match for that purpose. JD is, overall the better rose if you have only one. You probably ought to have both. JD has a slightly better repeat, but a slightly less spring flush. JD's blooms are fuller and a clear pink with a pleasant, but light perfume to my nose. JC is more vigorous and will reach the top of the arbor a year or two sooner. JC has a denser spring flush, but a more sporadic repeat. JC's perfume is faint, but very interesting, it smells like a cold cream my mother used. JC's bloom is a fuchsia pink and smaller than JD. Both JD and JC have fairly healthy foliage. JC will sometimes get a minor case of Fall spots and JD will get a little PM in bad years for PM. I have not grown Joseph's Robe. Climbing America canes will die if not covered. I used to make a small circle of snow fencing around CA and fill it with leaves after freeze up. Most winters this would save 2.5 to 3 foot of cane. I now just pour a bag of wood chip mulch on the base of the plant for winter protection. It dies to the ground or lower, but the end result by fall is not much different than when I used the fence. I get a four, maybe five foot pillar. To save any appreciable amount of CA cane you would have to Minnesota Tip the entire plant. It is not worth that much trouble. Regards, Charles...See MoreWould like to know more about rootstock
Comments (35)Yeah, our pH is way up at about 7.2. In terms of alkalinity, it is only worth mentioning given the generalization that eastern US has acid soil. If you look at a soil map, you will see pockets of lime both in the highlands and in low areas that get soil from the eroding limestone highlands, and spend time under water when glaciers recede and thawing waterways are dammed with debris. (We've been out of water for thousands of years now.) I don't know what Rosa canina's optimal pH range is. I've seen it happy on both sides of neutral, but more extreme than that, I can't say. Rosa multiflora on the other hand, looks unhappy in soil that is barely above neutral. How is this unhappiness manifest? The foliage shows signs of chlorosis. The plants are also more prone to powdery mildew than they are in more acidic soil. We see the same behavior in roses with considerable multiflora ancestry. To be honest, we haven't had a problem with roses budded onto multiflora. Maybe the roses run off onto their own roots faster than they otherwise would, but this is speculation....See MoreWhat Do You Like Best About Your Apartment?
Comments (16)I sold my manufactured home this past December and moved to an apartment in January. I had owned two manufactured homes over ten years but became tired of mowing the lawn and shoveling snow in winter. Now I am in a ground floor one-bedroom end unit apartment. It has a really nice den area with a large south facing window. There is plenty of green space and there are trees outside my unit, then a freeway and beyond that more woodland. There is a rail/trail at the bottom of the hill which extends into the woods and the other end into town. Just this morning I took a long walk in the woods and it was wonderful! With regard to noise; I do hear some of my upstairs neighbor's activity in his kitchen and bathroom from time to time, but I have never heard blaring stereos or TVs. Other than that, it is very quiet here. Since this is an end unit, I only have two neighbors attached to my unit; one upstairs and one behind my unit. Below me is a maintenance/storage area used by the maintenance staff. Since this is a college town, there are plenty of students in this and just about all other complexes in the area. It seems that most here are graduate students, though there is a mix of ages as I have seen middle age people like myself and some senior citizens as well. The kitchen is small, but adequate for my needs, but I especially like the den as it is almost like a sun room because of the south facing window. This makes my unit very bright. The other side of the building faces the parking lot and those units never see the sun. I am only 2.5 miles from work and can either walk or ride my bike into work when the weather is nice. I have done this all of this past week and it is great. I could not do that from where I lived before. With gas prices going out of sight, this is great! I am more and more happy with my move....See MoreMilk Glass - Would Like To Know More About It
Comments (17)I'm sure your mom would love it if you displayed the milk glass. If it's white, then it would look great with an unpainted or painted background, just like the photo above. Maybe a hutch or shelf either with a waxed finish or painted black, barn red, navy, etc? I have a small collection of green milk glass. It started with a gift of 1 green hobnail cake stand and a covered hen from LE Smith. I liked them so much that I added the matching 2 cake stands and a hobnail compote. During my trip to Georgia a few weeks ago, I went shopping for vintage Bell canning jars and picked up 2 pairs of salt and pepper shakers. They're a little different style of vintage than my ironstone pieces, but I think they work together. All of my milk glass is displayed in the dining room hutch except for the larger 2 cake stands, which are too large. They live in a kitchen cupboard and come out for parties. My hutch is a little top heavy right now with the pitchers on the top, but they'll be moved to larger hutch once it's refinished....See More
Mila Ski (Z5 Chicago)
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoaltorama Ray
8 years agoLavender Lassie
sorry for the multiple posts, now it will only let me upload one at a time.
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8 years agoI love the color and fragrance of Royal Sunset. In 10 years it makes a trunk so needs strong support.
Old and new flower color wonderful together.
Sara-Ann Z6B OK
8 years agoMila Ski (Z5 Chicago)
8 years agoSara-Ann Z6B OK
8 years agoaltorama Ray
8 years agoaltorama Ray
8 years ago
William Baffin on the bottom, unknown rambler on the top which is similar to Dorothy Perkins.
altorama Ray
8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
Seafoam, very hardy, no disease. Can be trained as a pillar rose. Reblooms all summer.
Sara-Ann Z6B OK
8 years ago
dublinbay z6 (KS)
8 years agoNo one has mentioned one of the most beautiful climbers--Eden (also known as Pierre de Ronsard).
Kateenchantedrosez5bma
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoSara-Ann Z6B OK
8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
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