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rose suggestions for zone 5b/6a
Comments (11)Okay--another question for ya--have you considered miniatures, since you'd prefer something more mannerly? Many of them have fabulous bloom form that never collapses, especially if you're looking for that perfect, tight spiral. Most minis aren't that fragrant, but there are a few that are fabulous. I'm sitting outside right now, so I'll give you a rundown of some of mine that fit the bill: Voodoo - Tall & narrow grower. Lovely orange-juice colored blooms with yummy fragrance that are phototropic and change in sunlight to a screaming scarlet-orange. Pretty darn good disease resistance. Jean Kennealley, an apricot miniature. She has the bonus of fragrance, and gets pretty big for a mini. Spent blooms will flatten out & fade to nearly white, but I think she's spectacular. She's held a very high rating for a long time. Folklore is a hybrid tea with perfect spirals & yellow reverses to coral petals. Lovely scent, big shrub, good disease resistance. Grows taller than it does wide, at least for me. Gemini is a drop-dead gorgeous hybrid tea. New blooms open ivory with just a hit of a deep coral picotee, then it changes with sunlight to almost a completely coral flush. Mine like to pitch candelabras and I think that's due to the Grandiflora breeding line. Great scent. Flawless is a true, medium pink miniflora with a nice scent. It is very disease resistant for me & blooms like crazy, but it tends to have more decorative or frilly blooms than the classic high spirals. I love it nonetheless. I really want to recommend Secret, but I have to spray her to keep her happy. The scent and the blooms are worth it, though. It does not mind the heat and rain does not spot her blooms as badly as most of my other light-colored roses. How white is your white requirement? I grow Irresistible, another miniature. It has no scent, but oh MY!! The blooms retain their form for at least a week and a half, it grows spectacularly, it's very mannerly, and disease resistant. It is a bit cream-colored upon close inspection but looks white from a distance. Also in my white-ish category is World War II Memorial. It's technically a mauve, but from a few yards back it appears to be white. It has glorious scent, very good disease resistance, and I just cannot describe the way the blooms contrast with an almost forest-green set of foliage. The aroma is incredible. It does spot with rain, unfortunately, but it's one of the few whose spots aren't that unattractive. If we get rain while there are blooms present, it looks like a white rose with pink freckles. One of the hardiest I have is Garden Party, but I'd describe it as an ivory rose that likes to have pink petticoats every now and then. Very good disease resistance and AWESOME fragrance, but mine grows like Audrey from Little Shop of Horrors. I think I witnessed her eating a rabbit this morning. [Or maybe it was that Swamp Tea.] All of these are repeat blooming, and I'd say that Flawless, Folklore, and Irresistible are the quickest to repeat. Gemini is sluggish, but when she blooms, she chucks out about 30 at a time. I live where blackspot pressure is very high due to silly nighttime cooling and condensation. I spray for blackspot, but these are the best of my 60 roses that fit your bill. And since I am too lazy to edit my post [Swamp Tea again...dangit], I totally forgot Tahitian Sunset. I am in love with this rose and put her in a bad spot where I can't admire her while on the deck. It is a skyscraper of a hybrid tea with apricot to pink blooms that have a perfect spiral, and the scent is unusual. It has been described as anise, licorice, myrhh....but everyone at work loves to stick their nose in her when I bring her in. Very, very good disease resistance. These are some of my faves, and if you haven't been over to HMF to check out people's rose pics I would encourage you to do so. There is no better enabler for rose buying than this website and that one, combined....See MoreTree suggestions for 10 acre property zone 5b Northeast
Comments (8)As you read about trees, you may find ones that are more suited to particular microclimates of your land. For example, I ended up going with an Overcup Oak for part of my yard because I am at a lowland area that gets a lot of rain from long steadily sloped hills. Overcup oaks can grow in submerged waters for a while and they like moist lowlands as opposed to dry hilltops. I would encourage you to think in terms of five areas: 1) Trees that tend to grow together in nature, like beech-oak-hickory forest as an example; 2) groupings that create good variety of fall color (both in terms of color itself, and when in the season the leaves change); 3) groupings that create year-round interest (e.g. for winter, have some evergreen or trees with interesting bark or branching patterns in each group); 4) trees like white oak that attract/support insects, and thus will attract birds and wildlife to your land; and 5) “layers" of the groupings, like canopy trees, understory trees, shrub layer plants, and ground level plants. Again, keeping in mind that some things like to grow together (pines and azaleas) while other things like maples will use their roots to crowd out nearby plants. Still, other plants like pin oak emit chemicals that discourage competition from nearby plants. Some plants like rhododendron and eastern hemlock like consistently moist but not soggy soil (think steep bank near a stream.) You are right to approach it slowly, as it is a life's work! Think variety, and think in terms of mature size of the plants....See More2 plants or weeds in zone 5b??
Comments (3)Impatients capensis,phytolacca americana. The Impatiens,(Jewelweed) is an annual and spreads around by seed.Hummingbird and bee favorite.Good for treating poison ivy. Very easy to pull out where not wanted....See MoreHas anyone in zone 5b planted anything yet?
Comments (16)moving plants in your own garden is approved.. as they are totally tempered to your gardens weather ... after all.. they have been there all winter ... subject to the above mentioned walking in your sodden soil.. and turning it into concrete thru compaction ... as to plants from your local sale.. where did they come from .. and are they hardened off ... if they came from a local greenhouse.. which has already been hardening them off to local weather... they are probably ready to plant ... but it wouldnt hurt to just give them a protected week or 3.. to settle down ... full bright shade ... protected from wild cold temp swings ... its easier to protect a small collection of pots all sitting together.. rather than all over the yard .... but.. if they were trucked in from God knows where ... but presumably a warmer clime .... then its your job to harden them off ... it always helps.. if you include your location in your fact scenario .... ken ps: random warm DAYS .. arent as important in the equation... as random really COLD nights ... so dont focus on day temps.. look for the potential of night temps .... its rare that there is a mid day frost or freeze this time of year ......See MoreRelated Professionals
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