Carefree Roses anyone have them?
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Michaelg or anyone that has Carefree Sunshine...
Comments (4)That could be Seil and Michaelg. I have another type of rose bush planted in between the two Carefree Sunshines and it is blooming up a storm. I have flowers in that area but not to close that they would interfere with either CS and the flowers are growing and blooming good also. I'll try to be patient...lol.... Thanks! Most of the bands I've planted bloomed very well the second year so it threw me off base when these two are hardly blooming at all... This post was edited by jim1961 on Mon, Jul 7, 14 at 17:14...See MoreRelatively carefree rose for new grower
Comments (28)Jeri, the west coast is not all the same all over. You may not have blackspot problems in your area but a lot of gardeners from Oregon and Washington state did and do report serious blackspot problems. Kate, I do support your wish (or your SIL Âs wish) to stay away from Knockouts for various reasons. Did you check out Lynette's website and check on her experience with hybrid teas? She is in British Columbia so her climate might be (but not necessarily) similar to Oregon. In any case she does add comments to her photos about blackspot and which roses are 'good beginners roses' in her opinion. Maybe a gift certificate to Pickering or Palatine is a better idea in case her soil is acidic and would give you (that is, to her) more for the same amount of money. Grafted roses will grow much faster and will give her pleasure already in the first year. Pickering has old roses, Chinas, Bourbons and a lot of moderns, some of them marked as disease resistant. As to for reds, I could recommend Papa Meilland, Royal William (aka Duftzauber aka Fragrant Charm) and Barkarole (if you can find it). Many people on the forum praise Firefighter but I do not grow that one. Prospero and The Prince are pretty good among the Austins and WS2000 also, if she is willing to spray a little bit. I have an own root Sophie's rose from Chamblee's after one year now it starts dong well but own root Austins are slow to establish in my experience. (I ordered, among others, Tradescant from Pickering- I do hope I will not regret it.) It is great to shop roses as a present but also a big headache, so I wish good luck to you. On the other hand, Portland is the rose capital of the US, so this must say something. Here is a link that might be useful: Lynette's website...See MoreCarefree Roses?
Comments (6)The rugosas will love your sand. If you don't already know this, they not only don't need to be sprayed, they hate it. The foliage will spot and discolor if they are sprayed. Knockouts are the rage now. They really do seem to be carefree. I'm still waiting for mine to jump, but it hasn't had any blackspot. I've seen several specmens over 5' tall. If you have space for a big climber and want repeat bloom I'd recommend Mermaid. On the plus side, it never has any disease whatsoever and has beautiful shiny foliage; the only care I give it is to mulch it once a year and every few years cut out some deadwood. On the minus side, it gets huge (mine is 24' wide in 6 years) and has vicious thorns. Then there's always chinas, teas and noisettes. They like a good mulching, but have healthy foliage. Polyanthas too. I have a climbing polyantha named Renae that I really like: thornless, fragrant, very limber canes, and repeat blooming....See MoreRose Companion for Carefree Delight
Comments (6)WOW, dayscapes! Your pictures of Carefree Delight with the Lime Hydrangea are very pretty! Good color combo, look wonderful together. I love Carefree Delight. I'm considering using it as a hedgerow to replace privet, with a climbing rose over an arbor where a gate will be at our new place. So, I have been thinking about the same questions if I go that route with Carefree Delight. It is very reliable here in Philly for me. I grew several of these from cuttings. Planted all of them around the Philadelphia area zone 6/7. Planted a couple at old apartment in *almost* full shade. Grew, though not very bushy and had climbing tendencies showing reading for sun. currently has a huge ladder across it courtesy of prop manager, so I think that one will be rescued soon by my shovel. Good thing I still have friends at that apt who tend to the garden, so it is doable. No one will miss her. :-) One planted along driveway, some sun, got up to 4 or 4.5 feet with long arching canes @ 6 ft or so, and still bloomed well. Not as full as more sun, but did well, and was kept pruned out of driveways on either side of the fence, with good bloom and repeat. Planted one at my parents in mostly sun but quite a bit of afternoon shade and it got HUGE! This is one, own root plant after about 3 years floundering in a nursery pot and maybe 2 in the ground… (please excuse the unkempt look of the ground around plant…I just moved this winter and have not been able to be over there to weed and tend much around the poor thing or any of the roses in my "satellite rose garden"… will be getting to that soon though, as per mothers request… :-) ) My dad is not allowed to weed whack around it at my request, I don't want her to have her pretty arching canes chopped off! It is almost as tall as the laundry line pole, and would be if the arching canes were directed up along some type of structure. It is at least 6 ft in diameter, not counting the arching canes here and there making it even bigger. It is ALWAYS a big ball of blooms, these pictures taken at beginning of this season right as it was going to burst. As for pruning: The plants I got the cuttings from were a hedgerow along side a long stone wall fronting the local library. It grew in much shade and arched over the wall beautifully. Three years ago, they were very (I think badly) pruned, hybrid tea style. I assumed the "landscapers" did all they knew to do which was prune everything off to basically empty canes. After that, they never really got back their bushy arching habit, and blooms were far fewer. That only happened once. I actually saw people standing out front one day with a clipboards, looking "in charge", looking at the roses and garden. I stopped to talk and say I loved those bushes so much, but when asked about what I though of the pruning, I said in all honesty I think they did them a disservice, that they were so much more lovely arching around the wall, and that I though that they would have been better off pruned lightly into a bush form, not so hard like a HT. Got a quiet stare. But, ultimately left congratulating them on all the work done on the gardens there in the past couple years, and all was well. But,I did notice that they haven't been pruned like that since. Lol! It changed their look totally but created a more compact bush, though it took a couple years for them to recover. Tomorrow I will go by and try to take pictures of how they look now. They filled in somewhat, but memory tells me they are not as full even still. I only moved a few blocks but now pass only the side of the library, so need to take a good look at how they are doing this season. That library is closed for renovation so I am pretty sure they have been untouched all spring and summer, so I'm curious how they are growing without intervention. So, I assume if pruned drastically as mature plants they can be contained as smaller bushes, but I think that style of pruning took away from their inherent bushy and free flowing quality, which I love. Good luck with color choices, there are so many! It is a great rose, I think, I love the singles and it is so trouble free. Carefree and Delightful, even! :-)...See MoreRelated Professionals
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