Faith - another florist rose I hope to get rooted...
bethnorcal9
8 years ago
I am so excited with the selection of florist roses that our local Safeway market has been getting in. I'm hoping I finally have the answer (thanks to Carol) to getting them to root. I check every week to see what comes in and OMG they have had some really gorgeous roses lately. Last yr when I was trying (and failing) at rooting them, they had the same old varieties all the time, pretty much. But wow, what they've been getting in now is amazing. I was shocked to be able to get QUICKSAND last week. Yesterday I found FAITH. What a gorgeous one she is! Got her 12 stems attempting to be rooted now. Keeping fingers crossed....
FAITH - beautiful lavender center with dusty rose outer petals and green guard petals. Yum!
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Jasminerose, California, USDA 9b/Sunset 18
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Comments (13)I have lots of fun googling all the suggestions -- so pretty! I emailed Pat and she replied: that Morning Has Broken is a great yellow, very disease resistant. She hasn't noticed if it has throns. (Can anyone tell me?) And here is a list she gave me of some other light ones that have few thorns or none: Marie Pavie Gruss an Aachen Pink Gruss an Aachen Misty Dawn Echo Lime Sublime I think I am deciding now between Morning Has Broken and Marie Pavie -- which do you think would be better for a no-spraying rose newbie who will probably make a lot of mistakes?...See MoreFound this gorgeous florist rose ...
Comments (13)I'm pretty sure you're right about that Maude. I'm already doing some in the pots too. It's all just an experiment to see what (if) I can get to root. I've always just done the method of sticking several stems in a 5gal pot and putting a 2litre bottle with the bottom cut off or a plastic bag over the pot. I didn't have a lot of luck that way. Right now I have the cuttings in clear plastic cups in a starter medium rather than soil. And I built a pvc pipe frame to go over a big plastic underbed storage container that I put clay pebbles in, adding water to create a moist environment and have heating pads underneath. Then I covered the pvc frame with clear vinyl and I have a fluorescent light fixture hanging over the whole thing, which comes on about 4:00pm and stays on til midnight. So far it seems to be a good set-up. But only time will tell. Like I said, I'm just having fun playing around and experimenting to see what, if anything, works....See Morerooting my florist roses
Comments (8)Another point I wanted to make - is unfortunately a lot of cut flower roses that are for sale are not bred to grow here. They grow well in Ecuador and similar climates. Look at black baccara (a florist rose that's risen recently especially in wedding design) - it's plagued with disease when it isn't grown in ideal conditions and even in ideal conditions it is a poor performer. Love/Osiria fortunately is available as a shrub - breeder code JACtwin and is very available in the market. Snow Fire and Double Take are also very similar and available. The other reality is - that even if you do get a florist rose to root, that doesn't mean it's going to perform the same way as it does for the grower (who has at their disposal a myriad of fertilizer, pesticides, fungicides, and not to mention workers and lest we forget - a near perfect climate for growing 'florist' type roses). Don't get me wrong, I'm all for starting something from free-ish and it's certainly worth a try, but you gotta be realistic with the results you're going to get. I think you'd be better off seeking similar alternatives suited to your particular climate zone - by finding people nearby willing to give/trade cuttings on a similar rose, shopping around at the nursery's, and just overall finding something suited to and/or grafted to suit your particular conditions. Obviously, give rooting it a try (what's a little rooting hormone and starting mix?), it it roots! Woohoo! If it doesn't, well you're not really out anything and you know you can still get the rose you liked and/or something very similar to it that may be better suited to your area....See MoreOk call me crazy... I'm trying to root florist roses again...
Comments (12)So far the IGUANA cuttings are still looking good. It'll be two weeks for those on Thursday. The leaves dropped and new growth is sprouting and the canes are looking supple. When I did the cuttings outside last yr, they would begin to turn black within about a week. So I think this is going to work!! I'm so excited! Even if I only get one or two to root of each variety I try, I'll be happy!!! And the SHOGUN buds are still holding tight and keeping the darker coloring, despite my cat Lola nibbling on them....See MoreEmbothrium
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