Ordering roses on a whim
Sara-Ann Z6B OK
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
Do you ever order or buy a rose on a whim? One that you didn't necessarily intend to purchase, but for some reason you couldn't resist?
Usually I do put some thought in to my rose ordering, I of course get varieties that appeal to me and try to order ones that I believe will do reasonably good in my climate.
In 2013 I ordered a lot of roses, since I was starting over, all of them with the exception of one were varieties I had put some thought into, it was calling my name, I had to have it, I ordered one, then ended up ordering another, to fit my plan, the rose is LOVE SONG!
While it is a little tender, it has survived two winters, and I've ordered two more for 2016, so hopefully I'll have four. I am very fond of this rose!
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rosecanadian
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Comments (2)If you mean Rosa moschata, that is one of my favorite wild roses. I like it best when it is allowed to climb; in California, near San Francisco it has been trained to grow upwards c. 6 feet tall with canes spreading outwards on each side for another 4. feet espaliered against a wall. It blooms here continuously for 3-4 months+ a year. I love Scotch Burnet roses, how big is the enclosure? is there room to walk without being stabbed by the prickles? A white "Rose of York" would be one of my choices for an enclosure. I grew one against a fence, espaliered and it was gorgeous in June, and fascinated my neighbor who only grows Hybrid Teas, saw it later in the summer and admired its' attractive blue-green foliage and declared in astonishment "Thats' a Rose?!!! I do wish someone would hybridize a remontant rose from it, for its' light ethereal fragrance, great good health and lovely golden boss enchant me. Luxrosa...See Morebuying/planting on a whim...then the reality, lol
Comments (15)Cora - that's me, too! Saving stuff out of the neighborhood Yard Trash Dumpster. And Lori, you're so not alone, but I don't know if knowing that makes it any less crazy. Since moving back to Lake Placid, I've been collecting seeds from my lovely neighbors from their gorgoeous amaryllis blooms. I look at all the trays of sprouting sprigs and wonder where in tarnation I'm going to plant all these, when I don't have room for what I already have and I don't even LIKE amaryllis. Gary - trees are my downfall - I grew way too many Foxtail Palms and Cassias from seed and I don't think they will even grow up here and my yard doesn't even have room for one tree, much less 14! (That's what I get for buying in a trailer park) Lou's got a great idea there - a tree that does double duty! Thanks for letting me berate myself - maybe it will help me stop pulling the seed pods off my geraniums and taking cuttings from everyone's roses. Hey - I think I'm getting better. . . it just occurred to me that I no longer pot up all the little baby spider plants I ever see. Maybe I'm on my way to freedom. Well, gotta go collect the aslcepias seeds before the wind blows them into the orange grove. These are for Tina. I'm done planting seeds (for now). Susie...See MoreOn a Whim
Comments (7)I cannot say I like the stones the way you have them. First, they are much too close to the house, making for pinched, out-of-scale beds. I just measured the one place where I have the basic hedge, nothing else, and if I were to put an edging as in the picture, it would need to be 6'-6" of bed area, with the stones being outside that line. Normally, if I have a hedge, there is also some groundcover in front of it, requiring the bed to be even larger in order to accommodate. Second, and maybe you're going to do this anyway, but the stones look ragged -- like they were just dumped -- if they are sitting above the ground. The should be embedded in the soil with just their top surface showing ... probably not more than 2" above grade, the tops as level and in line as you can make them. (A stretched mason's line would make a good guide.) Third, the bed layout itself should be accommodating a landscape that is designed to flatter the house. Your design of a bed that is a uniform, unvarying distance from the house is not allowing for any variation from plain and maybe boring ... like to accommodate a small tree. The tall house needs some -- at least one -- tree(s) in order to look integrated into its surroundings....See MoreOrdering Roses... Thoughts on the following roses.
Comments (25)Chey, I have tried or have all the roses on your list and they're all worth a try in zone 6. The ones that I've been unsuccessful at overwintering in zone 5, and might be small or slow to recover from winter in zone 6 are: Blossomtime, Chartreuse de Parme (even in my zone 6 spot), Buxom Beauty, La Rose de Molinard, and surprisingly Ilse Krohn Superior. Clarence House hasn't been through a winter yet, but I have high hopes for him. Yolande d'Aragon has now survived in my zone 6 pocket and she's staying because of the potential for those vivid highly scented blooms, but she stands out to me for the astonishing persistence of the "damask crud" on her leaves even though I'm usually oblivious to leaf spots and other irregularities. From mid-summer on, I have to regard her leaves as at least partly brown (not blackspot, but the brown splotchiness that damasks and HPs can get), and we don't have particularly high disease pressure in NE because we're relatively dry. Louise Odier has survived several zone 5 winters but doesn't grow very tall or bloom very often. When she does, the blooms are lovely. Sonnenwelt is still a bit new for me too, but I've already seen some blooms on that one and it looks very promising as a rose in the first year. "Keepers" for me would be enthusiastic thumbs up for Bliss and Jacques Cartier, both of which put out puffy pink blossoms off and on all summer with good health and hardiness. JC being a good bit taller than the compact Bliss. I am one of those that likes Madame Anisette and I agree that she needs a few years to grow into her best characteristics. She blooms reasonably well and often in part sun, which already endears her to me. Kiss Me Kate is also new for me in spring, and I'm expecting her to mature slowly as well. I've heard that her blooms nod a lot, but as a climber that's not always a bad thing. And I had a fleeting moment with Augusta Luise from Vintage some years ago but she wasn't particularly hardy in our winters. I have successfully ordered her along with the other raving AL maniacs this spring, and she gets the most protected of my tea rose spots accordingly. Cynthia...See More
nummykitchen
8 years ago
kublakan
8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
8 years agoSara-Ann Z6B OK
8 years agoPrettypetals_GA_7-8
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mustbnuts zone 9 sunset 9
8 years ago
Lesley McClave
8 years agokentucky_rose zone 6
8 years ago
Jasminerose, California, USDA 9b/Sunset 18
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoI just ordered Eden climbing rose. I'm not sure if you can call it a whim, because I've been admiring Eden (Pierre de Ronsard) since last May when I saw it at Huntington Gardens. It took my breath away. I've been debating about this rose ever since, because although beautiful, thrips are reported to love it. But when I saw that Heirloom Roses had Eden in stock, I ordered it! It ships in February.
rosecanadian
8 years agoSara-Ann Z6B OK
8 years agoJasminerose, California, USDA 9b/Sunset 18
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