Favorite No spray cold hardy Once Bloomers?
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Comments (6)North of you a bit but still without a lot of cold, my garden is home to a dozen or so once bloomers. We rarely get any actual frost, but we have more chill hours (below 40ºF) than you do in your area. They all bloom reliably but perhaps for not as long a period as they would in a cold-winter climate. Having said that, Félicité Parmentier does best of them all. This is one happy rose here. Others that have done well for me here include Léda and Konigen von Danemark. Watch Léda; it has definite runaround tendencies. Madame Plantier suffered from being overcrowded and overshadowed. I have moved it into a new spot with a trellis for support, and expect great things. None of the gallicas truly thrive, alas, and I do love then so. Charles de Mills does better than the others, but it probably has a lot of china in its background and is often called a hybrid china. Speaking of once bloomers, have you tried R Moschata? This species rose blooms here from early June until frost, if you get any frost, and otherwise until sometime in fall. By bloom I mean a nearly continuous show. Big clusters of showy singles and an amazing perfume that wafts make this rose well worth growing. It is healthy for me here. I grow it as a large, rounded, freestanding shrub. Oh, I wanted to tell you that there are some species tulips that don't need any winter chill. Many of them are tiny and none of them are truly large, but I find clusiana and saxitilis to be well worth while. Check John Scheepers's catalog for a really nice listing. Also the Old House Gardens catalog has a good selection of daffodils that do well in warm climate gardens without winter chill. Rosefolly...See MoreBa Humbug on My Once Bloomers
Comments (47)The real Northern European Once Bloomers -- Albas, Gallicas, Centifolias and the rest of the tribe -- won't bloom much here, and the don't live long, either. So I've given up on that form of frustration. And the Asian "once-bloomers" -- the banksiaes, and Fortuniana -- actually repeat a bit through the year. But we also have now a few big old Ramblers, and I don't know what they will eventually do. 'La Fraicheur,' 'Silver Moon,' 'Guadalupe Volunteer.' As the climate changes, we're beginning to get at least a little winter chill, so I'm hoping those Ramblers will someday put on a real big show in the spring. And I'd be remiss if I did not mention 'Indian Love Call,' a once bloomer that simply explodes with bloom for almost 2 months of spring, and follows up with a fall display of colored leaves. Even with a garden full of Evergreen Roses, there are some once-bloomers that fit right in. Jeri...See MoreOnce bloomers, where in garden?
Comments (18)This has been a greatly enriching thread for me. It is why I like being on this forum (and gardenweb in general). It takes me beyond the factuals of gardening and pushes me to think differently about the way I want to garden. I am starting to rethink once bloomers. Everything else in my garden is an once bloomer, often for very short periods. Just weave beloved roses into this tableau. (Easily said but not so easily done!) seattlesuze, thank you specially for all those suggestions for clematis. The only clematis I have is Nelly Moser and Montana. I am going to be adding a lot more this fall and next spring. And your Ispahan, how much space should I give it when I plant? How much combined space did you give Mme Hardy and CdN? robert, I tried growing osmantus, but it wont grow in my zone. It just gets scales when I take it in for the winter. And YES, I really want to plant some ramblers. I got into roses only when I saw these absolutely huge ramblers in full bloom on big trees in England and wild ones in the lower Himalayas. I think I am going to start a thread for some recommendations. George, for the first time I am going to plant some roses among the hydrangeas. To my mind hydrangeas like cool shady places with slightly acidic soil such as under tall trees. I would have never though roses would like such a place to grow. But I will try it anyway. Do yours bloom well amongst the hydrangeas? I am still studying all the other interesting roses mentioned above! Thank you again! K....See MoreYour favorite cold hardy orange and yellow roses
Comments (5)Easy Does It is hands down the most floriferous rose I have ever grown. It's not a vivid orange more of a saturated apricot with large frilly edged blooms. It gets some die back, I'd call it snow line hardy, but is so healthy and vigorous that it quickly makes up any loss. I'd recommend grafted. Trumpter is the most vivid red/orange I can imagine and is very hardy. It's a compact bush with fairly large blooms, a generous bloomer, tends to blackspot so does best in full sun with good air circulation or would benefit from anti-fungal spray. Oranges & Lemons is also very hardy. In my garden it wasn't the best bloomer and took up a lot for space, grew long canes acted like a short climber....See Moresmithdale1z8pnw
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