Growth of own root Earth Song?
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jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoThe one D. Ko we have here that has not grown much in 4 years is finally taking off! I may not have to replace it next year after all... :-)
Recent Earthsong bloom...
jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoNot much has happened since I transplanted Earthsong to a new location on July 2nd Sara Ann...I plucked off all his BS leaves which was all of them before I moved him...ES grew back its leaves and had like 3 blooms and that's about it so I'm guessing he is concentrating on growing some big roots...One good thing ES leaves are very clean right now going into fall so that's a plus...(last fall ES was a BS fest)... I'll know more about his disease resistance HERE in the future...
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Comments (23)jleak: No, I prune differently for each variety. Over the years I have found Earth Song does best if pruned hard. Technically, I think Earth Song is classed as a grandiflora. Kentucky_rose: I believe vase life is average. I will say the flowers look good at all stages, from bud to fully open. And petals usually fall cleanly. But each bloom will form a hip, so I pinch off the deadheads to encourage repeat. It is a great long-lived rose. After 25 years, the thicket of canes from the base is so dense, I could probably divide it like a perennial, maybe using a chainsaw!...See MoreEarth Song, et. al.
Comments (3)Polarstern is subject to getting blackspot. I spray. It has upright growth. In my climate in NE Iowa it grows 5' tall. It is very hardy - I don't give it winter protection. It is scented. I have two, one was bought as a grafted rose bush. I managed to root the other. The grafted rose bush is a prolific bloomer. It blooms like a grandiflora, although this winter was hard on it. I am getting fewer sprays of blooms this summer. It blooms almost continuously -- although the past 10-years since Japanese beatles became so prolific, they munched on it continuously. This year I don't have so many of those bugars, so at least I can see the blooms it does get. My rooted version of Polarstern blooms less prolifically, more like a hybrid tea, which is how this bush is classified by ARS....See Morejim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoActually Earthsong has done well this year so far... Lots of thrips but that cleared up in late July...ES bloomed well and put on some good growth...
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoThe spot I have Earth Song is has big plants blocking the airflow all around it. I think that's why it doesn't do well. I will try to find it a better place.
Jim for you it is a grand Flora /HT for me it's a petite Flora/HT. Oht ohh. My Earth song has sang it's last note. Oops. It is 50% defoliated.
All my other roses are 6' tall and healthy around Earth Song. It's next to phlox also.
I am looking forward to releasing the nematodes in September to get the Midges. I think that will work best for reducing the population of the midges. It will surely make me feel better knowing that I have soldier bugs working for me. I think I might get the one with all three Sf Sc Hb again from nature's good guys.
I won't complain. That's the Dbl Knockout in front and the Phlox in back.
jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
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6 years agoSara-Ann Z6B OK
6 years agoHere's an update on my Earth Song. Still rather small, but has put on some new growth recently and has had quite a few blooms this year. The one here is probably the best one so far. I've really admired yours, Jim.
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6 years agoSara-Ann Z6B OK thanked jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoJust snapped this full bush photo today of ES... A bit nippy out there today... In the 50's here at noon...
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6 years agoEarthsongs pumping out some large blooms this time of year... :-)
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5 years agojim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoThanks for update Sara Ann! I hope yours continues to improve! I've noticed some roses like it here some just do not...
Ours just started blooming but getting waterlogged from rains/thunderstorms...Go figure....lol
Friday JUNE 1st pic...
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5 years agojim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoI'm very impressed with earthsong this year Sara Ann! Its still blooming since May and has outbloomed all our roses this year... I hope yours does the same thing....
Today: Rain got these blooms...Like 3 inches of rain in past few days...
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5 years agoYesterday was a rainy day here, so I didn’t spend much time outdoors, but checked out my roses this morning.
Here is a beautiful bloom of Earth Song, probably the best one it’s had!
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoEarthsong still blooming strong... I'm just in shock with its performance this year!
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoI get more blooms here just removing the spent bloom itself... Maybe it depends on the rose???
Took this pic yesterday...
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5 years agoMy ES has had quite a few blooms lately, just removed several spent blossoms. I noticed it has a new shoot on it with about ten buds. It’s bloomed more this season than all the other seasons put together!
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5 years agoSara-Ann Z6B OK thanked jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
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5 years agoThanks!
If you can imagine my Earth Song about one fourth the size it is here, that’s how much it has grown this year. I took this picture this morning.
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5 years agoAll is good! :-) That other post was one that kept disappearing then reappeared...lol...That's why there was two postings Sara Ann...
Our Earthsong had most of its blooms wiped off the bush by heavy rains and high winds... We recently got 7 inches of rain in 3 days... It was at the peak of its flush but you can't do anything about mother nature...lol
I have some young (non) rose shrubs planted that will fill in those bare spaces in the next couple years...Getting rid of that swimming pool later this year also...lol...
jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
5 years agoHope your not upset with me Sara Ann... I made one posting and it disappeared so I made another shorter post...Now I see the first posting I made was posted multiple times??? Wow Houzz get your act together! Sorry about that...
Our Earthsongs still doing well... Disease resistance is holding up well so far here No spray...
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