New Rose gardener in need of help!
Katie Kralovic
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New Rose Garden - Cold Climate! Help!
Comments (7)Bernadette- Welcome to the forum! I'm not in Michigan, but I've recently been asking a lot of the same questions. There's a post further down about climbing roses that I think says "zone question". The biggest difference we have is that I'm guessing you have hot, humid summers in the 90's, while Eastern Washington has hot, dry summers in the 90's. Shrub roses are great. I'm no expert, but I am really starting to like the old fashioned garden roses, since they seem to take less work. Some bloom once a year for four to six weeks, while other repeat bloom. Albas are mostly pale pink and white, gallicas come in darker pinks and purple (sometimes changing color) and damasks are usually pinks and white. Portlands, hybrid perpetuals and bourbons (I think) often rebloom. Most of them have a good fragrance, some are wonderful! Rugosas might be another possibility. They don't like to be sprayed and are winter hardy, plus they usually bloom all summer and have great hips. Some sucker, but I'm checking into some smaller ones for one area of the garden. Be careful with tea roses. There's a difference between teas and hybrid teas, which was pointed out to me a few times when I first got to the rose forums (LOL) Hybrid teas work better with our cold winters and there are so many to choose from. I like Oklahoma, Tiffany, Sweet Surrender, mostly whatever I find on sale at the garden centers, since they don't always make it through the winter. I need to work on my winter protection technique. Oh, and don't forget the David Austin roses. They look like old fashioned roses, but have a variety of colors more like hybrid teas. I found a Tamora rose (on sale) and it's beautiful. It's supposed to be apricot, but mine has a lot of pink in it, which is very pretty. Some people love them and others don't but they discuss them a lot on the antique rose forum. They're not really old roses, but they're pretty and almost all of them rebloom. I'm sure you'll get more expert advice on this question, but that's all I've learned so far. Hopefully I remembered all the info I've gotten here, correctly. :)...See MoreNew house, New garden, New roses..what's new?
Comments (33)Kristi, just thought I should mention the Kordes perfume-fest Parole, aka Buxom Beauty. Was introduced to the USA in 2008, so it may have gone under your radar. Apart from its names (Jailbait/Dumpling - yeah, good work there, Kordes Marketing Dept), this deep cerise pink rose is pretty near perfect - no spray requirements, beautiful high-centred flowers with substantial petals (HUGE blooms in cooler weather), nicely productive with a fragrance that is really intoxicating and waft-y, richly sweet but sophisticated. No cold cream or myrrh. And it cuts like a dream. I'm up to six of these. They're my battery hens for vase filling. Just sayin'....See MoreCould Use Some Help Picking Roses for New Garden
Comments (4)Hi lizalily :) You know, I LOVE apricot/peach roses, but wasn't so sure that these would look good or not. They remind me of my mom, in the sense that apricots were her favorite fruit lol. It's something else to consider for sure. I was going to add in some lime colors with the perennials for sure - hostas will be added and I'm going to be very careful about the leaf colors I choose. I think I have to lay off anymore hydrangeas at this point; I already have 6 of them, plus the tree and any more empty space needs to be for the roses and lower growing cutting flowers (I might be able to squeeze on more in somewhere, but would prefer not to)....See MoreNew to gardening, need advice on Rose bushes and Perennials
Comments (1)You might want to post your questions in the rose forum. Here is a link that might be useful: Rose Forum...See Morececily
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