Blown away by blossomtime
This rose I've had for 2 years , purchased at petals from the past in Alabama . I had it potted for one season , then planted it in my new garden , then last year it was swallowed by Bermuda and poke weed . This year I got my butt in gear and for the most part the area is cleaned out . Still some dead Bermuda to clean out but much improved over last year . My point of all this back ground , is that I never had much of a glimps of its potential . I am so so wowed by this rose ! I need to tie up the canes when it is done with this flush . It is so heartbreakingly beautiful !! I cannot wait until it is a large specimen .
These flowers look like ladies deep in gossip :
This is its home , between a honeysuckle and a dwarf butterfly bush . I realize it's going to be a spectacular mess , the 3 of them fighting for space !
I feel like my pictures don't do it an ounce of justice . It's just so beautiful.
Please, if you also grow it , share pictures !! I'd love to see more of it .
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Comments (9)I can't answer about the hereditary factor--to my knowlege, I'm the only one who's had them in my family. But tendancies toward so many conditions do seem to be passed down through families. It's true that some stones are of a composition that makes them more resistant to blasting--from what I've read, at least. Sandi, I'm wondering what kind of machine you had your lithotripsy with? Was it the one that used a vat of water? From what I've heard, with that one, they also injected a lot of novocaine around the kidney (I've been told that was the source of the bruising with those machines). The machine I was treated on is a Dornier Delta Lithotripter. You merely lay up against a fluid-filled cushion, there's no novocaine (you're anesthetized into a very relaxing, restful napping state). At one point, this time, I could hear the conversations going on around me, but there was no pain, no sensation of any kind, actually. With this type of machine, there's no bruising--my side was very faintly pink, but that's all. Oh, and this machine blasts the stone with 1500-2500 shock waves. Since you said you had your last litho 4 years ago, I am wondering if it was on one of the older type? And if maybe you'd have better luck--and more comfort--with one of the newer versions if it's available in your area? Both my procedures were extremely comfortable. First stone was about the size of a small (Jelly Belly-type) jelly bean. This one is maybe half or a third of that. Really wasn't urgent that I have this one done--it wasn't causing any problems, but since we'd already met our deductible, it just made sense to go ahead (only cost me $83 this time). I've heard people who swear by Lithotripsy, and those who have had problems, but I have wondered if we're comparing apples (newer machines) to oranges (older ones)?...See MoreBlossomtime
Comments (37)I still have my Blossomtime on the arch. It is doing a little better since I had a maple tree cut down. I also put an own-root one in a large pot next to a fence. I think it's in its third year and is doing pretty well in the pot. The pot is in shade but the plant reaches over the fence into sun. I may have taken the bottom out of the pot so it can freely root into the ground. i don't remember. But if you have a spot that is too hard to dig, one option is to grow a rose in a pot and let it root through the hole. The roots often will penetrate the soil in the tough spot and some can do surprisingly well. I really like your picture of your shrub Blossomtime, Pat bama. It is gorgeous as a shrub. My Blossomtime is kind of bs prone but not extremely and does better with morning sun to dry the leaves....See More
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8 years agoLike the older roses, Blossomtime has thin petals which can go limp in the hot sun and so likes to have some shade. It grows very well in my PNW garden in all day filtered sun. I have grown another with just 4 hours of morning sun. This rose also needs a helping hand to organize the way it grows or it just sends out thin type canes in any direction, which when flowering, will flop down at the tips and the rose ends up looking like it has a hangover.
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8 years agoBlossomtime has good vigor own-root but like many own-root plants will do better potted up once , maybe twice before planting in the ground. When a small plant stalls out in the ground I dig it up, pot it up, and often it will do better when it eventually goes in the ground again. A grafted one will be faster though. Here is another picture from a couple of days ago, blooms facing all which way:
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7 years agoLaurie I have seen both the cabbage and hybrid tea look on mine , so I believe it is typical ! Thank you , I love the view too and the wild life it encourages!
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7 years agoLily, Your place is SO beautiful!!! My Blossomtime is own root, but still very vigorous. I'm growing mine as a shrub rather than a climber, and as oldrosarian said, it can kinda look like it has a hangover...but LOVE it nonetheless. Mine is in full sun and does repeat decently...not as strong as its spring flush, but regularly has a good number of blooms throughout the summer. Its blooms can be quartered, high centered, nodding, outward or upward facing...usually some of all at the same time. At several years old now, it is about 5 ft tall and about twice as wide. Here's mine last month:
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