IDs needed: collection of roses at 100+ year old house
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Comments (4)It blooms white on Father's Day and My Father's BDay, August 17th-ish. Very hardy, insect/disease resistant and doesn't require much attention, other than a Spring cutback. I'll post pics when I get some blooms :D...See Morenewly inherited 100+ year old roses advice
Comments (26)Most roses put out a big flower show in June. If they produce flowers then and later, they are referred to as repeaters. So your roses presumably bloomed in June, and are blooming again now. It sounds like the old photos would have been taken around the late 20's. However, there is room for doubt whether or not those are the same roses that are currently there. B & W photos are nasty things to try and interpret, IME. Red roses read the same as leaves. White, pink, and yellow roses all look almost the same. Sometimes you'll get a profile view of the flower, so you can at least get an idea of how big it is, and maybe the general form, but most of the relevant information is size and general growth habit of the plant. That helps with general class, but is rarely enough to pin down a specific variety. Williamsport looks to be just cold enough that it is unlikely they are old HTs....See MoreHardi board for a 100 year old wood sided home?
Comments (11)Estimate for Hardie? I didn't but only b/c we got got the painting done for "only" $8k (note that I have a dutch colonial: brick 1st floor, only painting to be done was 2nd floor (white cedar shingles) and tiny kitchen porch railings and 6 window shutters.) This was after estimates for $15k and $12k IIRC. If we were planning to stay here long term I'd definitely reside next time. (Would research to see whats new first. There's a faux cedar shingle called "Cedar Impressions" another 1920s house used. They also have color choices like Hardieboard. That home looks new still - been at least 5 years since they resided. In another part of my town with tear downs/new construction: all have composite siding - so I'd go find out what they have. I don't ever see new builds with wood siding here.) As I get older anything I can do to make maintenance easier/less often is worth considering. I'd guess that the labor hours for residing is similar to that of painting - so probably wouldn't cost that much more. (Labor is, by far, the biggest cost to paint - sounds like in your area too as goodness knows paint doesn't cost $15k.) But finding a skilled carpenter is probably harder than finding a painter here....See MoreRevitalizing a Rose Collection, Rose ID Help Needed
Comments (7)I'll be negative help. Do you have a master list of what is supposed to be there? The last one isn't a gallica, but looks like some sort of rugosa hybrid. I also don't think the next to last one is Darlow's Enigma. The growth habit looks all wrong to me, since DE isn't really a climber, but an extremely awkward shrub. It also has some of the most vicious thorns I've run into in the sense that is captures its prey and doesn't let go, rather like recurved shark teeth. Somewhere around here is a tutorial on how to take pictures for rose IDs. In general, photos of thorns, leaves, petioles and peduncles are more informative than flower pictures. Is it possible the second rose is a Morden? It doesn't look or sound like an Alba to me....See Morepugetsoundgardener
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