Rosette Delizy
There have been several mentions of this rose on here lately, in more than one thread. I just wanted everyone to know that in my Northern SF Bay Area garden (zone 9, hot dry summers & cool wet winters), mine is very happy. I just took this picture this morning - it is finishing its Fall flush. My DH, who is a retired general contractor, says that from the ground to the highest blooms (all of which I could not fit into the second pic below) it is at least 10 1/2 feet tall. Just wanted those of you who may live in similar climates to know - this is NOT a "3-4 feet tall" rose! It is about 8 feet wide, also. It achieved about this size by its third year. It is now about 8-10 years old (time flies when you are having fun!).
The blooms on mine are always spectacularly colored and lovely.
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Comments (5)Lisa, Rosette Delizy is a rose I bought because she has an upright form (rather than wide and sprawling). She has only been in for about six months and so I can't really give you any other information - but her flowers are lovely - in muddled shades of pink, yellow and apricot cheers Deryn...See MoreRosette Delizy or Grandmother's Hat
Comments (5)Jim - I live in San Rafael, CA, and I grow both of these roses. I think either would do well in your garden. My only doubt would be that you say the space gets misted daily. My Grandmother's Hats (I have several - did you know that they will root if you just stick pruning cuttings in the ground? It's true!) get horrible "damask crud", which I am told is a form of BS, in the Spring. That is, if we have a wet Spring. Totally coated with it. I have to cut off all of the leaves, and cut the plants way down to get rid of it. As soon as they weather becomes warm and dry (which as you know is a period of at least 6 months here) they are totally healthy and happy with not a sign of any disease (I don't spray). So, I do not know what their reaction would be to being constantly misted. My Rosette Delizy never gets any disease, no matter how cool or wet our Springs are. Color - totally different, as you know. Matter of taste. Habit - RD is more tall and upright. My mature one is 7-8 feet tall and then filled out to about 5-6 feet wide. I think GH can be pruned to be almost any shape/size you want. I have one I have not pruned (once it re-grew after its Spring haircut), and it is about 7 feet tall and 6 feet wide. I have another one which I keep about 4 feet tall with no problem. Re alkaline soil, I have no idea, as we don't have that. Jeri does, I believe, so I would go with whatever she says. Jackie...See MoreRosette Delizy
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Comments (41)I think you're right, Lisa. I tried the smaller petaled Noisettes in Encino, the same zone as you are in, though in a different spot in CA than you are, and the flower petals fried as they opened. I had a client who grew one in Stevenson Ranch in the Santa Clarita Valley (Zone 9a). The plant grew like oatmeal on a two year old and flowered heavily, but the flowers fried as they opened. Those small, soft petals demand protection from the intense heat and UV or they fry quickly. Having some sort of shade to protect them would definitely help. The plants, themselves, were great. I just never got to enjoy the blooms. They were consistently "potpourri"....See More
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7 years agoThis is a wonderful rose with lovely fragrance but it does seem to be very picky with the climate/conditions.
I've been trying to grow it in a pot in my cool climate but after three not very succesful seasons I'm about to give up on it. Growth has been healthy and it has produced a decent amount of buds but the flowers almost always balls and fails to open. Could this possibly get better with age?
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7 years agolast modified: 7 years ago- 7 years ago
Yes, I overwinter it in my frost free garage (it definitely wouldn't make it through the winter in full ground here) so I thought I would have an outside chance to grow it, but you're probably right Nik, although I move it under roof when it rains the climate here is most likely just too humid in general.
I grow another tea rose though, and this one opens it's flowers just fine, Souvenir de Gilbert Nabonnand:
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