Hello all, I have 3 mystery roses for you!
#1 This rose is a once & early bloomer, at least it was for me in my new garden this year. it appears to be very vigorous, grows very tall long canes . When I see pictures of it I think I can smell it because thats how memorable its smell was, I thought I knew what roses smelled like before, but this rose's fragrance is frankly overpowering, it's very very strong! Please tell me as much as you can, I was completely enchanted by this rose this past spring, even though it only bloomed once!
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7 years agoerin sos (5b/6a) Central/West. Mass thanked David_ in NSW Australia z8b/9aerin sos (5b/6a) Central/West. Mass
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoI think you all nailed it with Constance Spry! Now for Mystery Rose #2! I hope it's ok if I put this in the same thread, I couldn't edit the original post so just let me know if you think I need to make a new post.
This rose is growing in an interesting situation and because of that I didn't find it until the 2nd early fall after I moved into my house. It absolutely pops in the fall and because of where it is it blooms even in the snow!!! I'm not sure if it was done on purpose or if it's an accident but I'd love not only an id but also opinions on what I should do with him too please! Should I move him to a sunnier spot? Should I keep him where he is and prune back the Japanese Maple a lot more? He's obviously being protected by the maple in the winter and I believe I might've had more blooms maybe even into Jan. if I had protected him from the rabbits.
As far as the bloom, it's a very vibrant red with a touch of white towards the middle or on the edge of some of the petals? It's hard to describe but there is at least one tiny stripe of white in there on every bloom. I think it has a chalice shape but I'm going to defer to you, the experts on that! Here he is:
The most current shot:
A few in fall when I could get closer to him:
And winter during a snow storm:
During our first big snow last winter I was walking around my gardens taking picture of my last blooms completely covered in a heavy snow and ice when I saw a red, red bloom practically glowing in all of that white. I was totally not expecting this! It was absolutely enchanting. I probably could've gotten better pictures of it in the snow, but it was literally snowing when I took these pictures, plus it was in Dec. and we don't have a lot of light here at that time. Really it's quite breathtaking to see nothing but white in a landscape and this red rose peeking out! Unfortunately the deer or rabbits found it equally attractive because they ate it down to a nub the night after I took those last pictures, But it came right back this spring (see first picture).
erin sos (5b/6a) Central/West. Mass
6 years agoAnd here is Mystery Rose #3, which I want to put here before I forget seeing as I started this thread in January! #3 is a very healthy disease resistant rose. She lives underneath the canopy of a tall serviceberry that was plagued with cedar-Quince Rust last spring and had nary a spot on her! Every time the wind blowed it was raining orange spiny galls directly on top of this rose all summer and fall and she never showed signs of it then or now. She's had no blackspot or cercospora or mildew or anything else as well. That's without spraying. She's my only rose, besides Mystery #2, that did not suffer a powdery mildew outbreak this past fall. All my other "disease resistant" roses succumbed.
About her bloom: it's a very soft pink, her habit seems to me to be a rambler or climber? I tied some of her shoots down to some posts the past two seasons and she grew vertical shoots from those branches that have filled in nicely. She is a repeat bloomer, blooms in flushes. She has some scent but not a lot?
this last one is the most recent pick and you can she she's throwing up some pretty tall canes that I'm not sure what to do with.
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