Lynchburg, VA. Old Rose day (and rose sale)
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Garden Symposium & Rose Festival at Lynchburg's Old City Cemetery
Comments (10)Hi Connie, I'm still planning to be there the 6th and 8th. I'm soooo looking forward to it. Today was Home and Garden Day here in Lynchburg and I had looked forward to it since last year. DH got sick last week and had surgery Thursday. We are still in the hospital, so.... I missed the tour. He is doing well and if he continues to improve we may be home by the weekend. I'm so thankful he came through ok. He has been through so much health-wise in the last 2 years. Hopefully he will be with me at the Festival. I feel the same way you do...Is it May yet? BTW.. DH and I were talking today and we are going shopping for flowers as soon as he feels up to it to make up for missing the Garden tour. YEA!!!! Plus, you know I've got to buy roses at the festival ;o) The only downer to all of this is DH won't be able to dig ANY holes for all of these plants. Wonder how much I have to pay 16 year old DS to dig! lol See ya there, Betty...See MoreLynchburg's Old City Cemetery
Comments (10)"Maybe we can all wear a rose in our lapel or something so we can recognize each other." We'll do better than that. When the date is posted, we'll make plans to actually meet up -- instead of trying to rely on finding the other GWers. I left with hips from Old Blush in one pocket and Blossomtime in the other. The seeds from both are safely tucked into the crisper in the 'fridge. This is the first year I will have tried to grow rose seedlings -- we'll see what happens. It was the low winter sun that made the chestnut rose hip so dramatic. and the shallow depth of field blurred the background away to accentuate the subject. I forgot to show you the structures they use at the cemetery to keep some of the larger roses upright. Rebar semi-circles with legs attached keep the roses tight against the wall (or fence). I'm storing this info away in case I need it later. Connie...See MoreSeeking zone 6ish container rose for all day sun-Roses Unlimited sale
Comments (15)To echo Jeri's comments, I don't think Sophie's Perpetual is a good fit for zone 6-ish. I put a free one from the Rogue Valley mystery roses into my virtual zone 6 pocket in my yard, and it sort of limped by after a very mild winter last year and totally disappeared this year. I think it's marginally hardy in zone 6, and better in zone 7.If it's in a container, you lose a virtual zone of winter protection and so you'd be a virtual zone 5 in a pot and not a good fit for Sophie's Perpetual. Pink Pet is the only China-type rose that survives well for me, but it's more of a Polyantha than a China in effect and it doesn't climb or get much beyond 3-4' for me. If you're looking for something from the RU sale that would climb well in zone 5, Awakening is rock solid hardy and has lovely pink flowers. It blooms just fine in part shade, and the only concern might be that it gets too big for even a half whiskey barrel. Mine was pretty thorny too. Among hybrid musks, only Lavender Lassie would be reasonably hardy in zone 5 and it would be a good fit for part shade. the mini climber Jeanne LaJoie survives fine in a typical zone 5 winter and is a much better fit for a pot. I think she'd do OK in part sun, though any rose blooms less in part sun. Antique 89 and Harlekin are both nicely hardy but they do die to the ground in my zone 5 and they only bloom sporadically in the year for me. Mine aren't particularly happy in part sun. Viking Queen survives fine in zone 5 but seems to die to the ground each year so you wouldn't necessarily get a ton of bloom. Veilchenblau would be an absolute trooper and climb or bush out huge in no time, and it's in dry shade under my oak tree. It's a once bloomer but gorgeous lush blooms for several weeks once established - here's mine in more or less full bloom with an admiring bunny that my daughter pointed out: Purple Splash and Stormy Weather both seem to survive OK in zone 5 and regrow from the ground reasonably well, so they'd be worth a try if you want the purple striped climbers. I haven't overwintered Quicksilver yet but the odds are good that it will be a good one for winter survival, being a Kordes. Paulspride is the only other rose listed as a climber on the RU sale that survives the winters well for me. Ghislaine Feligonde comes back reasonably well but it has tiny while flat blooms that aren't the attractive shapes others have, and I'm wondering if mine is the correct ID. Among the Austins, most of them are hardy but the ones that tend to be climbers on the RU sale list are the ones that survive the least for me - I can't keep Golden Celebration overwintered, nor Strawberry Hill or James Galway. Lady of Shalott is rock solid hardy as is Scepter'd Isle, Carding Mill and Heritage, but they get at most 5-6' tall by the end of spring since Austins rarely have surviving cane for me. Crown Princess Margareta is a climber and hardy, but I never get blooms from mine without surviving cane and it never has any. Rebecca in zone 5 has tons though and lovely blooms from hers. For other OGRs, Baronne Prevost and Mme. Isaac Periere are both fully hardy here, though BP would be better for a pot. She does Ok in part sun for me but would bloom more in sun. MIP prefers sun and doesn't bloom on new wood for me, so I don't get much bloom most years. Among shrubs, Alchymist is very hardy but a once bloomer. Autumn Sunset would survive fine in a pot and climbs well, but blooms very little in part shade for me. Belinda's Dream would survive fine and seems OK but not happy in part sun. Dames des Chenonceau is totally hardy and in my top 20-30 of roses I grow, and can be spectacular in part sun. As you move into part shade though, I'm not sure how well she'd do. Morden Sunrise is totally hardy and would be very pretty in this context, and White Meidiland would be a low-growing spreader in white and also very hardy. Among the RU sale roses, those are the ones I'd recommend for what you're asking. I'm all in favor of taking advantage of the RU sale!! Cynthia...See MoreLynchburg VA roses: May garden walks and their annual sale
Comments (6)still ann, I'm so jealous. What a great selection of roses. So happy they are continuing with it. Perhaps others on the modern rose forum would be interested if you'd care to cross-post....See Morepatty57
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