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Need advice for placement of 2 Rose of Sharons...please!!

6 years ago

I impulsively purchased 2 Lavender Chiffon rose of Sharons (proven winners) without really any planning. I've been planting a perennial bed in the front of the house (South-West facing.) All of the colors so far are cool toned pinks, blues, lavenders, purples and whites. These Rose of Sharons would've looked beautiful! But...I realized far too late that they grow quite large! My two choices so far are to plant them on their own in the backyard by the deck, or to plant them in the middle of the perennial bed behind the 3 peonies (newly planted.) I'm hesitant to plant them in the bed because of their sheer size at maturity. Maybe one? Or maybe by the mailbox? LOL I have no idea...does anyone have advice? The perennial bed is 30 feet by 12 feet (at widest, roundest point, and 30 feet by 6 feet at the rest.) Lots of lilies, salvias, agastches, 9 rose bushes (6 newly planted cherry parfaits- got these thinking they were pink, not red :(, 1 drift rose, and 1 heritage rose, 1 knockout rose.), cheddar pinks, verbenas, phlox, daylilies, sage, etc. So, there's quite a bit already there...but I'm tempted to try and squeeze at least one of these in among them. Would that be a mistake? Should I just plant them by their lonesome so their beauty can be seen from the back deck? What would you do? Thank you :)

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scgekg
6 years ago
(no expert by far) I would plant them by the peonies - they bloom much later (Z5 at least) so it would extend the time with interest and I have pruned (and the deer have pruned) them back considerably and they still bloom well. (The ROS I have a generic/ no name)
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Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
6 years ago
You don't say what zone you are in, but here in zone 7 they do grow large - like 8-10 feet tall. by 5-6 feet wide. You can, with diligent spring pruning, train them into tree form, which will allow some plants beneath them to grow. In spring you need to prune each branch to 4 nodes and remove any growth lower then what you want as the plant matures. In other words don't hack on it when it's young and just getting started. It needs the green growth to grow. Over the years you can shape it more and more as it gains maturity.......Or just put it out where it can grow without restraint...........Maryl
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