Thanks Moses. I'm looking for some yellow/peach roses to compliment Kordes Florentina. Apricot Candy seems like a winner!! Is yours own root? How tall does she get?

Sharon

Sharon,

This is my Apricot Candy's first year in my garden. It went in as soon as it was safe in early spring. I planted it right into the ground. It was a tiny, but very healthy own root liner, about 6" tall, skipping a 'grown-on' in a 2 gal. pot for its first year, as is often done with such a small bugger. It didn't sulk. It took off!

It just finished its third flush. Its height before dead heading the other day was 18", now about 14". The flowers were huge for such a young bush, and not 'baby rose bloom' looking at all. This surprised me, since such young bushes often take a year or two to get it right, flower wise.

I don't expect Apricot Candy to get big and columnar like so many hybrid teas. In my garden it looks like it will be about 3.5' tall and 2.5' wide, maybe a little less. It has thrown no wild canes like as many Kordes and Austin roses do. Everything is nice and controlled with plenty of buds forming.

No black spot so far on AC. I usually spray faithfully. This year's spray schedule got off to a good start, but I have not sprayed for BS for a month. Consequently, my minifloras and minis are dropping yellow, spotted leaves left and right, but not any other roses including squeaky clean Apricot Candy. Black Spot pressure is intense here. I just sprayed this morning.

Moses

I got my Bolero from amazon. Grown by Stargazer nursery

They grow organically and it was a beautiful healthy band.

Moses thanks for the info. I think Stargazer Perennials is the same company as Fresh Garden Living on Etsy. The prices and photos are identical. I've bought several roses from FGL. They are small but extremely healthy. All are growing beautifully. I just purchased two Kordes 'Crazy Love' from Karyn that I should be getting early next week.

I don't spray so it's encouraging to hear how clean 'Apricot Candy' island how steady a bloomer.

Sharon

I couldn't find it

I see it, it's still there Kristine. I ordered my Quicksilver from Stargazer Perennials. It's healthy and growing well! Lisa

Moses:

I've been meaning for some time to ask if you could take a look at the pictures I posted last year http://forums2.gardenweb.com/discussions/4174576/anyone-recognize-this-floriferous-highly-disease-resistant-rose?n=12 of an unknown rose - do you think it is Apricot Candy?

The most recent photo of AC at HMF, uploaded July 5, looks just like my unknown. Ditto for some of the AC photos pat_bama posted on the other AC discussion you started recently. I had called it a floribunda, but I might have been wrong. Taller than wide; 22 petals. The specimen I described was/is highly disease resistant in humid NJ with no care, and very prolific.

Also: an opinion, please, on the likelihood of a HT OR liner in 4" pot, planted in ground in early/mid August, surviving the winter here in northern NJ?

Lisa, how did you go to the site? I Googled Amazon I Googled Amazon Stargazer roses and still didn't find it how did you find it

Make that planted in mid/later August (Amazon indicates delivery Aug 15-18 if ordered tonite, for the $20 price). And in a 2.5 inch (x 5 inch deep) pot.

Rifis,

When I plant a liner this late, I regret it. I've done it enough to learn a hard lesson. Even heavily winterized late planted roses often are found dead under the mulch by spring, or dead to the ground. The survivors come back very slowly and may even die a couple months later.

My success rate with planting even 2+ gallon roses from late summer on is very low. They struggle through winter even with heavy winterization, and come spring the struggle continues all season long. At the end of the growing season they often look like they did at the same time a year earlier. Nothing was gained, and a year lost. However they now usually go through winter very well and take of nicely come spring that year.

When potted stock is gotten this late I have learned to grow it in its pot until next spring. I always endeavor to get all roses, potted or bare root, into the rose bed as early in the spring as possible. Later acquisitions grow in their pots all summer. Then I store them in my fruit cellar over winter. Others may have winter quarters like a shed, or unheated garage. I manage these stored roses much like folks do who grow roses in cold climates, whose cultural practice is to grow them in pots all the time.

Every containerized rose I buy from now until spring stays in its container until spring, popped into my fruit cellar about early November, where it sits in a suspended state of growth until spring.

Any actively growing rose I purchase during the cold time of the year normally goes right into my fruit cellar. This way I can acquire roses at any time of the year.

I have occasionally purchased an actively growing rose in the dead of winter, and instead of popping it into my fruit cellar, I let it grow all winter at a sunny window, mostly if it arrives as a poor specimen. I judge its survival rate to be better left to keep growing. However, the better method is to let it go to sleep in the fruit cellar. Growing during the winter on a windowsill makes for weak growth; there's no advantage to it except in some cases as stated above.

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Your photo is of a remarkable rose. It does look like Apricot Candy, but I still cannot say for sure. Everything seems to match, but placing a bona fide AC next to your rose rose would be the ideal way to tell for sure. Sorry to not be of any real help. Whatever the case may be, its a great looking rose!

Moses

Kristine,

I am so sorry! Apricot Candy was removed from Amazon, that quickly! I just checked. I'll bet someone bought out their current stock, fast.

Moses

To all,

Please accept my apology for announcing the availability of Apricot Candy on Amazon at this time. It was removed by Amazon! It could have sold out quickly. I'm really sorry!

Moses

No problem Moses, I appreciated the heads up

Kristine, I'm SO sorry that I didn't return to this post and see your reply in time! It was still available when I posted that comment. We had a BBQ, and I got busy. Were you able to get to Amazon and see the other roses that Stargazer carries? They regularly sell out of one kind and then offer it again soon. Let me know if you can't find any of their roses, and I'll tell you how to find the list. Then you can keep your eye out for Apricot Candy. Lisa

No problem at all. I can get it at a later time.

I just purchased apricot candy from freshgardenliving on etsy same people as stargazer perennials, just purchased today there is only one left.

Can't beat the price 19.99 free shipping.

And it is available on Amazon

Kristine, how is your bolero doing now? I ordered it from Etsy ( first one from Etsy) and am really excited!

Bolero is a Rock star. I have 3 now and they are all fab! One started out as a one cane wonder. I was even told that the one cane was doomed to certain death. All 3 are so beautiful.

You will absolutely love Bolero and I bet that one wont be enough lol

Moses -- thank you for posting this rose source. You really started something here! I ended up ordering a Bolero,although I'm leery of its disease resistance, and I also ordered a Dee-lish -- who can resist ADR health AND fragrance?

Sunny, you're very welcome.

Kristine, I have 3 Boleros and am thinking I need more!

Yes, Bolero is a blooming machine, and super fragrant. It does get black spot here in the N. East, unfortunately. It pushes out flowers incredibly quickly, not really in flushes, but contnually. Bolero laughs at heat here, too, along with Apricot Candy.

Right now, July 22, 2020, Apricot Candy is the ONLY rose that has taken the excessive heat very well and has been the best bloomer of the season's second flush. Bolero is right behind Apricot Candy in putting out the bloons.

I would plant more Apricot Candy bushes if it was black spot free, which fungus it does get, not in epic proportions, but if not sprayed, leaf drop is sufficient to weaken it. fungus

Ah!, the pursuit of the perfect rose goes on, although Apricot Candy is still a wonderful rose.

Thorntorn

I purchased two boleros from etsy this year, so far both have put out several blooms.

Kinda bummed to hear about the black spot it gets in the north east though.

Hard finding roses here that dont.

Although so far bolero is the only one of all the bands i purchased this year that didn't develop any black spot after this week of rain we recently had and high humidity.

My blue for you bands and tequila supreme on the other hand are having a rough time.