Earth Angel....is your rebloom cycle slow like mine?
Moses, Pittsburgh, W. PA., zone 5/6, USA
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Who is your re-bloom champ ??
Comments (69)Continous rebloomers have been Mutabilis, Julia Child and Burgundy Iceberg. Very prolific rebloomers have been Our Lady of Guadalupe and Abraham Darby. I have many new bands that I can't comment on yet so in a year or two the list will hopefully be much longer, especially since many of them are tea roses and noisettes. Ingrid...See MoreFlorentina rebloom
Comments (30)I might see what next Spring holds for your Florentina, Vapor. Here, it is such a no brainer I'm not sure I can add much. It sounds like Kristine's got too large. I planted mine where large is good, so no issue. I wonder if yours needs a little more time, Vapor. My summary is that it is a constantly blooming pillar type rose that I just let grow natural. The blooms last beautifully in a vase. Mine seemed a bit later starting bloom in the Spring, which was nice because it was a bit off cycle and gave lovely color when others were fading. Mine drapes gracefully. It is prickly and not much fragrance. It is had to know what you need to do yet....See MoreEarth Angel, is my past, generous praise of you misplaced?
Comments (19)Hi Moses, I just saw your response to my post, thanks for the kind words. I’m not a writer, just always (too) eager too share my opinions on roses. My Earth Angel is own root from Roses Unlimited, and I must say vigor has not been an issue. It went from scrawny band to decent sized shapely bush in one year. The vigor and health on own roots has been very good, the spring flush is wonderful, it’s just the repeat bloom that’s almost non-existent. I’d caution against trying to to bury a fortuniana grafted rose too deep. The fortuniana budded roses are usually budded very high on a long shank (both Nelson’s and K&M do this), so you’d have to dig rather deep. They also recommend you keep the graft well above the soil line because fortuniana has a tendency to produce suckers. (It suckers anyway, but those suckers would be even more prolific if buried). I think your plan of getting from Palatine on multiflora is a good one for starting off a plant with decent size. Noseometer, Earth Angel has a spicy scent to me, similar to Blossomtime, definitely no wet newspaper or dog scent here, lol. Jen, I think Jude has one of the most amazing scents, mixed sugared tropical fruits with rose perfume. Funny how noses are so different. Even it’s first year when I didn’t really like the blooms, I was definitely keeping him just for the scent. Both the blooms and the scent are wonderful this year. It’s La Park that smells like Eau de Damp Basement to me....See MoreRoses that DON'T cycle through quickly
Comments (19)Carol: The info. I wrote above for Diane about Lily Miller for tomatoes NPK 5-10-10 AFTER spring .. that worked better than Rose Tone NPK 4-3-2 or Plant Tone NPK 5-3-3. I trust your info. of worm castings of NPK 5-5-3 MORE than other sources of NPK 1-0-0. Worm compost is rich in trace elements (60 micronutrients) ... great idea to add potassium !! Right now my St. Cecilia (own-root Austin rose) is very pale & leaves turn ugly & plant shrunk after I used alkaline-tap water at pH 9. But own-root French rose like Firefighter LOVE IT, breaking out in 3 buds. Double-delight (grafted on Dr.Huey), and own-roots: Rouge Royal, Baronne de Rothschild, La Reine, Munstead Wood, Bolero, Golden Celebration love alkaline-tap-water at pH 9: healthy leaves & more blooms in 3 weeks of no rain. For tiny own-roots I use MG-SOLUBLE for roses with NPK 18-24-16, high phosphorus is useful for YOUNG own-roots for more branching and thicker roots. After a few years their roots get chunky & woody and I switch to more potassium for better health. I tested high-phosphorus SOLUBLE fertilizer NPK 10-52-10 in petunias in pots, versus one without. Petunia bloomed lots, but the leaves got ugly with sun-burns (brown edges from phosphorus burns). In late fall I took the petunia out, the roots were so thick & encircled around the pot like a fibrous basket. Its roots got hardened & won't decompose like the one without high phosphorus .. I had to chop it up with a shovel....See More
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