Hope someone here can identify this pretty little rose -
maire_cate
6 years ago
We just moved into an over 55 community and this pretty little rose is blooming in my front yard.
I really love it and I'd like to learn more so that I can give it proper care.
I tried to get a photo that captures all the different colors on the rose bush. The buds are deep yellow and as the flower opens it it takes on a soft pink blush and as it starts to lose petals it's nearly all pink.
It seems fairly disease resistant - the leaves look nearly perfect and the previous owner had neglected it for a few years. We're either going to prune it or transplant it because it's growing over the front sidewalk.
I noticed that the new growth doesn't seem to have any thorns but there are thorns on the older, thicker stems. We've hired a landscaper to improve the foundation plantings and she wasn't sure what it was - she suggested a Knock Out but I had Knock Outs at my previous home and even the Sunny Knock Out didn't resemble this.
And idea what this might be?
Thanks - Maire
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Comments (5)Reseeds in gardens here, even naturalized to a limited extent - even approaching the edge of a freeway south of Seattle. So, it may pop up here and there in your area also....See MoreHoping someone can ID these peppers
Comments (6)Some chocolates can have a bitter aftertaste,most I've had don't. I use the bitter ones for fruit salsas-the sweet balances things out. In general they have a strong Chinense flavor with a little to a lot more heat. There are too many vesions/strains to tell you what you'll get. They can take a long time to get ripe. Frost warnings.Whats that? 105 here yesterday.Cooled to about mid 90's today.Was 93 at 6pm today.High 70's to low 80's right now at 9:30 pm. A lot of people this year had no growing season it seems. Cold spring and early fall. Back east some couldn't put the plants out until almost July. Colorado had a snowstorm yesterday acording to the news. Southern California weather is ok by me most of the time. Too bad it's the land of fruits and nuts(Hollywierd,San Francisco and Sacramento...: )...See MoreCan someone identify this David Austin rose?
Comments (14)I'm late to the party, but it's not often I can offer any help from my small selection of full grown roses. So many of mine are still babies. Any way I agree. That's the first thing I thought of when I saw the picture. Darcy Brussell. My DB is about 3 years old. She has turned out to be my smallest DA rose, bush wise. She's about 3' high by about 4 1/2' wide. She blooms pretty often but never to the point where the bush is loaded with blooms, often 10 or 12 at a time. The scent is petty light, and I find the flowers to be on the small side. I kept thinking they would grow larger with time, feeding, or cooler temps. So far that has not happened. Do any of you who grow it find that the blooms are a bit on the small side? Now that the weather has cooled, I am seeing a few clusters of 3 at the end of canes. Darcy's blooms are a cool red with violet undertones. They last a day or three in the vase. I like her, but wish her blooms were larger, smellier and lasted longer cut. On the plus side she has come through the heat and drought unfazed, has shown not one iota of disease, and always has a bloom or two. A keeper for me!...See MoreZone 8 - I'm hoping someone could identify this plant for me.
Comments (17)I have this Asian jasmine and I hate it! It looks like yours is in a contained area, which might be better than mine. Previous owner planted it as a groundcover here and it is unmanageable. It goes up adjacent hydrangeas and into hedges. It grows so fast. I trim and it grows more and more. As soon as I can get rid of it (if even that is possible??) I am going to plant something else there. Hard to see exactly, but looks like it is growing up your tree already. watch that.......See More
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