Irish Hope....what a remarkable rose!
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roseseek
6 years agoIsn't it? A friend sent me one of her Irish Hopes last year and almost had to use a trucking company to send it! She found it too large for her Oregon garden, since she had multiples of it. I whacked it even more severely and shoe-horned it into a fifteen gallon can, which is definitely not enough soil for it. The plant has required daily watering because the fifteen gallons of "soil" is primarily rose roots. Yet it flowered repeatedly with those gorgeous, wonderfully-scented flowers, often in large sprays at the tops of long, strong basals. It rather worries me how large it will want to be here in Zone 9b once let loose in the ground. And, it has demonstrated NO inclination toward ANY fungal issues here. I used it for breeding and moved it under the eaves of the patio cover where it only receives the earliest morning direct sun, with reflected light the rest of the day, yet it continues looking quite "plastic" clean. It appears dirty in the photo because it is dirty. Dust blown in from the recent winds remains on the foliage as it hasn't been washed off. But, not bad for an early November plant in less than "partial sun", squeezed into a too-small can! I love it, but I admit to having been a sucker for many Harkness creations over the past three-plus decades.
Moses, Pittsburgh, W. PA., zone 5/6, USA
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Comments (13)Here is my experience with your list of roses: Livin' Easy -not resistant w/o spraying here, will defoliate Easy Going-not resistant w/o spraying here, will defoliate Petticoat Fairy Tale - didn't grow this one. Sunsprite -not resistant w/o spraying here, will defoliate Tamora (Austin) - not resistant w/o spraying here, will defoliate Crocus Rose (Austin)- not resistant w/o spraying here, will defoliate Crown Princess Margareta (Austin) - not resistant w/o spraying here, will defoliate Maigold (Kordes) - for climbing - don't know this one Prairie Sunrise (Buck) -not resistant w/o spraying here, will defoliate Winter Sunset (Buck) - better resistance, will keep 30-50% its leaves Prairie Harvest (Buck) -better resistance, will keep 30-50% its leaves Good yellow here is Carefree Sunshine (some BS, but not too much) Crepuscule didn't survive in my garden due to winter dieback Arethusa (china ) is apricot colored, quite resistant and has very little dieback in my garden Quadra is very resistant red climber Aloha Hawaii climber has very decent resistance around here Olga...See MoreHarkness roses - Calling anyone who grows them...
Comments (21)I have over 50 Harkness roses. Some still haven't bloomed yet. But I love all the ones that have bloomed for me. I have PURE GOLD on order from Pickering, and Hoovb, I'm sooo happy to see your wonderful photo! I'm so glad I decided to order it! Here are some of mine that bloomed this yr: ALEXANDER - baby own-root from Vintage... it's first bloom AMBER QUEEN - got it last yr from Edmunds... I like it! ANNE HARKNESS - got from Pickering several yrs ago... been very slow to grow... this yr was the first time it bloomed decently BERYL BACH - one of my all-time favorites! Grows like a weed, blooms like crazy! Averages 6-7ft high and 3 1/2ft wide BILL SLIM - got from Hortico several yrs ago.... good bloomer... stays kinda small BY APPOINTMENT - a good reliable bloomer stays about 4ft high x 2ft wide CALLIOPE - aka APRICOT ABUNDANCE... Love it!! lots of blooms... great repeat CITY GIRL CL - good healthy plant but doesn't bloom much COMMONWEALTH GLORY - gorgeous, healthy, always blooming, love it!! COUNTRY LADY - this one is not readily available in the US any more, but I'm trying to get cuttings to Ashdown West so Cliff can get it back into commerce. I sent him cuttings earlier this yr, but I don't think they made it, so will send him more in spring. It's a monster plant. Always blooming, huge stems and clusters. EASY GOING - hasn't been as good a plant or bloomer as I expected, but I'm keeping it. ELIZABETH HARKNESS - got it a long time ago from Pickering, and it's been a bit slow, but worth it. This yr she was a bloom machine. EXCITING - new one only available at Heirloom. Grows like a climber, sprawling all over the place, but blooms pretty decently. HIROSHIMA'S CHILDREN - got it many yrs ago from a mini rose supplier own root, has been verrrry slow to grow, but is finally getting somewhere now. Love the blooms!! IRISH HOPE - a monster gotten from Pickering a couple yrs ago... massive 6ft blooming machine! LADY OF THE MIST - own root from Heirloom a few yrs ago, has been another slow one! But I think I'm going to like it! LEANN RIMES - aka PERCEPTION... what a killer plant! Big gorgeous blooms all season! MARY JEAN - got it form Edmunds a couple yrs ago... seems to be a nice one, but doesn't really bloom much. RADOX BOUQUET - Love it when it does bloom!! RECONCILIATION - got mine own-root from Heirloom a couple yrs ago and it seems to be taking off better than some of the other o/r ones. Blooms blow pretty fast tho. RENAISSANCE - a really good bloomer I got from Pickering a few yrs ago. SAMARITAN - one of the best ever. Gorgeous blooms in all stages, and when the clusters open up like this... Oweeeee!! SEVEN SEAS - got this one own-root from Vintage many many yrs ago. It's a lovely rose with flat rosettes that maybe could repeat better, but I like it! SUE HIPKIN - got it from Pickering last yr and I really really like this one!! SUNSET BLVD - from Pickering also, a couple yrs ago, is going to be a wonderful rose!...See MoreClements and Harkness roses
Comments (16)'Star of the Nile'-this was my favorite rose 2 houses ago when I grew around 500 different roses. No disease problems at all. I really liked the vigorous yet compact habit (around 3.5 ft x 3.5 feet)and the complex color, with various shades of pink, orange and hints of violet. Excellent fragrance-I don't remember that it faded with time. I just bought one when I was up in Oregon. I hope it does as well at my new home as it did in a previous one. 'Louise Clement'- this plant was a 4 ft x 4 ft bushy shrub. It has a very appealing shade of orange, sometimes drifiting towards coral. The flowers are around 4 inches across with a fairly high petal count. I had it for at least 5 years 2 homes ago, and I just planted 2 of them at my new home. 'Joan Fontaine'. Another Clements rose that I had 2 houses ago. I remembered that I preferred it to the 2 white Austin roses that I had at that time, Fair Bianca and Glamis Castle. The flowers were around 4 inches across and had a high petal count. Healthier than the 2 white Austins that I had at that time. 'The Impressionist'. An outstanding climbing rose that was spectacular in both the Portland Rose Garden and at the Heirloom Rose facility in Oregon. The flowers are large (5 inches) and can be of varying shades of yellow, pink, and orange. Strong fragrance and healthy foliage. I just picked up this rose and another in the 'Impressionist' line, Apricot Impressionist (perhaps a color sport?). Because Clements roses have performed well in my garden, I also picked up Tranquity (blush pink), Memories (pink) and Safari (orange, pink) when they were on sale late this summer....See MoreSome San Jose Heritage Rose Garden mysteries
Comments (41)Hi Virginia, red pistils and red stamen are as common in roses as blue or brown eyes are in people. Meaning they are not rare. They happen. You can tell what colors are possible in a cross with a rose by what colors occur in the entire plant. A yellow with yellow stamen and pistils or white ones, is "unstained" and will breed a pure yellow, an "unstained yellow". If you want to stabilize a purple, you can cross it with a strong yellow and it will enhance the purple. If there is red anywhere in the yellow flowered plant (including foliage, prickles, stamen, etc.), the purple can be "stained" with red. Think Paradise and Angel Farce. If there is no red in the yellow, there should be no red in the purple cross. But, the red occurs all the time and sometimes appears out of seemingly no where. Now, we saw Coulterville Yellow today at the Heritage. Susan (poorbutroserich), Jill and I scoured the plant. Here are photos. Notice this weird trait. Three leaves on new growth and it's virtually prickle-free. Now, lookie here! "Cl. Yellow Blaze", which is Climbing Sunflare. It has similar foliage, similar blooms, the same three leaflet new growth that "morphs" into the usual five with age, and it has prickles. So, this must be "Cl. Yellow Blaze" with some mutation, perhaps Round Up? I dunno, but it shouldn't "rare". Yes, I edited this to change from my mis typed identification to Cl Sunflare. I had originally typed Cl Gold Badge. Sorry about that....See MoreUser
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oldrosarian
6 years agoOne of the best creams in my garden of nearly 1000 roses. No disease or any problems and always in bloom. Why does this type of rose just fade away!!
Lilyfinch z9a Murrieta Ca
6 years agoMoses, Pittsburgh, W. PA., zone 5/6, USA
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6 years agoThanks, Beth! I expect it to be a monster and to flower like a weed (which it has, and apparently produced its fair share of seed. Imagine this crossed with my Hugonis hybrids, Banksiae lutescens, Xanthina.... seeds are ready to plant!). I haven't been in the market for new roses for some time, preferring to spend my time using what I had, what I created and the very few newer additions (mostly older roses) to the "harem". I haven't had the room to grow just to explore new roses from other breeders, except for the few seedlings shared with me for test. I did obtain Chandos Beauty last year (WHAT A ROSE!) as a small, own root cutting. Chandos is NOT a "small" plant! The foliage looks plastic. The canes come fast and furiously and the blooms are beautiful with scent to blow your sinuses out of your head! It sets very oddly shaped hips with few, large seed, but there are some of those also ready to plant!
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