A Picture Thread: Tyler, Texas. Chamblees and Municipal Rose Garden
Today I visited Tyler, an east Texas city that is centered around rose culture like almost no other. I would highly recommend any rose lover to visit this city, you’ll get your fill of rose viewing, and you can take them home, too!
Specifically, I visited Chamblee’s Rose Nursery, which must be what heaven looks like for the rose shopper.
Here’s Kordes Wedding Bells in 3 gal containers for sale at Chamblees.
Next I visited the Tyler Rose Center, which includes the city’s Municipal Rose Garden. I don’t think I’ve visited another garden with this many varieties of roses, it was most impressive.
Scepter d’Isle at the Rose Center:
More pics to follow...
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Comments (11)Congratulations, Plectrudis! You've got quite a haul for nothing but the extremely reasonable price of an Austin at Chamblee's invested in the whole lot! Nothing like experimenting a little! I'm jealous that you live within driving distance! I've grown all four Austins you mention, and Charlotte is indeed likely to be the one happiest in full sun. Mine stays quite small in our hot summers - no more than the 3.5' you mention in the best of years - so the size is a good fit. Mine doesn't rebloom particularly often however, so I'm glad it's not in prime real estate. The Prince would be my choice for showy blooms and better rebloom, but it you get drought it might crisp or sulk on you. Mine reblooms surprisingly well in part shade and keeps that lovely dusky purplish color. Tradescant would be possible I guess in the front of the bed if you let it weave around other roses on each side of it. Mine wanted to be 2-3 feet high and 8 feet wide in the front of my bed, with the classic long gangly Austin arms, so I finally got tired of it and moved it to the back of the bed. NOW of course, it's a tidy compact 2-3' ball with no spread at all, which of course means it's invisible. Go figure. Portmeiron is, well, fine I guess. It doesn't have the luscious form of Diane's photo of Prince which makes me swoon over Austins, nor the lush non-stop bloom of roses like Scepter'd Isle. It's just pink and fairly compact, sort of an accountant in a world of opera stars. Mine lasted a year or two then faded, and I haven't thought about replacing it since I can barely remember what the blooms looked like. For the price, it's a steal, and a good plant to put in an out-of-the-way spot where it can surprise you now and then. I probably wouldn't put it in prime real estate, but it's a trouble-free rose as such things go. Have fun with this dilemma Cynthia...See MoreChamblee roses cont'd.
Comments (26)Holy cow, batman! I'm taking a breather here. I certainly didn't mean to offend anyone or come off as if I'm bad-mouthing Chamblee. Jeez. I was just comparing my shipment to the others I saw during my extensive research. Perhaps those pics set up a false expectation. I preferred to ask in what I thought was non-judgmental environment if this was acceptable before calling them. I'm a newbie and have now ordered from DA, Burlington and Chamblee, getting bare-root, bands and now gal pots, so there's no comparison for me. I expected to pot these up and have to grow them for a while. I was really just continuing a post from a few days ago, but my computer would let me reply to it for some reason, so I started a new one or I probably wouldn't have mentioned their name. Everyone's experience and funds differ, but buying these roses this year is a big commitment for me. My bands from B were small, but I'd asked for the top growth to be clipped to fit in the smaller box. Those roses were not readily available, they had great roots and have transplanted well. Gee. I don't know what to say. It's obvious people wouldn't order from such places if they didn't want to support their continued existence. I wasn't "complaining for the heck of it", but rather asking for opinions and input which has been extremely useful. Anyway, C;s note inside the box says to call if there is any damage caused by shipping. The nice man who spoke to me today, said stem breakage was unacceptable and the pics are for FedEx who reimburses them for damage. I never said anything about poor customer service, just what I saw as shipping damage. The pot size question was just a question, not a diss and now we all have a satisfactory answer that can help people in the future. chris2486, do you recommend dis-budding young plants to encourage root growth?...See MoreChamblee Roses
Comments (30)Plum Perfect is probably my favorite new rose this year. I have lots of loves this year, but I just cant get over my plum perfect. Its disease resistance is like nothing I've ever seen, and its prolific bloom is what really sets it apart from the rest (especially considering its health as I find the healthier the rose, the more reluctant it is to bloom). The only other rose I have found that has impressed me as much is Wedding bells, but it does not produce nearly as many blooms (although WB's blooms are twice as big, so there you go). I think of all the introductions Kordes has come out with recently, Plum Perfect is really a winner. At least in my climate. I'm really glad they are promoting it a lot because it really is worthy of all the hype. I don't know if it wont tons of awards like Savannah did, but in my garden it blows Savannah out of the water....See Morein Dallas tax and new to roses
Comments (58)I put about 20 of the to the left of my front door, about 30 of them in front of the house to the right side of the front door, about 12 of them in the side yard in the back, 2 of them on a trellis right next to the street, 5 of them on the fence, and the rest are in very big pots in a narrow patch of sunlight in the side yard. It's absurd how many I have when you consider the fact that my yard, which is mostly backyard, is mostly deep shade. I posted a pic of my backyard on Jin's "Roses for $7 antiques" thread. But I found places to tuck them in just about everywhere else. In about three years there will be roses everywhere in the front and most of them will still be blooming in the winter. I'll be "that crazy rose lady."...See MoreRelated Professionals
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First, let’s look at Chamblees Nursery. They have a nice little pamphlet you can take home:
But who needs a pamphlet when you can look, smell, and buy the real thing?
Since everyone likes a good sale, we will look at the ‘For Sale’ section at Chamblees. A plain sign shows the simple pricing scheme, $2.50 for an orange tagged roses, $5.00 for red.
What can you buy these days for a few bucks? Three full gorgeous greenhouses full of healthy plants, including Kordes, OGRs, and rare specialty varieties:
I bought the following:
Mme Anisette $5 for a 5 gal plant
Summer Romance $5 for a 5 gal plant (not in bloom, but huge, healthy, well branched).
Aloha (Boerner) $5 for a 3 gal plant (wonderful old rose scented)
Tupelo Honey $5 for a 5 gal plant. (Does indeed smell strongly of honey!)
Among many others, they had Kordes’ Earth Angel, Summer Sun and Winter Sun in 5gal for $5 section. I wish I could take them all home!
Here’s a size comparison after I took them home:$38 dollar mail order rose in front in the big pot (bought somewhere else!) , a $5 Chamblee’s rose in back, lol!
I also bought the following:
Delightful Phyllis, 1 gal for $2.50: How have I never heard of her? Beautiful reddish pink and apricot in the center, light yellow petals tipped in pink. Nice fragrance, rose and citrus. Full petalled, quartered form, loaded with buds and healthy. Delightful indeed!
Kosmos, 1gal for 2.50: A Kordes Fairy Tail selection, white with apricot center, lush full petals:
Here’s Soul Sister (regular priced, 1 gal for $11.95):
This little trio looks good together already, don’t they?
I also picked up Beverly, Savannah, and Poseidon, more on those later... - 7 years ago
They have supplements too, giant bags of Osmocote, Alfalfa, this fertilizer/root/ growth stimulant from Carl Pool that I’d never seen before:
After you buy everything, they carefully load them all up and you just drive away. Such awesome roses , such great prices, I quickly made my getaway, afraid they might change their mind. I feel like I robbed a bank, LOL!
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Now lets take a look at their regular retail greenhouses:
Poseidon, looking fabulous, large blooms , great fragrance. A true lavender/blue like Sterling Silver or Blue Girl. One of these jumped into my cart, too.
Plum Perfect, also beautiful, but only slight scent, blooming profusely in 1 gal.
Pink Enchantment - it’s big , beautiful, and fantastically fragrant. Should have bought one, darn!
Dick Clark
Nursery shot, such healthy plants
Soul Sister (vibrant rich apricot)
Wedding Bells, stunning rose, great substance (how did I leave without one? Must go back and retrieve).
A section for Earth Kind roses:
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Gypsy Soul - complex deep red color
Fiji
Love Song
Savannah - small plants, but very healthy
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Pink Don Juan...only available at Chamblee’s so far as I know. Sort of hot pink like Miss AAB, nice scent. (Alas, this one, like Lady Ashe, also lost Fragrant Pink Climber battle to get into my trunk, to the insidiously fragrant Aloha).
Poseidon again...lush, big , fragrant, irresistible. Danger! Will jump into your shopping cart!
Ruby Ice
South Africa (unique amber color...very nice)
Lush beautiful plants of Lady Ashe, loaded with buds. I had the hardest time choosing between Lady Ashe and her parent Aloha. (A rosy version of Sophie’s Choice!) Finally decided on Aloha because it was blooming and the fabulous scent was screaming ‘buy me already!’
Apricot Drift
Lemon Fizz
Old Blush
Koko Loco
7 years agoBenT (NorCal 9B Sunset 14) thanked Cori Ann - H0uzz violated my privacy- 7 years agolast modified: 7 years ago
7 years agoWow! Thanks for the wonderful tour Ben! I got that DELIGHTFUL PHYLLIS rose a couple of yrs ago from them. She's still small, but the blooms she gave me so far are just lovely! And I can't wait for my SOUL SISTER to look that good!!
That PINK DON JUAN CL comes from Certified Roses, also in Tyler. I've had mine for well over 10yrs. Had one on either side of my front arbor, but one of them died recently. Not a real great bloomer, and it's not usually very "pink." It's more like a paler red than its mama. Sometimes gets kinda rosey-red.
Here's a couple of pics of my "PINK" DON JUAN:
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