Current rose bloom in Livermore
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Comments (15)Remember Aprille, there is a rule: It is not POSSIBLE to post too many pictures of beautiful roses. It just can't be done. Every one of yours is beautiful but my favorites are Rochester Cathedral, Morning Greeting and Waterloo. Frau Eva Schubert is a darling little rose also. Thanks so much for the treat. Please keep posting. Ingrid...See MoreWhat (Currently) Would You Name As The Three Most Beautiful Roses
Comments (88)WOW! What beautiful pictures! Thanks everybody for sharing them. I was caught up in the fun of this, thinking of what rose flower I liked best, when I had a thought - most of the responses and pictures here focus on the beauty of the individual blooms. This is understandable, but it is also how 20th century hybridizers thought, and unfortunately it resulted in the development of: spindly upright ugly bushes; new roses with no fragrance whatever; & roses so disease prone that everybody had to spray poisons all over their gardens every 2 weeks! So, I would prefer a different definition of "beauty" - roses that are beautiful not only in their individual blossoms, but as an overall bush. Banksia lutea, as it bursts into bloom all over town, suddenly appearing all over large trees, and dripping down from on high, would certainly be my favorite. All of the teas are graceful shrubs if you have enough room for them, and also have gorgeous flowers. MAC is beautiful in my garden because it has climbed up several old plum & fig trees, and I can see blossoms from my bedroom window as I speak, seemingly floating all over the top of our fruit tree forrest. This has been going on non-stop since March! Ditto Cl Peace, which is now producing blossoms all over the top of a huge pomegranite bush - its third bloom flush so far this year. I have a dark red/purple many many petaled mystery rose that I found in our garden (from where it was growing inside of a Japanese quince bush, I would say it was planted at least in the 1930s) which I rooted & planted out by the street in the sun, right next to the sidewalk. It blooms for 10 months of the year, and is amazingly fragrant with that heady "old rose" fragrance. Our street is a busy street, as is the sidewalk. This rose is only about 4-5 feet tall, so the blossoms are very accessible to passer- byes who want to smell it. I enjoy watching people's reactions when I am near there weeding or whatever - it is truly a "beautiful" rose, as it startles people into a brief happiness! Jackie...See MoreSonoma/Napa, Livermore, Walnut Creek, Sac?
Comments (9)I lived in Emeryville for many years and had to send several roses "over the hills" to the other side of the Caldicott tunnel because there was not enough heat for them to open. I'm an organic method gardener and nearly all the China, Tea and Noisette roses were healthy for me, with one caveat, three were not suited for the marine area where they were covered with powdery mildew: Georgetown Tea, angels camp and the China-Tea "Ducher". this rose needs the heat of Lafayette to open well, very fragrant and lovely, nearly bullet proof foliage , the scent wafts around the plant in a breeze: Alba Odorata" a bracteata hybrid, not an alba rose. this has one very long bloom cycle, c. 3 to 4 months long, and can make a lovely 7 foot tall hedge. No spray roses in Oakland include: Pernetianas: President Herbert Hoover" gorgeous and very very fragrant, vintagegardens has it this month. Duquesa des Penardana Gruss an Coberg Mari Dot early H.T.s La France Ophelia Golden Ophelia Mrs. Herbert Stevens Shrub "Mermaid" though it is a thorny monster I love it. Healthy H.P.s Grandmothers Hat Souvenir du Dr. Jamain" Mme. Boll Reine des Violettes Ulrich Brunner fils" "Sydonie" Jaques Cartier Portland from Glendora" In lafeyette your hotter environment will favor rust, so be careful when choosing a red H.P., there are plenty of pink H.P.s that are suiitable for a no-spray garden in the s.f. bay area. Rose des Rescht" rusted badly. I think there may be possibly two different roses sold under this name, one has nearly bullet proof foliage in my neighbors garden but mine rusted to death under nearly identical conditions. Now I wish I had kept it to evaluate its identification against the disease free one that is grown at Luannes, but also at the Berkeley public Rose garden. Gloire Lyonaise" blackspot. Because san jose heritage rose garden has a micro-climate that is very similar to yours, I suggest that you visit it and take notes of their healthiest roses that you love, the last time I asked it was an organic method garden. It is a must-see for lovers of old roses. Or check their rose inventory list on the Internet. Best wishes, Luxrosa...See MoreCurrent Blooms 2019
Comments (81)Ooh, ooh, ooh, Anja! My eyes are absolutely delighted. I think that you vastly improved H554 and WOW six flowers on her maiden flowering. My sincere compliments to you! I apologize for overwhelming you with ideas regarding your lovely (Pink Rascal x Emerald). My mind was spinning with possibilities. I haven’t ever been successful in obtaining seed from ‘Sweet Lilian.’ However, I do have one or two seedlings with SL as the pollen parent. An eBay seller in the UK listed (Sweet Lilian x La Paz) seeds and specified “crosses guaranteed correct.” On a Russian forum, there was a photo of seedlings that were represented as (Sweet Lilian x Red Pearl) and (Sweet Lilian x Red Lion), but this is anecdotal information. Although giant flowers are not my personal preference, one of the goals of Hippeastrum breeding is to produce larger, thicker petaled, longer lasting flowers. As diploids are crossed with tetraploid cultivars, we are seeing more and more sterile triploids. Some hypothesize that sterile plants may make more flowers because they aren’t using their resources for seed production....See More- 6 years ago
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