Do you have darlows enigma ?
Lilyfinch z9a Murrieta Ca
5 years ago
This is one I really love and will have in every garden I have . He's thorny and big , looks unassuming but .. super disease resistance. Blooms all summer with a lovely spicy fragrance. I can usually smell it before I see the open flowers ! It's such a great rose.
Year 4 for this guy .
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Darlow's Enigma & Maggie- Pictures?
Comments (3)Yeah, I went there first but I was hoping to see the whole bush photos. Thanks for your help....See MoreAnyone have Darlow's Enigma or Viking Queen (roses)
Comments (5)I have Darlow's Enigma. I love it - does great even in partial shade. Also requires no real mulch or anything in winter though it does die all the way back. It is vigerous enough that it will cover my 8 ft obelisk for it every year though! I believe I've posted a pic somewhere on GW already too...give it a search! -Marie...See MoreDarlow's Enigma Seedling?
Comments (4)Basically, winter sowing consists of sowing seeds inside of clear topped, plastic containers in the fall, and letting them sit out during the winter. I know a lot of people use milk jugs that have been cut in half, but I usually use various clear plastic cookie containers or from leftovers at restaurants. Stratification ocurss naturally due to fluctuating temperatures and seeds sprout in the spring slightly. Eventually you can transplant from the container to a pot (what I do for rose seedlings) or out into the garden if doing annuals or perennials. It's really easy and I've had pretty good luck the last 2 years. I'm sure you'd get better germination rates with other methods, but this is good enough for me for now. If you do a search on the subject you will find lots of links. Good luck! -Chris...See MoreGreat Excitement - Darlow's Enigma and Purple Skyliner
Comments (17)All your comments are so helpful, I can't thank you enough. I can see that the placement of these two roses is going to take careful thought, and in retrospect I would have done well to choose smaller and thus less problematic roses. However, this will encourage me to think outside the box, which is always good for the brain. I've just wandered outside and decided that there may be room for two smaller roses between and in front of the crape myrtles. I'll trim the crape myrtles back somewhat after they've bloomed on the theory that root growth is commensurate with the leaf canopy. Purple Skyliner will indeed go in squirrel territory and we'll see how that works out, although of course I'll take extreme measures to protect it. The worst that can happen is that the roses won't survive, and I'll still have helped a nursery that sells old and valuable roses. Frances, I'm so stoked to hear how you love Purple Skyliner and mine should look very nice against my white house wall, where it will have lots of room to spread. I'm also taking heart by your experience with the crape myrtles, although there is indeed a zone difference. Your rose/crape myrtle bed sounds delicious! rosaprimula, I still have two limonium which seeded themselves partially down a hill; I certainly didn't plant them there. The ground squirrels ate all the ones I had, but my neighbor has a row of them now which I'm pretty sure she didn't plant. Nature is ever inventive in that way. catspa, your two giants are so gorgeous together! I'm glad to think that the roses do their part to feed the creatures in the winter....See MoreLilyfinch z9a Murrieta Ca
5 years ago
Flowers im so glad you love it too !! And looks like you do as well. It's such a trooper ! I want to try that seedling , Christian j from high country roses
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5 years agoflowersaremusic z5 Eastern WA
5 years agoOh my goodness! I didn't know about Christian J until now. Will be interesting to see how it does. Love the color.
I only have a close up of my DE.
Lilyfinch and subk, how do you prune yours? Deadheading is about all the pruning mine gets. Should I be cutting him back every spring? I just leave him alone except for removing old canes.
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