Belinda's Blush
6 years ago
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This rose seems to be just as vigorous as Belinda's Dream. Here's the first bloom.
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Belinda's Blush
Comments (9)I have her! She does seem thornless. Mine is still young and was just planted in spring so things may change as she fills out. Mine isn't in the best lighting but I got 2 small flushes so far but she is still small. She seems to have a more peace like bicolor going on, smaller blooms and fewer petals than my Belinda's Dream which is a year older and was a larger plant when I got it. Otherwise she seems like a fine plant. I don't have many disease issues here but she handled my conditions here well enough....See MoreFirst order arrived! ARE
Comments (39)My order just came in yesterday. Two huge boxes from ARE. My hubby didn't say a thing! LOL. The way I see it is that 1. I work, so I can buy whatever I want. and 2. I never say anything about his ever expanding Batman collection. LOL. Anyway, I can't wait to unbox everything. So exciting! This is my first order from ARE. It's cold here and we are expecting snow on Sunday. Major bummer. For now, I'll just water the plants and leave them in our small greenhouse (on the floor, away from direct sun). I also have my 3 roses from Palatine. Those will get potted and also, placed on the floor for now, away from the sun. Once everything leafs out, they will get placed on the benches in sun....See MoreThe first orders are here and outside at last!
Comments (17)Chamblees and ARE are in my opinion, the two best places to order from. Oh and Roses Unlimited too. Chamblee has excellent prices for what you get. In total you pay about $18 per rose bush including shipping. Their only fault is they dont offer too huge a variety. Maybe thats how they keep costs down though and thats fine by me. ARE charges $28 (including shipping) but the plants are 2x the size and are of great quality. RU charges $24 a rose but have an awesome selection (as does ARE). Next on my list is Rogue Valley at $20 per band without shipping but they are good for hard to find varieties. Angel Gardens and Rose Petals Nurseries are also a bargain at $15 per rose not including shipping, however they always seem to be out of stock and only offer OGR's for the most part. K&M roses is an amazing source for Fortuniana root stock, but they are expensive. Plants are big, healthy and grafted though, so worth the price IMO. Cool Roses is also a great source for fortuniana roses, but they are local for me so I've never mail ordered from them. Bordeux is an awesome rose and somewhat underrated in my opinion. I think it will become more popular as word of mouth spreads about it. Its extemely healthy and the blooms are gorgeous for such an easy care rose. I'm very curious about Belinda's Blush. I contemplated ordering it and then passed it up, only to regret it. When i went back to order it, it was sold out. :( Let me know how that one does for you. :)...See MoreBullet proof roses?
Comments (22)Rekha, I also have a very faithful uncomplaining Duchesse de Brabant ; I think I must break down and try SDLM also; I always think I don't need another vaguely pinkish rose that turns white -- but it's on everyones most faithful best blooming rose shrub list. I've also killed a lot of roses that are supposed to be good for the area. They have so many challenges between the excessive heat, temperatures that stay high through the night, clay that is either rock hard or waterlogged, periodic flooding, periodic drought, supersize grubs and things to eat the roots out from under them and chilli thrips to devour the leaves and blossoms from above. Not much survives. I'm thinking Houston may be the most difficult spot to be a plant in all of texas. (Judging from BenTs photos Dallas is more hospitable). Even many things said to be good in this area have died on me. What I've learned over ten years in Houston is that the exact planting site matters a lot vis a vis sun and shade and available resources (mine play musical garden spot quite a bit when young). You can take something seriously in decline and move it five feet to the left and suddenly it's happy. Also they have to be able to hit the ground running, either grow slowly but steadily through summer, or go fully dormant in summer but grow actively through the winter making do with less light. Many teas and chinas of course fit this bill. I have killed a few of those too, getting them in a spot they did not love and not moving them fast enough when they start to grow backwards. I've found too that the ones that grow too fast are more vulnerable to have the entire tender root system eaten by grubs. So I've had many things that start out wonderful and then slide downhill and never recover from their first summer. One year I planted a number of miniatures and small shrubs (all said to be good for the area) in the ground; I was worried larger scale roses would get too big on me, and I also thought if I use smaller roses I can fit more in. Well they put out lots of growth quickly and put on a good show of bloom in april/may and then dwindled and all of them died by september. Pulling them up I found they literally had no root system at all left -- all roots of all these once healthy little shrubs entirely eaten away. So now I mostly go with larger shrubs unless I want to keep them in pots. I worry much less about their getting too big and much more about whether they can survive at all. I can usually assume a third to a half of everything I plant will die or fail to thrive so its not nearly as big problem as I thought at first if something gets big. Mostly they do not. I've learned it takes a minimum three years for a rose to establish and it might be five years before they begin to have a real presence in the garden. I've learned not to give up on a plant just cause it looks terrible in it first and second year. They can get WAY better in year four and five, both in terms of nicer blooms and less trouble with bugs and spot. I just try to keep them alive, move them from ground to pot to ground, to assess what going on with the roots, and help them find a spot where they seem happy. Unless they die outright I don't permit myself to give up till year three. I am thinking of trying more once blooming roses as I've realized its kind of an advantage to have them not trying to bloom through summer. I have one: a rosa fortuniana. It blooms generously with thousands of flowers from mid february to mid may. I get more flowers from that one plant in three months than all the rest of my garden all year. So this year I'm trying Henri Martin and Gipsy Boy to see if I get similar satisfaction in a dark red color. Its an adventure anyway. Claire...See MoreRelated Professionals
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5 years agoI love this rose, if she had more fragrance, she would be perfect. No balling in our wet, wet weather and huge blooms, loaded with buds. I had picked this up from ARE, ordered Belindas dream for spring, cant wait!
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4 years agoI've had mine for two years. Never had a problem with balling. I like it better then Belinda's Dream.
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Some thorns , not a lot ! I know this rose needs cleaning up still but I just got started on them .
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