Something Unusual: Climbing Margot Koster?
portlandmysteryrose
5 years ago
Here are a couple of photos of something I've only rarely seen (4-5 occasions?) in my lifetime. All the other examples were smallish shrubs, and the majority were located in TX.
I believe this rose must be a climbing version of the circa 1930s polyantha called Margot Koster. Its color is one that I appreciate in other people's gardens, coral-orange is not in my palette, but I truly do appreciate the playful charm of this bright beauty which is trained over a neighbor's telephone pole! It makes me smile each time I pass under the archway of trailing blossoms. I love the diminutive globe-shape!
Has anyone else out there seen a Margot Koster lately? Maybe in CA? Carol
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Comments (52)I have no roses that I regret acquiring, but I do have roses that I regret putting where I did. Everything seems to grow larger than expected here, and it took me some time to learn that. I now have monster roses that really need to be relocated. Crepuscule finally got a haircut of about half her growth in January. I hope she doesn't get too pissy with me. She loves her location just a bit too much. Alberic Barbier has canes that end up about 15 feet beyond the plant on the ground UNDER THE FALLEN OAK LEAVES. Ouch !!! I do a fair amount of barefoot gardening. And finally, Silver Moon (aka The Kraken) is going to smother Ghislaine de Feligonde (not exactly a small rose herself). I just had to trim Ghislaine from a pathway. These monsters need to be shuffled around and I am not looking forward to it. The Kraken is staying put - I am not dealing with those fish hooks. It almost ate me when I tried to "scratch in" some fertilizer. Wow, she gets thrown some 10-10-10 from now on. It's funny, though. These are all great roses and have won their places in my garden. I just didn't leave them near enough room and now I have to try to move giant briar patches. Gardening is definitely about location....See MoreEverything is late this year!
Comments (11)We are having an unusually mild autumn, too, very much like Cath's and we are just as surprised. This is a list of roses now in bloom in a garden by the sea in northern Finland, far north of me (it's from a Swedish forum): Sibelius, Marie-Jeanne, White Wings, Mozart, Rosenstadt Freisinger, Sweet Pretty, Stanwell Perpetual, Poustina, Edith Holden, Praire Princess, Thisbe, Brown Velvet, Hot Chocolate, F.J Grootendorst, Therese Bugnet, Felix Leclerk, Ballerina, Roselina, Flamingo, Blushing Bride, Breewood Belle, Margot Koster, Candy Cover, Viking, White Cover, Queens Palace, Charming Cover, Sophies Perpetual, Jacqueline de Pre, Nevada, 2x Lidlrosor (en vit, en aprikos), Mme Boll, Balder, My Hero, White New Dawn, Angela, Summer Song, Benjamin Britten, Lilli Marleen,Cinderella, Romanze, Lumivalgeke, Marie Victorin, Nostalgie, Kotiliesi, Single Cherry, Charles Albanel, Joasine Hanet, William Baffin, Sniedze, Dainty Bess, Queen of Sweden, Burgundy Iceberg, Old Gold, Perennial Blue, Delambre, Strawberry Hill, Rosemoor, Dwarf Pavement, Kiiminki, Lady Emma Hamilton, Whiskey Mac, Pomponella, Heide Simonis, Zaiga, Margaret Merrill, Vino, A Shopshire Lad, Walz Time, Greensleeves, Kronborg, Sangerhausen Jubileumsrose. This is an amazing list, both the choice of roses in that cold climate and the fact that they bloom this late. I have few in bloom now, only Stanwell Perpetual, Karen Blixen, Alba Meidiland, Iceberg and Bonica. Some more have buds and if this warm weather lasts another week they may still flower. I have finished gardening in principle and I'm mentally prepared for winter. I only need to rake leaves in parts of the garden and mulch beds with them....See MoreBest reds for repeating
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