Peach Drift Rose Bed: Need Design Advice
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First time peach tree in my rose bed
Comments (3)I was wondering if the soil could be too rich for a fruit tree but I have a tangerine doing well in front with roses all around. I thought I would try a peach in back because I needed the afternoon shade for the roses and liked the fact that it would drop the leaves in winter when the roses need more light. I'll be sure to keep the mulch away from the trunk and since the roses are established, maybe I can water a little less to keep the tree from growing so fast. (didn't expect it to grow as fast as it did these first years!)...See MoreDrift rose review as seen in my yard
Comments (5)Hey Patty, I have two coral drifts and two apricot drifts here in hot humid Alabama. I love them for the non stop flower power, short & perfectly rounded form, and ability to be grown no spray here, but do wish for fragrance & self cleaning. Apricot Drift is virtually disease free all season long for me...no fungal issues whatsoever with no spraying needed. Coral Drift does seem to mildew here in very early spring, so I'm sure it would be a problem somewhere with higher mildew pressure...blackspot & anthracnose are my big fungal issues...roses rarely have mildew in my garden. The spring mildew is usually the only disease of relevance that I have with the coral...but this year was just horrible for bs & anthracnose, in general, and my Coral Drifts did have some foliage spotting...not enough to defoliate or need spraying, though. I haven't grown any flower carpets in many years, so not able to compare to those. Drifts are much better roses than knockouts in my garden, though. I got rid of all knockouts a few years ago due to their fungal problems...no sense growing a knockout if it's going to have spotted foliage!...See MoreComparison of Different Drift Roses
Comments (17)We mass-planted Peach, Coral, Apricot, Sweet and White in our garden for landscaping use a few years back. They have been bulletproof in terms of performance reliability, foliage disease resistance, heat & cold tolerance. Peach has the most handsome foliage and the first to bloom, coral has the most dwarf form after six years in ground, apricot is similar to peach but paler green leaves, and sweet/white are the tallest and their blooms come in the last. They all are beautiful in each’s own way and offer great impacts in the various locations we assigned them. By the way, White’s bloom form is the most double, has that old garden rose look....See MoreNeed advice! Autumn Damask rose and my new rose beds
Comments (46)Gorgeous pictures everyone and you've gotten great advice from people closer to your zone. Just a heads-up that you want to be a bit careful where you buy your Reine des Violettes, since there are two versions of the rose circulating other that name. I started with "Not Reine des Violettes", which is both thorny and a once-bloomer - so Ingrid gets the satisfaction of being right even in her temporary "error". The color is lovely and it climbs, and it has the peppery foliage smell, but no rebloom ever on mine. I have now ordered the real RdV from Burlington, who I trust to know that she has the real one, and it's thornless and should be a repeat bloomer. I'm sure other people would have the real one, but do ask if repeat bloom matters to you. Cynthia...See Moregrowitnow
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