Koko Loko............
oursteelers 8B PNW
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Lisa Adams
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my first koko loko bloom! omg!!
Comments (12)Oh my!!!! Love the dark centers. So lovely. You've taken some awesome pictures. What a beautiful rose!!!!! It's funny, but apples and spices are what you'd think that rose would smell like. :) Carol...See MoreKoko Loko: tan with lavender undertones, so unique!
Comments (40)She did get blackspot early in the season and defoliated but continued to bloom. Those first leaves were probably more susceptible to bs because of the late frost. The new leaves have mostly been clean. I have her in a really shady spot in the shadow of the house and a fence (like maybe only 2 hours of early afternoon sun). I also think I planted a coral bells way too close to her....See MoreKoko loko rose blooming red!?!
Comments (2)I presume that your Koko Loco plant was a grafted rose, bought from a local store or nursery or in a pot? What happened is that the top part of the rose (Koko Loko) died and the rootstock it was grafted on survived (Dr. Huey). This is a once-blooming dark red rose that gets pretty gangly and blackspotted later in the season. Most of us dig up Dr. Huey when he's all that's left of a rose, although there are people who like his blooms and keep him anyway. If you dig him up, be sure to get the little pieces of the root because the reason he's used as a rootstock is that he's pretty energetic at surviving if you give him a chance. This happens a lot with grafted roses, and there are a couple of things that can help this occur a little less often. One is that if you're in a cold zone, bury the graft (the knobby bit where the canes branch out at the base) at least 2-4" below the surface of the soil. Typically this is quite a bit below the soil levels where roses usually are when potted in stores. If you're in a warm zone, you may have to keep an eye on the rose you want AND Dr. Huey since he can sprout from below the ground even when the rose you want is alive. Some warm zone gardeners don't put the graft below the soil for this reason. Another way to avoid rootstock taking over is to buy "own root" roses, which have no rootstock and are the rose you want from top to roots. In cold zones this can have the advantage that the only rose that can regrow is the one you want and a lot of our roses die to the ground every winter. However, some folks find that a grafted rose is stronger going into winter, so they bury the graft and sometimes do some extra protection of the grafted area with mulch or soil or something. Some roses aren't very strong when grown on their own roots. My own root Koko Loko is OK but probably not as prolific as it would be if grafted. Hope this helps Cynthia...See MoreWhat to plant w Koko Loko and Distant Drums?
Comments (23)I now think I'm going to mix koko loko with poseidon, but may use love song instead since its available as a standard and a pair of 36" lavender standards on either side of the entrance to my yard would look amazing. Ight even us all 3... Plan is to have the roses in groups of 3 on the corners of the deck and encircling it will be a 3 foot wide bed lined with lavender, with tulips, peonies, and various alliums inside the parallel lavender hedges. Still undergoing changes in my head daily though!...See Moreseil zone 6b MI
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