Mme Anisette pillared on obelisk
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Comments (388)Well, because of Cori Ann's photos, and Chris's comments re ADR, I hung in there with MA since 2017! It's now going into 2022 (in 3 days), and my MA will be coming out when I prune. I had MA in a prime spot in the garden, toward the back of the border due to reports of its height. I got 2-3 blooms first year, then some buds that crisped up in a hot day/dry wind day -- then nothing for over a year, then a couple of blooms, then nothing. So I moved it to a shadier part of the yard where it wasn't in a prime spot -- and got maybe 2 buds, but deer got those. So -- not MA's fault that deer got the 2 buds from 2021, and not MA's fault that the buds in 2017 were dried up by the sundowner winds. And, maybe not even MA's fault that it got a poor start. The famous nursery about an hour's drive away that sold me both MA and Dark Desire sold them in 5 gallon pots, but the roots looked more like 1 gallon plants from Heirloom. The Dark Desire died, and I replaced it, and had about the same luck with that one. I gave DD away last month to a neighbor, and will now offer him the MA. I've given MA and DD 5 years to perform, and they haven't. So, as Moses says, life is too short (and garden space too limited) to wait that long. So, bye bye MA. Sigh. p.s. I mis-remembered my dates in above post -- I got MA in late winter of 2017....See MoreBlind shoots
Comments (20)I just wanted to throw in a similar experience with a "dud" rose. I planted Abraham Darby 3 years ago. It grew and grew. Had 6 foot canes first year. It produced multiple basal breaks. The second year I tried to chop it back. I also tried to peg a few canes. Lot's of vigorous foliage, but no buds or blooms. I thought about shoveling it. But due to the praise on here of this rose, I gave it another year. But I moved it to allow more sprawling space. Well after all that I got 1 bloom out of it. It was on a tiny, thin cane laying on the ground due to the weight of the bloom. Well by then I said that's it. Well when I dug it out it had the thickest, weirdest trunk I've ever seen. Don't know if that had anything to do with it. But I will never wait more than 1 season for a rose to bloom - especially a large potted plant. I'm in the same boat as Moses on patience. But hopefully, your rose will continue to bud & bloom....See MoreRepeat blooming white climber, not too big
Comments (42)I'm more worried about powdery mildew than blackspot in my area. I've tried several hybrid musks that have suffered badly with PM, so I am reluctant to try another. It looks great in your photos, though. Perhaps I can go down to the San Jose Heritage Rose garden and see how it does there. I do believe that a field trip is in order....See MoreMy Madame Anisette rose. How about yours ?
Comments (40)Try writing Pat Henry at Roses Unlimited -- she had MA listed earlier. I do understand your concerns @ this rose. I too tried Summer Romance. Both SR and MA display what I call "Over-ploidy" problems. That's my made-up word for plants that have been bred to be triploids or tetraploids, and sometimes the genes just seem to "lump" together. The slow-to-establish growth pattern seems to be a part of this too. However, your conditions in Texas will be much different than mine -- someone here on Houzz is growing MA in California with outstanding results -- other than having a lot of height (I wish!)....See More
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5 years agoHere is 4th year Wollerton Old Hall which I pillared last year on a 7 ft obelisk.
And 2nd year Florentina on a 5 ft obelisk.
Florentina is very vigorous as others have noted. It has not bloomed for me yet but I think this part of my patio is too shady. Only gets late afternoon sun in the summer. Amazingly one of the first to leaf out in the eaely spring despite no direct sun. I may have to move it to the front yard which gets south east sun.
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5 years agoFlorentina. Laterals are growing. I will be amazed if it actually sets buds due to how shady this area is. She is probably wondering how much longer I will torture her with this shade experiment.
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4 years agoHere is blooming teasing Gerorgia wrapping her arms around Wollerton Old Hall pillared on an obelisk. Also Rooguchi clematis buds.
ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
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4 years agoFinally here she comes! Mme Anisette blooming as Alchymist starts to drop petals.
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4 years agoShe is so high above me, I tgink I will only see her blooms from the 2nd story window. I wish her blooms nodded a little.
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4 years agoDianela, yes Awakening is to the left of MA.
Here is MA with 2 blooms of Desdemona in middle ground (pot) and Perdita in bottom Right foreground.
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4 years agoMustbe, here is my Yolande. It does rebloom if you cut it back after each bloom cycle.
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3 years agoShe is pulling the obelisk out of the soil. She is very vigorous. This is a situation where I wish her blooms nodded, but at least I see wee face better from my second floor windows.
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3 years agoMme Anisette slightly more filled in and rain damaged. Or maybe that's thrip damage.
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