Distant Drums first flush
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DD was my first rose and is always the first to bloom in my garden. I’m always so happy to see her.
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Comments (4)Coffee Country is grows on the east side of the house, so it gets morning and noon sun. In its first year, it grew about 4' tall, and started blooming nicely towards September. The blooms showed very nice color differation in the cooler weather; a wonderful mauve, smokey color that is hard to describe. I'm in Zone 5 and I didn't winter protect but CC has proved hardy. It did die to the ground; most roses here do anyway, but it is growing right back again. A great rose if you like unique colors. -terry...See MoreDistant Drums???
Comments (10)MaryDanielle, I've had mine for about three years. I should not have made that comment about her being boring. I can always pick her out in a crowd (on a long table of roses in bands at a nursery for example) so she is definitely distinctive. I just find her particular coloration and form to be unexciting; she's pretty, not gorgeous, not compelling. She is healthy and probably the only rose I have ever been able to grow really well and successfully in a pot (huge -- probably 20 gallon), so she has her merits. I just never swoon when I see her.......See MoreHappy Chappy, Distant Drums, Jubilee Celebration & others ....
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoSo beautiful! I think it’s neat that DD is the first to bloom in your garden. ‘Rosie the Riveter’, it’s child, is the first to bloom in mine! You can see the resemblance, although Rosie is very orange today:
Distant Drums has a much more sophisticated palette, though. It’s lovely. Someday I need to get it.
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoI want one now, too, you are quite the Distant Drums enabler.!
I must say though, I find her child Rosie the Riveter very enchanting as well.
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5 years ago- 5 years agoOh wow RtR looks sooooo good in those photos! I’ve been eyeing it at my local garden center. My problem is I have too many floribundas and grandifloras as it is.
DD is honestly the most vigorous in my garden aside from my monstrous David Austin royal jubilee. Which in now in its 2nd year is pushing 5ft.
Last year DD died down to ground level bc of the arctic blasts and was back to normal size and blooming before the others were even half as far along.
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I tried to get one today of a bud, but my phone camera is not very cooperative. :)
Here is today, with Camelot in the background
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