Favorite rose to smell
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Double Delight Roses in a container
Comments (9)Gotta second Barb, DD is my all time favorite rose (closely followed by Intrigue) and I too have seen a million people knock it for its lack of mildew/disease resistance. Yep. All too true. Frankly don't give a hoot. No one's come up with a rose with the knock out looks and unbelievable scent that _is_ disease resistent. Til they do, I'm willing to fight the problems just to get those blooms in my bedroom to wake up to!!! Anyway -- yes, I've grown 'em in containers. For 8 years I did it. I buried a few too, but as far as I'm concerned my yard wasn't complete without one or even two of 'em in it so here's my hints: 1. Make sure your container has really good drainage and plenty of room. DD is a big rose and should be given some room. Do not try to grow it in less than a 10 gal container, 15 better. Bigger is better. 1/2 whiskey barrels work quite nicely. Be sure that the container has several good-sized drainage holes (one little 1/2 inch thing in the middle is not going to do it. Don't put a layer of rocks/gypsum/etc. in the bottom. Just put a netting or something to keep the dirt from coming out the holes (I use the netting that the fancy tomatoes in the store come in). and use your blended potting mix to fill the container. (If you are worried about weight, mix some styrofoam peanuts _throughout_ the container, not just at the bottom. Do NOT let the pot sit in a saucer full of liquid -- if you have a saucer to protect your deck/etc., make sure that you have pot feet for your pot to keep the rose's roots from being swamped. (I use the bottle lids from bottled water) When planting, leave at least 1 1/2 inches in the top of your plant for fertilizing and watering. 2. Use a 3 to 1 mixture of high-nutrient (high-quality) potting soil to a high-quality cactus mix potting soil (to insure good drainage). Mix in a few tbsp full of a granulated hydrating polymer like Soil Moist or STA-Moist. 3. This rose will get powdery mildew if there's the slightest chance, so don't mess around. If you see little white spots of downy looking stuff show up on the leaves ___leap___ into action and a) pull off the affected leaves and b) spray. Same deal with Rust. Frankly on mine, I start spraying prophylactically with Safer garden fungicide as soon as the fog rolls in in June in my region. Sad, but DD is very susceptible to fungus stuff. 4. Water gently!!! Do not splash the leaves, especially do not splash the leaves with water bouncing up from the dirt in the plant. This encourages fungus stuff. 5. Keep your container in an area where it gets good air circulation. You cannot espalier this rose against a wall (unlike some roses like Royal Sunset that can live perfectly happily right up against other things) -- there just isn't enough air circulation to combat the susceptibility to fungus stuff. 6. Light/Heat: DD is actually pretty forgiving in terms of hours of sunlight/heat. While I wouldn't suggest planting it in shade, I have two that have done pretty darn well with only morning sun, even in a coastal area. They get direct sun from 7 am to about noon and have been just peachy. Granted the one that gets 10 am to 4 pm is bigger and produces more, the two morning ladies are perfectly respectable. 7. Fertilizing.... Hmmm. Well, I'm just a big fan of chicken poop. I sprinkle a cupful into the pot every month or so. During the big spring growth spurt, I add a sprinkle of Epsom salts a week after the second month's poop dose and they seem to go like gangbusters. Some time in mid summer after I've done a lot of cutting, I supplement the chicken poop routine with a fish emulsion dose (about 2 weeks after the chicken poop sprinkle) and then the following week do another Epsom salts dose....See MoreBuds on new roses
Comments (3)REALLY excited here! I'm torn between pinching them off (they're bare root, not bands...!) and letting them bloom because I WANNA SEE! Golden Celebration has a lot of buds, not close to opening. Rock & Roll has buds so small I can't really count them yet, it's quite a bit behind Golden Celebration. My Costco Maid of Honor is blooming. 1 flower, which has a nice shape and all, but I don't love the neon orange-coral/creamy yellow scheme. Not a beautiful bush. If it doesn't improve hugely this year, it's going next Digging Season. I'll put something else in it's place that does better with little sun. My other Costco rose - Gold Glow, is doing better now. Kind of floppy, but nice color and nice but light scent....See MoreDoes anyone else grow Lady of the Mist?
Comments (13)Annie, It is righ next to the driveway so there is probably reflected light and heat. Not wanting to give mistaken info. I just went out to examine it carefully. At the moment it's practically buried under a heavily blooming Pretty Lady (also wonderfully shade tolerant) but still reaching out with fat buds and still clean as a whistle. When I planted it in such an unlikely location I actually expected it to die--two roses before it failed to grow or bloom much at all in the same place. It was my last ditch effort for that spot. What a surprise! Colleen...See MoreWhat's your favorite smelling rose?
Comments (21)Gertrude Jekyll has that heavenly old rose fragrance from Baronne Prevost. It's not a great bloomer and gets BS. I moved it and it is doing better in part shade than it did in full sun, go figure. BP is also a little disease prone and spindly, but I might try pruning it down a little more this year. I've sniffed Sharifa Asma in a pot at Home Depot and couldn't smell much but maybe it does better in the ground. Clothilde Soupert and Frances Dubreuil has been my best fragrances so far in OGR's. I have a bunch of Teas and Noisettes that should bloom this year so hopefully some of them will be nice....See More
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoNone of mine are out yet. But until they do. I would say the Lemon drift rose. Now for overall-- the Always and Forever rose, the at last rose, the strike it rich rose- all of which are in bud or getting buds on them. The Always I cut it to bring it in my apartment and put in a single green vase and then I can smell it to my hearts content. I can see why they use these ones for Valentine's Day. Mine aren't ready then with living in Ontario. But it blooms from June to Sept. Last year got 5 blooms on it. So to help each one get nice and big I cut the one off so it can devote more time and energy into the next one. Lasts about 2 weeks!!!
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoMy favorite rose to smell this year surprised me: Desdemona. The other ones are still good, it's just that Desdemona has a strong fragrance any time of day or night, even in near 100 degree heat with 50 mph winds and single digit humidity. I don't think any of my other roses are that good in the fragrance department. It's amazing! My new baby plant has had 3 flowers so far, and all three were the same. But of course time will tell if it continues as the plant matures, and the weather changes. To my nose the fragrance is mid-range, not a lot of highs, a good amount of lows and a hint of sandalwood or vetiver. Not fruity at all, like Jude, or Abe, and not candy like Boscobel or Pure Perfume. Deeper than Bishop's castle. Not raspberry like Alnwick Castle.
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3 years agoHi Tony - I just got Silver Shadows this Spring from Heirloom Roses. It’s currently out of stock but you can get on a waiting list to be notified when it’s available again. Mine is still in its original pot, growing well, and came with a small bud that opened recently.
This baby rose was actually less pink and more lavender but the lighting affected the color. It had a sweet fragrance but I don’t recall anything distinctive. I’ll be looking for that licorice ice cream scent from now on.
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoI thought to add a few pictures of Yvonne Rabier since most people do not grow her. Here she is this year as well last. She can have these very bulbous flowers or they can open completely to expose her beautiful golden stamens. In this phase her stamens will darken but not unattractively. She also stays compact providing a nice front of border accent. As mentioned prior, her fragrance is deep and lasting at all stages in a vase. Please click on pics for clarity.
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