Climbers for Brooklyn, NY brick wall zone 7
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Are Blaze climbers really suited for zone 5?
Comments (27)I live in zone 5 a little west of Madison WI and have a "Blaze Improved" that has been in for over 8 years. I live in a valley so I get lots of wind and a little cooler climate than in town, my lilacs bloom 2 weeks after the ones there. I didn't do a very good job of taking care of Blaze (didn't prune, water regularly, or fertilize up till 2 years ago). The pictures below are from today, October 3rd, and it's still cranking out the 2.25" blooms on the 5-6 foot canes. It does get BS here but I don't care, this has got to be the bloomingist rose I have. The color is a true, rich, beautiful red that does not fade (picture color is pretty accurate). Little or no fragrance to me. I don't do anything special in the winter except dump a half bag of chip bark mulch on the base for winter and sometimes if I have extra oak leaves I use those instead. There is very little die back or pruning to do come spring. From what I've read, 'Blaze' is zone 6-10, blooms on old wood, and 'Blaze Improved' is zone 5-9 blooms on new and old wood, if that helps for pruning. Very consistent and dependable....See MoreTrachycarpus Fortunei grows in Brooklyn New York
Comments (46)As some here know I have had 2 large windmills in the ground going on 5 years, with a smaller one added 2 years ago. As stated well by jimhardy, tropicalzone7 et al, there are huge variations of climate within zones. Oklahoma City is technically the same zone as NYC and although we got 14 inches of snow in one storm last year and had sustained single digits, the two areas are vastly different in climate. I think we should agree that a hardy palm or any plant for that matter should be rated for a zone by its ability to thrive in that zone continuously without protection of any kind. The first 2 years my Trachys went unprotected and suffered bad damage from the wind and freezing rain. My Butia lived under a tarp with a 100 watt flood light happily for 2 years but died with the same protection after 3 days of temps below 12 degrees. I am confident all my hardy palms would not thrive without protection. I even lost a big Bismarkia in a pot from the heat last summer! Here is a link that might be useful: okcpalms...See MoreZone 7a hardy, fragrant, fruit producing to intertwine with roses
Comments (4)Could try Blue Crown-pretty darn hardy and I've used it to pollinate Incense with a couple of successes. Although you're right Kiwinut for as many as I've tried to pollinate, I've had more fail than succeed. Not sure if maybe it's a time of day thing or what. I had 3 Blue Crowns survive last year's horrific winter in the Hi Desert of So Calif (zone 8 - sunset 11) 1 of them was on the front porch, did not lose it's leaves. The other 2 were in pots out in all of the rain, 3x normal amount, some snow, 15-25F weather for about a week. Only problem with Blue Crown is the fruit may not be particularly tasty, but you can use it to pollinate, it's hardy and is fragrant, at least mine are....See MoreWall climber to pair w La Marne
Comments (8)Just chiming in with another heads up. Perle is is shrubby. My Perle reached a size (even with regular pruning) resembling the photo Jeri posted. Perle may take 2-5 years to expand, but she will. I am somewhere in the zone 7-8 range. If I wished to plant a mannerly reblooming climber next to a pink polyantha in a snug space, I'd go for something like Ballerina, Blush Noisette, or Souv. de Malmaison climbing. Souv. has the least repeat. -Carol...See Moremad_gallica (z5 Eastern NY)
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