James L. Austin
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Comments (24)So, I was in a nursery today and saw James L. Austin and sort of fell in love! And brought it home. Will see what happens next! I agree about the color! It suprised me to see how vibrant it is "in the flesh" after all the times I have seen it in the DA catalog. I have grown GO and it was a really dud for me--super weak and I got very few flowers out of it all summer, in only two flushes, and died down to one sad cane, so it was SP but maybe I just got a bad one. JLA is magenta , deep reddish magenta, almosrt sort of a rich hot pink. Very hard to describe and most photos cannot capture its vibrancy. It's not that dissimilar from GO, in color, although I personally think JLA's color is more sort of shocking, in a good way. Gorgeous. I have also grown Boscobel, which has salmony tones that JLA does not. It was so beautiful, also not great in my garden, not particularly tough--prone to every sort of ill and pest--nor prolific, only two real flushes, although I know that for some it does great so it was also SP. My Young Lycidas, however, is tough as nails. When I got it, it was almost dead, and now it's on it's third summer, worst spot in the garden, with buds galore! The leaves are not the most attractive, sort of weirdly crinkly, but the flowers are super. And it stays relatively compact and orderly compared to some. For me, it has less pink/red tones that JLA, it's more purplish, and Princess Ann is somewher between the two, more pinkish. JLA is a bit darker. And then there's the unique form of Princess Ann's flowers that are like no other. JLA does have a scent but it's not super strong, but lovely. Perhaps of all of them, Princess Ann has the most detectable scent for me, but they are all pretty. In it's first year, Princess Ann was very hardy, but not the most profilic. In its second year, it's about to give a big show of blooms, based on the uncountable number of blooms, and is growing quite upright and tall. And thanks to people on these chats, I learned that one needs to wait a year or two to see what a plant can do, which kept her off the SP list. Hope this info helps someone in turn. Here's a photo of my Jame L. Austin, colors are true to life:...See MoreJames L Austin vs Princess Anne
Comments (21)hcarneval: Thank you for asking this question regarding Princess Anne vs. James L. Austin. I had exactly the same question. Do you have any updates? Which rose did you buy??? I live in Southern California about 6 miles from the coast, and wondering which one will do better for me. I’ve seen James L. Austin in person, but have not seen a blooming Princess Anne in person. I just bought a Princess Anne, and now I’m wondering if I made the right choice... or if I should have gotten James L. Austin. Here are some photos of the James L. Austin I recently saw a Rogers Gardens....See MoreWhat are your favorite (not so common) Austin roses?
Comments (195)My Chianti was about 6 ft high and about 8 ft wide. And constance about the same. And i had them up on an embankment and they kind of hung down over. Which worked well as the roses tend to "nod" on the ends of the canes. So you could look up into them. They could have done with a bit of support as they tended to have very long canes. I've just bought the wedgewood rose, in my new house, and have that similarly up on an embankment but have given it some support this time. That one repeats but is yet to flower so I don't know if I will like it as much yet. I loved constance to bits. What zone am I? I don't know the equivalents, sorry. It rarely gets colder than about 14 degree F in winter and we hardly ever get snow. And in summer it's around 86 F, but we have a few days that can top 100....See MorePortland International Rose Test Garden - Fall Visit
Comments (13)Liz PNW 8b I wish I have your warm temp. It's 40's during the day and 29 F at night in my zone 5a as of 10/18/22. In my heavy clay, grafted roses don't smell as good as own root. I grew both Pink Peace as grafted and own-root, same with Angel Face and Heirloom. However, once the grafted-rose grew its own-root above Dr.Huey-rootstock, it improved in scent. Like red Knock-out had zero scent in the 1st decade as grafted-on-Dr.Huey, but after a decade it had a nice scent, even my neighbor complimented on its nice scent. It grew its own-root and lost Dr.Huey-rootstock, buried deep in soaking wet clay. Two other people noted the same about own root has stronger scent: Khalid in zone 9b and Planetrj (zone 11b/H2 pH 5.8). My own root Pretty Lady rose was a perfume bottle regardless of weather. In hot temp, it was like raspberry Kool-aid, strong but artificial. In cold temp, it changed to carnation and rose. Very powerful scent on own root Pretty Lady rose below:...See Morehaku84_zone9
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