Grandmother's hat as a climber?
Lizzie Rae 10a
4 years ago
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Comments (16)Lovely babies Aimee! How is your Sombreuil doing, I believe yours and mine are of the same age. :D I like your La France, it is so lovely when the petal sides differ in color! Mme. Berard looks lovely too, I am slowly getting convinced to get her after all. :D About Penelope's fragrance, some of my musks are sneaky and produce fragrance during the night/morning - today I went out early in the morning and my Paul's Himalayan Musk was secretly scenting all parking lot! And now in the end of the day he had almost no fragrance at all....See MoreGrandmother's Hat Question
Comments (15)Thanks! Alameda, I don't use epsom salts -- not a good idea for my soil -- so I can't say what the results would be. I suspect that your GH will build up more basals over time. It's not one of those roses (like Chevy Chase) that produces a gazillion new canes each year, but it is also not one of those roses that produces a few canes in the beginning and you'd better cherish them because that's pretty much all you're ever going to get. I see several new ones each year and I generally take one or two old ones out each year. As Kim says, it roots easily. I generally take some cuttings when I prune it each year and just push them in the ground below the plant, just a slight scrape of the cambrium but no rooting hormone. Several of the cuttings usually strike, and I have new plants to give away at my local plant exchange. Rosefolly...See MoreCan Grandmother's Hat be pegged or trellised?
Comments (2)GH assumes a natural vase-like form at full size, very lovely and graceful. I have heard that people train it on a trellis, fanned out as you describe. I've never done it and it seems like a lot of work for a rose that supports itself very well, but I do believe the people who say it works. I can't imagine pegging it, either to itself or to the ground. It is simply not that flexible, though not as rigid as, say, Dortmund. It would need more real estate to be pegged than it needs in its natural form, and it needs a fair amount even that way. I prune GH down to about 5 1/2-6 feet each spring and it grows easily back to 8 feet tall. Those who prune it less can have 10 foot shrubs. Rosefolly...See MoreGrandmother's Hat--Where to buy, or alternates?
Comments (7)Wow, I go away from the computer for such a short time and all you fabulous folks are right here so helpful. Thank you! Jeri... I will definitely be at the Celebration of Old Roses. I've gone the last several years with my mom who has dozens of OGR. Do you have a table at the event? I usually arrive towards the end of the event and have only seen Gregg there selling for Vintage. Is Grandmother's Hat something that---assuming you are able to bring it---can be reserved? Or is it a "first come first" served sort of thing? Usually I'm late to the event, but last year I came about 40 minutes before the doors opened and some of the vendors outside seemed a bit particular about the etiquette of arriving early... as if it just wasn't done... so I wasn't planning to arrive early this year... that is, unless I have to in order to secure a GH. ;) Thanks again to all of you for your help. -kmama...See MoreLizzie Rae 10a
4 years ago
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