Morden Blush, 2020

mark_roeder 4B NE Iowa

3 years ago

Morden Blush putting on a spectacular performance.

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mark_roeder 4B NE Iowa
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3 years ago

damask_rose,

It grows like this each year until the Japanese Beetles arrive in about 10-days, and then it is decimated by hundreds of beetles. In the late 1990s when I planted this, before Japanese Beetles arrived in NE Iowa, Morden Blush was covered in flowers most of the summer and fall. It is a fast repeater, almost a continuous bloomer. I use hedge sheers to dead head it. It is unscented.

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damask_rose_zone9b
3 years ago
Oh wow! It's absolutely stunning! And what a beautiful, delicate color!
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damask_rose_zone9b
3 years ago
Aw shucks, I hate Japanese beetles! They are my worst enemy in the garden. Every spring they destroy the roses at our family farm in the Central Valley. For quite a few years I had a false sense of security that they would never reach the Bay Area, but these past couple of years they have started to show up here. Every day I scoured the roses for the pests and killed all that I could find, but I'm afraid that won't be enough to stop them from spreading. I've been wanting to get a pesticide to spray the roses with, but I have a garden cat so I can't use anything that would be dangerous for him.

Morden Blush sure is a beauty! The blooms are so ruffly and beautiful, they look like clouds! And continuous blooms?! That's a winning combination if I've ever seen one! I'll definitely have to check my local nursery to see if they carry it this spring.

Have a nice evening,

damask_rose : )
mmmm12COzone5
3 years ago
Beautiful! Now I want one.
Lilyfinch z9a Murrieta Ca
3 years ago
Wow that is absolutely gorgeous!!! I’d love to get this one too. Sorry about all your beetles :( they sure are rotten
MasLovesRoses_z8a GA
3 years ago
Lovely rose! Does she get BS? Do you spray?
mark_roeder 4B NE Iowa
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3 years ago
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I spray. Some years I get a bit lax on spraying. I have had this plant for about 23-24 years. For several years I entirely abandoned the clean garden approach, and only did spraying.

I redoubled my efforts starting last year and this year to keep clean rose beds.

The short answer is, if you do not spray it can spot, a little in our warm humid climate. It is not a blackspot magnet. When I have been lax on spraying, or when we are getting 5-days of continuous rain, I can get a tiny bit of leaf damage on Morden Blush. I think it more subject to other less debilitating rose diseases. I want to say I have seen a bit of anthracnose on it, but not a lot of it.
Aaron Rosarian Zone 5b
3 years ago
I'm so happy I bought mine--I initially wasn't expecting much and Morden Blush has been one of my most consistent performers!!