Rose de Rescht-what conditions does she like?
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Comments (2)Beautiful, beautiful roses, every one of them. Your unknown gallica is fabulous. I had no idea gallicas could bloom that long. The fragrance in your garden must be wonderful. Ingrid...See MoreRose de Rescht?
Comments (20)I sort of had a Rose de Rescht a couple of years ago. I lived in an apartment and so did not have a garden (in fact, I am now retired and gardening for the first time in my life). But I had a friend there who had an arrangement with the apartment house management whereby she designed and did the work on various garden spaces around the place. I have had a love of OGRs for years - that is, I went to the places where they grew and read books and sighed over pictures of them - so I asked my friend if she would like to grow one. I said I would buy it if she would grow it. She was all for it, so we picked one out from a book I had - I basically deferred to her in the choosing, as I figured that she knew what the problems were, i.e., space, growing conditions, etc. So in the end, we got Rose de Rescht. We got it from an "own-root" mail order nursery, and I must say it grew really well. It did the suckering others have mentioned the second year in the ground. I loved the blossoms, but was less happy with the shape - it was rather rigidly vertical, and most of the old roses I had seen had a more spreading, graceful shape. I see, by the way, that some of the other posters do have a more graceful look to their bushes. It also didn't seem to have much fragrance, and it's supposed to have quite a bit - although I didn't mind about that, because the allure of these old roses for me is really visual. It never seemed to get BS, or much of anything else, but of course we are in inland California, where the climate in the summer is dry and hot. I have a fond recollection of RdR, because it was such a Dream Realized for me. But if I were to get a rose now, I would not get that one. I lean more toward something like Souvenir de la Malmaison (actually, I LOVE Gloire de Dijon, but will never in my life have the scope for it)....See MoreRose de Rescht?
Comments (12)Hi Terry. Thanks for your thoughts. I definitely see what you are saying about the size, I appreciate that. I was under the impression they did not get that big but I will take the word of someone who grows it compared to the estimates of a catalog. I have a question for you. What is the damask 'crud'? BS I can deal with and yes so far we are Japanese Beetle free here in California. I read the posts about all you poor folks have to deal with and just cannot imagine the frustration you go through with those little monsters. I see now also that Sequoia has this baby. Might be a good time to get Rdr and some Moore roses in tandem. Have a great day and thank you again. Kate...See MoreQueen of the Bourbons, Rose de Rescht, Svnr. du Dr. Jamain
Comments (4)I hope it works well for you! I stopped using mulch in the mix, if only because it seemed to work just fine without it. My High Country Roses order arrived on Friday, but I haven't had the chance to pot them up yet. That's my project tomorrow before work. My roses look to be at about the same level of growth, and I'm very happy with them. Good luck! :-) ~Christopher...See MoreSheila z8a Rogue Valley OR
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