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Any cold zoners growing DA's Bathsheba?

joeywyomingzone4

3 years ago

Just curious about how Bathsheba would do in a cold zone, she's a fairly recent introduction so there isn't a lot of information on HMF. DA rates her as hardy to zone 5.

Also in consideration are Lady of Shallot, Desdemona, and Emily Bronte, if anyone cold has any information about them?

Thanks!!!!

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Nick 10bSW17

3 years ago

My sister grows Desdemona in north east ND near Canada (GF), it will be 3yrs this season. She planted the crown 3-4” under the soil and mounds mulch for winter protection. She tried wrapping the canes in burlap, but didn’t notice a difference in dieback this winter.

I’ve been trying to get her to try Bathsheba, I’m half tempted to send her a 2qt for her bday. She likes the fragrance of QoS so I cut her a bloom of Bathsheba the last time I flew back so she could smell how much better it smells.

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joeywyomingzone4
Original Author
3 years ago
Thank you Nick that's very helpful! Do you know if she grows any other David Austin roses, especially any newer releases? I have some of the older ones but haven't tried any of his more recent offerings.
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Nick 10bSW17
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
I had to ask.. She doesn't have any of the new ones: LoS, PAoK, QoS, Scepter Isle, and Benjamine Britten. She's 4a btw.
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Dingo2001 - Z5 Chicagoland
3 years ago
I have Bathsheba but none of the others Bathsheba is good here, usually has some surviving cane.
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joeywyomingzone4
Original Author
3 years ago
Thank you Dingo that sounds promising :) Do you do any winter protecting for her?
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Dingo2001 - Z5 Chicagoland
3 years ago
Joey not really - just some mulch over the crown.
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Madison Post
3 years ago
Nick, that is super impressive that she gets a David Austin to grow in Grand Forks! I grew up 3 hours north of GF so I know how gnarly the weather can be! Always exciting to hear someone in ND growing roses, because I never saw a rose in person my first 20 years of life!!! (I had to move out of state before seeing my first rose bush) that excludes the ND state flower “wild prairie rose” hahaha
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Ashley Smith zone 5a
3 years ago
I have Bathsheba on order from DA! I emailed a couple weeks ago and added it to my order. Can't wait to see what it does for me.
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nippstress - zone 5 Nebraska
3 years ago
Lady of Shalott is reliably hardy, though short, in my zone 4 pocket here in zone 5. She is mostly tip hardy and blooms nicely in poor conditions. She stays more apricot than most of the Austins and she's among 3-4 favorites in the Austins for me.

I have a Desdemona but it was new last winter so I can't speak for its hardiness yet.

Cynthia
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joeywyomingzone4
Original Author
3 years ago
Cynthia that is great info, thank you! Mostly tip hardy in a zone 4 pocket sounds really appealing. Does LoS have much fragrance for you?
Nick 10bSW17
3 years ago
Madison, I'm right there with you- I didn't see any roses of substance growing up until I moved away. I'm from NWSD, but the winters I spent at UND were out of this world cold! It always makes me smile when I see what the hardy northerners in the lower zones are getting to grow.
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