Carefree Wonder Rose -Magnificent- Share Photos-Praises
KittyNYz6
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Hi, I recently researched the magnificent, ”Carefree Wonder Rose.” I have been seeking out light pink roses that bloom well in my NY climate. I have seen exquisite photos of Carefree Wonders tightly sprayed pink blooms in hedges! It is very disease resistant to BS , mildew, rust and is winter hardy zone 4- excellent! It blooms the most beautiful pink cupped roses and is lighly fragrant! It is the most prolific bloomer-a floribunda. I have read about! It is about 4ft tall and has bright green leaves. It was bred by A. Meilland in 1990 and an AARS award winner.
I am purchasing Carefree Wonder Rose from Heirloom Roses today. I would love to see your photos and hear of your experiences and praises of Carefree Wonder?
I have a few other light pink roses on my list to purchase that may do well in NY climate: Morden Blush, Our Lady of Guadalupe, James Galway and St Cecilia which come highly recommended if you care to comment on these, too? If you have seen my roses on ”Summer’s Start,” rose forum thread, I have many pink roses and I am always looking for another hardy one-if you’d like to mention your favorites?
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Comments (6)WOW, dayscapes! Your pictures of Carefree Delight with the Lime Hydrangea are very pretty! Good color combo, look wonderful together. I love Carefree Delight. I'm considering using it as a hedgerow to replace privet, with a climbing rose over an arbor where a gate will be at our new place. So, I have been thinking about the same questions if I go that route with Carefree Delight. It is very reliable here in Philly for me. I grew several of these from cuttings. Planted all of them around the Philadelphia area zone 6/7. Planted a couple at old apartment in *almost* full shade. Grew, though not very bushy and had climbing tendencies showing reading for sun. currently has a huge ladder across it courtesy of prop manager, so I think that one will be rescued soon by my shovel. Good thing I still have friends at that apt who tend to the garden, so it is doable. No one will miss her. :-) One planted along driveway, some sun, got up to 4 or 4.5 feet with long arching canes @ 6 ft or so, and still bloomed well. Not as full as more sun, but did well, and was kept pruned out of driveways on either side of the fence, with good bloom and repeat. Planted one at my parents in mostly sun but quite a bit of afternoon shade and it got HUGE! This is one, own root plant after about 3 years floundering in a nursery pot and maybe 2 in the ground… (please excuse the unkempt look of the ground around plant…I just moved this winter and have not been able to be over there to weed and tend much around the poor thing or any of the roses in my "satellite rose garden"… will be getting to that soon though, as per mothers request… :-) ) My dad is not allowed to weed whack around it at my request, I don't want her to have her pretty arching canes chopped off! It is almost as tall as the laundry line pole, and would be if the arching canes were directed up along some type of structure. It is at least 6 ft in diameter, not counting the arching canes here and there making it even bigger. It is ALWAYS a big ball of blooms, these pictures taken at beginning of this season right as it was going to burst. As for pruning: The plants I got the cuttings from were a hedgerow along side a long stone wall fronting the local library. It grew in much shade and arched over the wall beautifully. Three years ago, they were very (I think badly) pruned, hybrid tea style. I assumed the "landscapers" did all they knew to do which was prune everything off to basically empty canes. After that, they never really got back their bushy arching habit, and blooms were far fewer. That only happened once. I actually saw people standing out front one day with a clipboards, looking "in charge", looking at the roses and garden. I stopped to talk and say I loved those bushes so much, but when asked about what I though of the pruning, I said in all honesty I think they did them a disservice, that they were so much more lovely arching around the wall, and that I though that they would have been better off pruned lightly into a bush form, not so hard like a HT. Got a quiet stare. But, ultimately left congratulating them on all the work done on the gardens there in the past couple years, and all was well. But,I did notice that they haven't been pruned like that since. Lol! It changed their look totally but created a more compact bush, though it took a couple years for them to recover. Tomorrow I will go by and try to take pictures of how they look now. They filled in somewhat, but memory tells me they are not as full even still. I only moved a few blocks but now pass only the side of the library, so need to take a good look at how they are doing this season. That library is closed for renovation so I am pretty sure they have been untouched all spring and summer, so I'm curious how they are growing without intervention. So, I assume if pruned drastically as mature plants they can be contained as smaller bushes, but I think that style of pruning took away from their inherent bushy and free flowing quality, which I love. Good luck with color choices, there are so many! It is a great rose, I think, I love the singles and it is so trouble free. Carefree and Delightful, even! :-)...See MoreAlba Roses Photo Share?
Comments (28)Tangles, I'm so glad you are going to order the Queen! I feel she is one of the loveliest roses ever created. What country do you reside in? Yes, your impression is correct. The Queen is more of an arching shrub that is somewhat languid and very graceful. She grows beautifully on a tripod, as a fence or wall shrub or tied to a trellis. I grow mine next to a wall and support her with a surround of rebar and and plant twine. She and Basye's Purple and Botzaris weave together as they throw out their arching canes across the bed. When the Queen's canes arch horizontally, she blooms all along the canes. Please post photos when your rose(s) arrive! I'd love to share in your excitement. :-) Carol...See MoreKittyNYz6
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