Anyone has Belle de Crecy or Hippolyte?
Rose Lai (9b)
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Comments (26)Hi. It's the addict formerly known as poorbutroserich I'm still poor but for now, with the changes, I am roserich. My EdM is one cane. No vigor.... She is one of my "attend to" roses for this year. Pour on the love and see what happens. Glad to be back Susan...See MoreBelle de Crecy
Comments (18)I'm in Washington, a little way west of Tacoma. This is an incredibly gorgeous part of the country. We'll be out here 4 years in just 2 weeks, after many (don't want to say how many, but a lot!) years in Florida. This is gardening paradise, and the first time I've really grown roses (too much spraying required where I've lived before, and all the local nurseries offered were hybrid teas.) We really love the area. Finding roses like Belle de Crecy has been a real eye opener. Who knew that roses could have pretty bushes, that actually look like bushes and not thorny sticks, and that some of them turned color and have gorgeous hips in the fall? And such tough plants! Some of these old roses are cast iron here--stuck in the ground (glacial till, not even great soil) as bands with a handfull of organic food and some compost if they're lucky, not even watered in if the ground is wet enough from rain. A little alfalfa meal and a handful of fertilizer in the spring, and they're growing (IMO) like mad. No extra water seems to be needed if they're planted at the start of the rainy season, even with a summer like we had last year. They would probably do better with more attention, but they're good enough for me without it, so they're neglected and abused and still make good looking bushes with a bunch of blooms. My kind of plants! I'm at the point now where if they're all fussy, they're going to be replaced by a plant that thrives on neglect. Belle de Crecy seems to be a real keeper....See Morelooking for pollen from Belle de Crecy and or Tuscany
Comments (2)Sorry no one has answered your request. You might see who is growing these roses over on Help Me Find Roses and ask one of them for pollen....See MoreDoes Hippolyte sucker?
Comments (10)Frances, I don't grow Hippolyte, but only because I've never been able to find it in stock, lol. But I can address a couple of your questions. Most gallicas DO sucker, though some are much more aggressive about it than others (here's looking at you Charles de Mills). However (there's always a "but..."), grafted gallicas are much less likely to sucker. Grafting is the primary way that they are kept in check. If it's planted deeply, it MIGHT go own root, but there's no guarantee. So like Sheila says, I'd recommend starting a cutting or an air layer. That way you'd already have another, and that one would be much more likely to spread. You can never have too many of a favorite rose. It's a rule. Really....See MoreRose Lai (9b)
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