Augusta Luise on own roots?
Chris Martins Zone6a Chicago
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Comments (3)So true, Cross! I never trust the company hype any more. Early on I fell for several of those ad campaigns only to find the roses didn't perform anything like they said. I don't even trust the photos! But I've found that HMF really does try to give a true description of the rose in question. And the comments on the photos posted by the gardeners themselves of their actual experiences with a rose are invaluable! That's why I try to post photos and comments regularly....See MoreAugusta Luise - My Favorite 2019 Rose
Comments (17)So gorgeous, Ann. My ordering experience was also 3 crashes during the process. Thank you, Diane, for introducing us to this rose. She's my favorite rose of all time. Mine took off surprisingly well in growth for this zone. My season is short, so she didn't have a whole lot of time to produce a lot of blooms. 2020 will be her year. I would like to see companion roses and perennials she has been paired with. Mine is planted with Poseidon and Blue Paradise phlox....See MoreMy Augusta luise rose is not pretty
Comments (70)Diane, Beautiful Augusta Luise & sensational color in your garden. Fertilizers & sun can bring out her deepened color, too! So above cool spring 2022 I see lighted Augusta Luise. Was it sunny in late Oct? Sun brings out orange colors in some roses. Your rose looks more deep orange? In beginning of Oct 2022 I had roses w/ yellows & peach/oranges from sun, but cool weather beginning, deepening colors the most ever and pinks really darkening! My pinks get darker every day all fall, too. Moonlight in Paris Oct. 5, 2022 Sun had shown for a week in early Oct on MIP. & bright yellow colors & peach came out in sun, but later pinks came out, yellow/peach faded as it became cool weather & rose aged later at end of week. However, In hot summer sun MIP is all over light colored. Rose chemistry effects the rose color: Colors of pink/red are brought out in roses when they have more Ph acidic levels. As when a rose is a bud it is at it’s highest level of acid content so it will be a deep colored bud. As it it loses acidity, aging, it becomes more alkaline, it turns more bluish colors. Following red roses will turn more bluish as they age & loose acid. In sunlight, acidic content increases in roses, but heat degrades the pH acid level so it fades, too. So some roses intensify in sun, but other roses fade in the heat. Some roses retain acidity & intensify in color in sunlight better than others. However, roses with carotenoids (yellow/orange colors) increase in sunlight & in cool temps they soften in color. I think Augusta L has lots of carotenoids! Alexandria of Kent intensifies to a peach color in bright sun, too! My Michelangelo rose intensifies to bright yellow in the sun! Also some roses fluctuate in colors more than others..phototropic...... their acid/alkaline levels change more often and thus they change colors often. Such as Double Delight-ever changing in color. In the fall when we see a deep pink rose first bloom it has retained it’s acid content & stays pink..... we see more pinks in cool falls........but later fades to blue as it looses acidity when aging. Some believe zinc & other metals increase the acidic content in the rose making it deeper in color..... so some put zinc on roses before rose shows to intensify rose colors. Diane, I think your Augusta Luise had a bit of sun in the fall-late Oct, which brought out it’s peach-orange. Then it bloomed lighter colors in Nov as less acid in rose content w/ cool/diminished Nov sun....See MoreCrazy love and Augusta Luise
Comments (34)They are sweet, they have to hear me drone on and on about the garden which I know they don't care for lol but at least they paid attention to the plants I've been talking about a lot lately haha. My son was especially eager to buy a gift for me which I think is just heart-melting. He's 7 and my wild one so he doesn't always remember to be appreciative, but today he was so sweet whispering to my husband about getting me the gift 😭 and it's good that they each picked one out, now I've got one for each of them to remember for many years (hopefully), if I'm lucky maybe they'll be incredible mature clems one day when my kids are grown, and they will help me feel close to them still. My son picked "Comtesse de Bouchad" and my daughter picked "Asao". @Kristine LeGault 8a pnw...See MoreSheila z8a Rogue Valley OR
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