2022-2024 MY FAVORITE OLD GARDEN ROSES
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Comments (54)I'd like to put in a good word for Tradescant. Not sure if I can say it's my favorite, but I wouldn't be without it. I can't seem to figure out how to post pics, but I know Patrick (my enabler on that one) has some incredible pics of it that might be nice to add to this thread. General Jacqueminot might actually be my fave - at any rate, every time I see it I say that. Trouble is, it is very prone to BS. But, oh, the perfection of color (whitish-bluish blush backing) and nodding, full blooms... Celeste - love your pic of General Washington. It has long been on my wish list, but I have hesitated to get it, since so many HPs have disease problems and (to me) awkward plant habits. Is it a lot of trouble?... Souv. du Dr. Jamain is the second most remarked upon rose in my garden the first being Jude the Obscure). Smoldering, saturated, and trouble-free. I call it my Dr. Huey substitute. Am I the only one who actually really likes the old doctor? They are in bloom all around town right now, and I can't go anywhere in the car without taking long detours just to see them all. I know they'll look like hell in a few weeks, after bloom, but gosh, so will some of my HPs! :) Call me a simpleton, but Dr. Huey was actually the rose responsible for my interest in old roses. Since childhood I loved that mysterious, arching old rose that graced so many of the older houses around here. If I could only have one, I thought... Well, when I grew up and moved back to my small hometown, I went searching on the web for that old thing. Couldn't find it anywhere. But, I found lots of other gorgeous, smelly old roses and lovely specialty nurseries and this wonderful, helpful forum. And it was here that I finally learned the identity of my first rose obsession. And nobody likes it. Why? I still don't have one (nearly acquired one a couple of weeks ago, but that's another long story...), but sometimes when I drive about town, looking at all the spectacular Dr. Hueys, I think just for a moment that maybe my grand, elaborate rose show is still not the equal of a single mature specimen of the reviled old doctor. Am I just crazy? Over-romanticizing my first rose love? Or are there others who appreciate this rose too? With humble pleas for tolerance of my heretical views, robiniaquest (or should it be Dr. Hueyquest?)...See MoreFavorite Old Garden Roses
Comments (10)Laura, You may remember that I do not spray. I will look everything over tomorrow and give you an opinion about ones that I recommend. I second all that were already mentioned (that I grow). Regarding SDLM and Mystic Beauty (with a little about Souv De Saint Anne for good measure). The first SDLM I owned was one ordered from the Antique Rose Emporium about 20 years ago. It died in its third year due to my ignorance of how to treat roses. It did put out many exquisite blooms. They were large, flesh pink, deeply scrolled and quartered and, in addition to the powerful scent, packed with petals. SDLM number two came to me from K & M Nursery last fall and is grafted on Fort. The small shrubby plant blooms very well. It tends to be white (blushed with pink now), smells good and though nicely double not as well packed as my previous plant. I consider the blooms to be small. I just got Mystic Beauty from Roses Unlimited about four months ago. It is very small and yet has bloomed twice, once with one and next with three. The rose smells exquisite and the blooms are large. It is a very lovely pink and has many petals. I love it. I just saw several Souv de St Anne's at the Central Florida Heritage Rose Society sale. They were also powerfully fragrant, large, a lovely pink and one of the loveliest near singles I have ever seen. Mystic Beauty has been very healthy as has my Fort grafted SDLM. I wonder about the difference between the SDLM I have now and the one own root from those years ago. Sometimes I think I may have Kronprinzessin Viktoria though mine does not have yellow centers....See MoreMy two favorite books about old roses
Comments (7)There is a treasure trove of information on OGRs on google, specifically google books. It's harder to get into now than it used to be, but the info is there. East coasters and southern rose growers need to (at least) know that Mary C. Rion's Ladies' Southern Florist has excellent chapters on growing roses. Ladies Southern Florist has been in my library since 2008 (a second copy arrived as a Christmas gift from a good friend that winter). Amazon has them used; I willingly paid full price and would again....See MoreMy Rose Garden 2022 Year3
Comments (57)I’m so ready for my peonies to bloom!!! Their season is short but I would not be without them! @kate it was a very warm winter, I have already pruned in February and starting to fertilize now with plant tone. I tend to over fertilize so please don’t listen to me 🤪🤪. I have my schedule saved somewhere but I basically do plant tone and fish fertilizer now, once they are leafed out I start with spray liquid fertilizer (kelp+ maxsea) or something like that whenever I have a chance (every week or 2weeks) If the rose struggled last year I would probably add a slow release fertilizer now too…. This year I will add neem oil and jacks captain to my sprayer to see if I can get thrips under control...See MoreKittyNYz6
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