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Distant Drums in zone 4b?

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Have any of you grown Distant Drums in a cold climate? Did you find it hardy and vigorous enough? I planted Prarie Sunrise and Enchanted Autumn this year and would like to add a few additional Buck varieties including Quietness, Distant Drums, and Prarie Star but I question if DD would survive with protection.

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Ashley Smith zone 5a

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Woops...🙈 I just decided to double check and I actually think mine is own root!

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strawchicago z5
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Jim in zone 6 had a friend who grew Distant Drum as own-root and it was wimpy on her. Distant Drum is best as grafted.
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flowersaremusic z5 Eastern WA
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Mine is still in it's pot, in the garage, but Distant Drums grows perfectly fine at the Rosarium, high on a windy plain, in Spokane, WA, a solid zone 5. So, if your 4b isn't too different, I would try. An added note, they do not winter protect any of their roses. An own root would give you the benefit of coming back from the roots if the top should die.
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Kate, Weeks sells Distant Drums budded in California every year, or they have for the past several years. I'm not sure you gain a thing by ordering this plant own root, especially by paying transcontinental shipping. And I'm a big fan of RU, that's not the issue. I've picked them up at a variety of good garden centers for three years running. The benefit of buying them either potted or bagged in person is that you get to see how the particular plant is budded. Distant Drums is viciously thorny and rather stiffly upright anyway, so it's not so you'd notice... but I like having a choice. Here is a link that might be useful:
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The growth habit and rate of growth is similar to an average HT. For me, it was a slow starter on its own roots, so the grafted plant is a good choice. . . if it isn't virused.
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Mine: 5 years old, own root. Grown in a very open location, full sun, blasted by late afternoon winds. Zone 8, but we have problems with hardiness of some varieties because of the exposure factor. The plant is 6 X 6 feet and gets NO pruning and only supplemental watering. It gets some Blackspot but otherwise is a trooper of the highest caliber. Other people do not have as good results as I have had, so YYMV.
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Susanne27, Thank you for the information. I'm wondering whether translation of Canadian zone listings is required in general? You will see that I'm listed as zone 9 here in Florida, but I also garden in zone 4. So understanding such subtleties is very valuable in terms of evaluating hardiness reports. Thank you for the explanation and for clarifying your zone listing to what is commonly understood here. Thank you very much. Beautiful photo BTW.
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Steve_M in PA
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Isn't Spokane supposed to be 6A-6B, based on the USDA map? (But of course, the weather exposure in a given exact location makes some difference.)
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strawchicago z5
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Chicago Botanical Garden, zone 5b has a big bed of Distant Drums. They were grafted on Dr.Huey and I was impressed at how much they bloom and super-healthy in loamy soil.

Joey in zone 4, Wyoming grows State of Grace (Distant Drum x About Face). About Face is EXTREMELY VIGOROUS as own-root in my zone 5a. I got so tired of it being over 7 feet tall for the past 5 years that I pruned it down to the crown.
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Diane Brakefield
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Yes, Steve. Spokane, the city, is zone 6a and 6b. Spokane county is 5b. Diane
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flowersaremusic z5 Eastern WA
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Steve, the zone maps show Spokane is z6, but as you suspected, there are a lot of variants. There are 76 lakes in the Spokane area, a mountain, many elevations, wooded areas and plains. I live north of Spokane, in a snow belt, so our lows are lower than Spokane. Our most recent winters have been exceptionally mild, closer to z6. This winter is an anomaly. Diane said it best.
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Dave5bWY
Original Author
last year
Thank you @strawchicago z5 and @flowersaremusic z5 Eastern WA for the info. I’m already pushing it with several roses and so maybe this is just another one to experiment with. It would be in a protected location. Maybe I’ll try one own root and one grafted. I wish I could more easily find it grafted on MF instead of DH.
Ashley Smith zone 5a
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I grow a grafted Distant Drums in my zone 5a. I often feel like our windy hill is close to zone 4. It does beautiful for me and I never give it any protection. However I do have it in a spot that is protected from north and west winds.
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Ashley Smith zone 5a
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Dave5bWY
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Thanks Ashley, that that’s helpful!

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