Favorite UPRIGHT roses in your garden?
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Ken Wilkinson
8 days agoFolklore grows pretty much straight up. Soft orange and cream blooms that have a very nice scent.
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Comments (10)Westerland seems to fit your requirements! It's described as a "shrub/climber" although mine grows as a tall, upright shrub to about 5' (I trim it quite heavily in the spring so it would grow taller if I let it). It stays upright - the canes are not lax at all. The flowers are large, double and bright apricot/orange - very eye-catching. It doesn't seem to be bothered by any disease problems here and blackspot is a big problem here where it's hot and humid. It's listed as being hardy to zone 5. Incredibly, I don't have a picture of it but you can look it up on Helpmefind. I also have Easy Living, which I like very much although mine is a small shrub. Heaven on Earth is a shrub that produces beautiful huge pastel apricot blooms. Perhaps my favorite in an orange/apricot color is Pat Austin, which does very well here....See MoreWant to see your favorite Old Garden Roses
Comments (39)'Souvenir de Victor Landeau' is a long-caned Bourbon like 'Mme Isaac Pereire' and 'Deuil de Dr. Reynaud' and has similar blooms, but it doesn't seem as though it will have quite the same habit. If you recall Vintage Gardens' illustrations for Bourbons, SdVL is #4, while the other two I mentioned are #3 (see link at end of post). Another difference I noticed is that even in NJ and without using fungicides, SdVL gets little (if any) noticeable blackspot until well into Autumn. Mine came as a band from Vintage Gardens in Spring 2012, and was finally planted in the garden in Summer 2013. It didn't bloom until its second year (2013), and when it did, it had two flushes in late Spring, paused during the heat of Summer, and had another couple of flushes from late August onward. August 2012 -- four months after coming as a band, potted in a 2-gal container. No blooms yet, but ntice how clean the leaves are. Leafing out April 2013. First blooms late May 2013 (the next wave were more fully double). Mid June 2013 -- second wave of blooms is on its way (note the buds), and perfect foliage. Mid September 2013 -- planted, not blooming, but still has relatively clean foliage. SdVL is the big sprawling thing just to the right of center (note the white tag at its base). April 2014 -- leafed out, SdVL is the sprawling rose in the center of the right-half of the pic. Early and Late May 2014 -- getting ready to bloom, SdVL spreads almost the entire width of these pics. Late May 2014 -- buds forming. First opening bloom, May 29, 2014. Two days later... June 2, 2014 -- first wave of first flush (if you look closely, you'll see lots more unopened buds). I have another long-caned Bourbon, more in the MIP and DdDR style. My original MIP died, and Linda at Long Ago Roses recommended 'Mme de Sevigne' as a possible alternative. I planted the small band last year, and this year it bloomed for the first time. It's also growing like gangbusters. This pic is from June 2, 2014 -- note the thick canes. The tallest of these is now about 4' in height. It's much more upright than SdVL (well, SdVL starts shooting canes up, but they eventually start to lean under their own weight). While blackspot season has begun in my garden, it's interesting to note that MdS has none (so far...), while several others are beginning to drop lots of their lower leaves. :-) ~Christopher Here is a link that might be useful: Bourbons at Vintage Gardens...See Morefavorite roses that survive in your garden
Comments (28)I finally uncovered all my roses this morning and it seems like most of them have a fair amount of green canes. Iceberg was the only one to have a bit of mold on a couple of canes. Should these canes be cut off now, or will they be ok now that the air and sunlight can get to them? Gillian, I re-read your post on which teas you had that were hardy, and you mentioned that Tropicana was one of them. Walmart has them in bags now, and it's mighty tempting. How did you like it, and do you have a pic maybe? Carol, have you been able to check your roses out yet? Hopefully it's all good news. Laurie...See MoreZone 5 Rose Gardeners "What's Your Favorite Rose'?
Comments (41)I live in zone 5 a little west of Madison WI and have a "Blaze Improved" that has been in for over 8 years. I live in a valley so I get lots of wind and a little cooler climate than in town, my lilacs bloom 2 weeks after the ones there. I didn't do a very good job of taking care of Blaze (didn't prune, water regularly, or fertilize up till 2 years ago). The pictures below are from today, October 3rd, and it's still cranking out the 2.25" blooms on the 5-6 foot canes. It does get BS here but I don't care, this has got to be the bloomingist rose I have. The color is a true, rich, beautiful red that does not fade (picture color is pretty accurate). Little or no fragrance to me. I don't do anything special in the winter except dump a half bag of chip bark mulch on the base for winter and sometimes if I have extra oak leaves I use those instead. There is very little die back or pruning to do come spring. From what I've read, 'Blaze' is zone 6-10, blooms on old wood, and 'Blaze Improved' is zone 5-9 blooms on new and old wood, if that helps for pruning. Very consistent and dependable. This is a repost from the Blaze topic....See MorePDXRobertZ8
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sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida)
8 days ago
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8 days agolast modified: 8 days agoPrincess Charlene de Monaco . aa She's a favorite of mine. Tall. Great cut flower. Delicious fragrance.
Sometimes very apricot sometimes a little more pink.
Also Sweet Delight offered by Palatine (they were still in stock last week)
Incredible fragrance. Awesome in arrangementarrangements.
And also from Palatine La Fontaine aux Perles. Nice ragrance too but not as strong as Charlene or Sweet D.
Very long lasting as a cut flower.
Deborah (Z10 Coastal CA)
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berrypiez6b
7 days agolast modified: 7 days agoIt just occured to me my Paul Neyron was unusually straight up in it's first year last summer. I'm guessing it will stay that way if I prune it to knee height after it flowers as someone suggested- wish I could remember who.
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BenT (9B Sunset 14)
6 days agolast modified: 6 days agoRobert,
I’m so glad you’re getting Fragrant Cloud. It is probably my best garden performer year after year, generous wave after wave of big blooms that pack an outrageous scent.
The other rose I thought of after seeing your criterea is Life of the Party. It is upright, and compact overall and could be tucked into a space where most other roses wouldn’t fit. It’s very generous, repeats well and has an especially strong fruit scent.
Perfume Factory also looks like a winner, it’s dense, compact and lives up to its name
I have to say Folklore, at 5x8’ was a bit of a thug for me. The blooms were all at the very top of the plant, and I’m no NBA player, so I seldom got to smell them.I laughed about your comment about your partner not knowing. I go nursery shopping with one of my best friends and she hides her purchases in her car and unloads them in the middle of the night. Once her partner blew up at her and screamed ’are you crazy, there must be 100 succulents all over our yard!?’ We laughed so hard, she actually has over 400 succulents.
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Diane Brakefield
5 days agoRobert, I'm back to pesticate you. My favorite upright rose is Dainty Bess. She grows straight up and thrives in a hideous spot. She came from Pickering Nursery many years ago and is grafted, I believe. She's also an unusual hybrid tea, hybridized by a father-daughter team. But she's pretty big in spite of it all--about 8 feet in midsummer, and has many straight up growing canes, so she's not that skinny. Her growing spot makes it very difficult to photograph the entire plant. I don't have a lot of room, either. Diane
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