Gallica Share 2023
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My Gallicas are REALLY purple!....(photos)
Comments (28)Celeste, I, too, love the purple ramblers..I've got a collection of them growing around my circular arched "Mottisfont" structure. I've got Violette, Veilcheinbleu, Bleu Magenta, Rose-Marie Viaud, Amadis, and Donau!...I think that's all of them that I have. They do get somewhat chlorotic, but I think that's the nature of the plant. I've planted clematis to go up them as well...hoping to hide some of the chlorosis and some of the nakedness at the bottoms. Robert...See MoreThose purple Hybrid China / Gallica / Centifolia roses
Comments (42)Virtually all "purple" roses can vary greatly depending upon all the usual issues...soil/water pH, nutrients, heat, intensity of light, moisture, etc. The only "purple" rose I've yet grown which didn't have been Cardinal Hume and Purple Buttons. All the others have expressed anything from almost white to almost the right color expected from them. Those pigments demand the right range of conditions to express themselvs appropriately. It hasn't mattered whether the rose was an OGR or a modern "purple". Some have behaved better when provided protection from the light and heat intensities. Some have required acidifying the soil, a few times to the extreme. Some have only provided the desired colors in very early springs or late falls during unusually cooler and wetter conditions....See More‘Hippolyte’: With pruning, surely I can keep this Gallica 4’ tall?
Comments (3)Thank you, @Sheila z8a Rogue Valley OR and @Melissa Northern Italy zone 8! Wise words and moral support are always welcome. I have a semi shady spot next to Gallicas and Mosses in my parking strip bed, and I’d like to tuck in a thornless, purple Gallica, too, but I don’t want the situation to be too obnoxious when drivers park next to my roses. Plus I want to maintain some roadway visibility when my neighbor or I back out of our driveways. My garden is in a very crowded inner city area! I suppose that once Hippolyte grows up, I can just whack it and see what happens. Maybe the nearby tree roots will slow it down or it will grow modestly like yours, Sheila. Carol...See MoreRambler share 2023
Comments (61)I lost the name of this rambler: I bought this from Vintage Gardens back in the days when I fell in love with giant roses -- not giant flowers, but giant garden space fillers. I imagined a forest of roses to wander in in, and the rambler family as well as the species roses fit the bill. This rose fills the rose garden corner it is in albeit too well. I knew I was in trouble one winter when I decided to cut it back. I bravely started on the outer edges of its 16-20' canes, and when I reached the center, I was very very afraid. This rose has a TRUNK, an apple tree sized trunk, and this is Michigan! Since then, I have stopped cutting it back because the thorns are just too vicious. The leaves are shiny and healthy -- nothing ever makes it sick. It blooms just before the Excelsa clan. I like the fact the each cluster of flowers stands up on a stalk that is long enough to cut and bring inside. The double flowers open up a translucent pink and fade to white. There's a constant strong citrus fragrance. No hips are set. You can see three of its flowers below: L shaped cluster in pale pink. That's a mockorange (white) below and peonies around it/behind it. ....See Moreportlandmysteryrose
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