Brindabella Purple *Prince (*Pride-Au.), anybody grow it?
Moses, Pittsburgh, W. PA., zone 5/6, USA
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Markay MD-Zone 7A (8A on new map)
2 months agoI love mine. Found it locally at a nursery. Excellent blackspot resistance with a bit creeping in late in the season. Lovely fragrance too. My climate isn’t much of a test for hardiness, but it spent it’s first winter in a pot with no issues.
It’s in a corner of the garden where I was doing a lot if renovating last summer so I don’t have many pics.
This was late season and you can see the foliage is not entirely clean. Not much stays totally clean here!
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Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
2 months agoMoses, Pittsburgh, W. PA., zone 5/6, USA thanked Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
Sunny Mississippi 8a
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Very healthy no spray in my garden. Fragrant! And blooms last on the bush. Cant report on vaselife. A must-have for a no-spray garden. These are the last blooms of the season. Blooms in flushes for me.Moses, Pittsburgh, W. PA., zone 5/6, USA thanked Sunny Mississippi 8aMoses, Pittsburgh, W. PA., zone 5/6, USA
2 months agoMoses, Pittsburgh, W. PA., zone 5/6, USA
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forever_a_newbie_VA8
2 months agoMoses, I am in a warmer zone so can’t comment on hardiness. But I am in BS serious east coast, and BPP is the single most BS resistent of all my roses. It is planted in a not so favorate west wall with a camellia tree blocking south sunlight. Following picture is dated Nov 21st. Untill then the leaves were still spotless and full from the bottom. No leaves dropping as far as I can tell
I got it as 2-3 gallon plant from a local nursery. I found it a little cheaper than other patented roses. In fact all the Brindabella roses are a little cheaper. Following picture was from end of last May. The leaves stay the same till winter
My BPP did take a break blooming during the hottest summer days though, which is fine with me. It came back in bloom in early September.
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