Fragrant shrub CA Zone 9A
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Fragrant yellow besides Jude and Golden Celebration?
Comments (37)Hi Strawberryhill, I got my Golden Borders from Eurodesert. I was actually on a quest for yellow at the time.;) Wandering through the gardens and looking for yellow roses to bring home. It was a VERY hot day as I recall--over 110 I believe with no shade. So a pretty good test to see what did well in that heat, and also who still looked yellow. I came upon Golden Border and recognized it from pictures on HMF. I'd previously searched Cliff's inventory and noted this rose but neglected to ask him about it as I assumed such a wonderful thing would be long sold. I was delighted to come upon it in his garden. Covered in bloom as is characteristic of this plant. There were 2 and I brought 1 home. Didn't take me long to realise I wanted the other! So I contacted Cliff and reserved the second. I think Hortico has or had it. I've never ordered from them so don't have an opinion on their plants. I brought home some other yellows that may also not be all that well known in North America. So I don't know that much about how they'd fare in zones other than mine. One of these is Eurostar which has about a gazillion names on HMF. Looks like an Austin and packs a powerful fragrance. The blooms are chalice-shaped and remind me of a bowl full of lemons. Gorgeous! It grows in a narrow, rigidly upright shape (perfect for the spot I had in mind). But it has one very big drawback--it is heavily armed, and I mean HEAVILY! The thorns are like harpoons.:( Thick, long, hard, and deadly sharp. They can slice through tough, reinforced rose gloves like a hot knife through butter. In order to remove it from its pot I had to tie a rope around one cane to pull it out, simply no safe spot to get a grip on with my gloved hands! But now that it is in the ground I love it. It will be staying where I put it permanently.;) The other one that not so much is known about in North American gardens is Emil Nolde. I didn't get to see it in flower at Eurodesert as it had just finished a flush when I came for yellows. I picked it from descriptions/pictures on HMF. It grows sort of low and spreading. It was pruned heavily back for its trip here and did start growing and budded up. But some creature ATE all the buds and I haven't seen its open flowers yet. I also got from Eurodesert some yellow species roses. I like all of them A LOT! Rosa foetida persiana to me is stunning. Love the globular flower shape and the intense yellow color. I even like the linseed oil fragrance, which I associate with happy horses munching a meal that includes flaxseeds warmed in hot water. This rose bloomed profusely at Eurodesert. It came into my garden and began growing right away and favored me with a second flush (surprise!) as some say it is a once-bloomer (not here!). Another is Rosa alabukensis. Cute beyond words. Single yellow fading to cream. It grows as a small rounded mound. Produces pretty red to black hips. Very prickly and suckers happily. Pretty, small, dark green foliage. It also surprised me after I planted it here with a solitary late bloom in July, so I wonder at the potential to rebloom (maybe I can do more to make it happy). Smells of linseed oil plus something sweet. One of my favorites, so I intend to encourage it to sucker and give me more pups! Supposedly from Russia, and depending on where that might mean it could handle more cold than in my area. A nursery in Canada carries it I think (Brentwood Bay). I also brought home Rosa xanthina. It is a graceful, large species with single yellow flowers. Plentiful small foliage. Melissa...See MoreMoon vine; fragrant plants?
Comments (4)You can grow both moon vine and morning glory in your zones. Mon vines require at leat half a day of direct sunlight and both plants can become invasive. Moon vines are known for self seeding so one of the ways to contain them is to dead head them. I am enclosing a link that lists plants, vines, etc that are either fragrant in bloom or the foliage. You will notice a N S or C which is the indication of the part of the state where the plant will thrive. It never hurts to experiment with some that are on the border of your zone as micro0climates can be found everywhere. Disney is the classic example of micro climates abd griwubg plant that would die eosewhere. Have fun experimenting and I do adore fragrant plants, thus the screen name. Linda Here is a link that might be useful: Fragrant plants for shade in Florida...See MoreWANTED: Seeking list of rare plants. ZONE 11a Brentwood, CA
Comments (11)You aren't kidding! Nothing grows at the North Pole!! :D Just watch Logee's plants, I used to order from them all the time and got some plant diseases on some succulents I had purchased and then they transferred to my Christmas cacti which I was bummed about, so I had to pitch them. To be fair Logee's said they would help if I wanted them to, but I didn't bother. They have excellent exotics, though some are pricey....See MoreAnyone growing Gruss an Aachen in zone 9a equivalent?
Comments (15)Bellegallica, I'm not really good at describing perfume but I would have to say that, to my nose, GaA has a 'delicious' scent. The bloom(s) in the vase photo lasted well for 48 hours - but two of the three were already well open when I cut the spray - it was about to rain and they would have been completely ruined by the rain. However, they lasted well in the vase for 48 hours. I imagine if I had picked them when the buds were just opening they would have lasted another 24 hours. As for it not being good in the heat, I would have to disagree (at least in my conditions). We had a very hot (and unusually humid) summer this year and GaA kept on flowering all through summer. I can only imagine (and hope) that when she becomes established she will be even better. At the moment she does have some black spot but we've had quite a lot of rain and warm days lately so there really are very few roses in my garden that don't have black spot now. Tricia...See Moreyanggers
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