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This reminds me that I have a problem bloomer in my garden this year, the
Weeks shrub rose called Rockin' Robin.

another Tom Carruth striper in the wake of Scentimental, I grow this
rose, have had basically similar results. This rose's thing was
stripes, that's supposed to keep you happy, you're not supposed to
worry about how big or how many. Frau Dagmar Hartopp popped up
in the middle of it, 8 or 10 feet from mom, I've wondered what to do
about it the last few years, but it's basically a non-problem, Frau
Dagmar fills in what Rockin' Robin lacks. Here it blooms dependably
but has never had enough canes to just knock someone down. It was
also not what I expected, being cherry-red, not that vivid brilliant
like Scentimental or Roller Coaster, Hurdy Gurdy, etc. Maybe you
could plant both of these real close to it, that would certainly beef
it up. They're both killer stripers. Or perhaps you could just
hack it back to delivery size each year, that might even work to get
it back 'on track'.

Which brings to mind a number of complaints about Fourth of July. Mine
is a beast, drugstore sidewalk sale material, bought a year ago, plenty
of 6 foot basals. It's a 50-50 break between those who say FOJ is
vigorous and those who say it hasn't grown more than 3 feet in 3 years.

hahahaha. gimme.
I'm just kiddin. I stuck Fourth of July in Betty Boop's hole, I've been
watitin ever since.
Roses like this one grow but get forgotten. There are 2 or 3 like this one
in the grapegiant area, each year I dutifully hack everything dead and living
away from these skrags to give them one more chance to croak and gd, they never
do, and even bloom so they get to stay. Some relatively rare roses too--
Camara, Remember Me, Hello, Marvelle. Camara's blooming right now, pretty good
too for what it's working with.
With the likes of Trier and Spring Morning and Julie Annnndrews and Canary Bird
and Felicite Parmentier breathing down their necks it's easy to understand how
these hybrid wimps get lost in the shuffle, Julie Annnndrews notwithstanding.
Every other year I like the color of that rose, it's some weird shade of
coral-orange. And it's kept up, done what it's had to do, which is totally
commendable.



I got the Moore striper Shadow Dancer last fall. Little OR squirt,
won't stop blooming long enough to grow. Starts crimson/pink, fades to
pink/white.

That one was on my last Moore order form that I didn't send in. I have one
of those from Nor'East right now. Postage figured, everything. Strict limit
of 5, it was tough but I'm satisfied I picked the very best roses.
To not grow. hahaha.
no, really, I'm going to send it n.

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