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Old 23-06-2003, 10:20 PM
Theo Asir
 
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Default Iceberg and Fabulous are floppy


Hmmm! Never seen one of those.

On the other hand Iceberg
gets large period.

You could try for the poodle effect :-)

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Theo in Zone 5
Kansas City

"JimS." wrote in message
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Hmmm....now I'm concerned.
The Fabulous is planted in a pot which it may not have enough room in to

get
really big and bushy.

One Iceberg is planted in the ground and will be fine. The other Iceberg

is
part of a double-grafted tree rose, the bottom part. This "tree" is going
to look really stupid with a huge bush hanging down from halfway up the
"trunk", isn't it?

JimS.


"Theo Asir" wrote in message
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Let them grow.
Eventually the shrub gets so large & bushy
the blooms will look like they are stuck
in a sea of green.

http://home.everestkc.net/tasir/images/IcebergBush.jpg

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Theo in Zone 5
Kansas City

"JimS." wrote in message
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I planted two Icebergs this year (one bare root, one as part of a tree

rose)
and one Fabulous (which is a spawn of Iceberg). They are all three

covered
with nice blooms now, but the canes are too wispy to support the

weight
of
the blooms. So on all three, the flowers hang down. Not lovely.

What's the solution to this? Cut the canes back aggressively to very

close?
Seems like I'd never get any blooms that way.
Help!

JimS.
Seattle