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Waiting for that first bloom!
Hi guys,
Is it just me or is waiting for the first bloom from newly planted bareroots an exciting experience? I have been waiting about 3 days for my Moonshadow to open up. I hope it will open up soon! Here is a pic taken this morning : http://dodgetrucks.org/cgi-bin/index.pl?photo=5641 Emil :-) |
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"A guy named Emil" wrote in message ... Hi guys, Is it just me or is waiting for the first bloom from newly planted bareroots an exciting experience? I have been waiting about 3 days for my Moonshadow to open up. I hope it will open up soon! Here is a pic taken this morning : http://dodgetrucks.org/cgi-bin/index.pl?photo=5641 Emil :-) Emil, Emil! Remember the saying about the "watched pot"? You are absolutely correct, no matter what an old hand you may be at this, there is a birthday morning kind of feeling when you look at that first promise of a bloom. Your plant looks great and I am sure next year is going to be double the size and double the blooms if it keeps going like this. BTW, in MHO, "watched pot" makes sweeter tea ;) Allegra |
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A guy named Emil writes:
Is it just me or is waiting for the first bloom from newly planted bareroots an exciting experience? It isn't just you. I found a bud just this week on my mystery rose. I've looked at it at least twice a day since. Today is the first time I've been able to see any color. But I know a hint of color in a bud isn't always true to the flower. So I'll keep up my watching and waiting. If you think you've been waiting a long time, I started this from a mismarked cutting two years ago! It must have taken my threat seriously. No blooms this year and it was out of here. |
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Waiting for that first bloom!
(A guy named Emil) wrote in
: Hi guys, Is it just me or is waiting for the first bloom from newly planted bareroots an exciting experience? I have been waiting about 3 days for my Moonshadow to open up. I hope it will open up soon! It's not just you. I tend to gasp when something new shows up for the first time. One of my cuttings of Baby Faurax just bloomed last week; this is actually the first time I'd see the rose in Real Life, so it was fun. This week Darlow's Enigma, Gloire de Dijon and Oakington Ruby put forth first blooms. The other week it was Purezza. All surprising and delightful, well worth the wait. Glad to hear other people wait just like I do to see first blooms! Sounds like you have some nice roses! Here is a pic taken this morning : http://dodgetrucks.org/cgi-bin/index.pl?photo=5641 Nice healthy foliage! Thanks! Emil -- Direct access to this group with http://web2news.com http://web2news.com/?rec.gardens.roses |
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Waiting for that first bloom!
Emil, Emil!
Remember the saying about the "watched pot"? You are absolutely correct, no matter what an old hand you may be at this, there is a birthday morning kind of feeling when you look at that first promise of a bloom. Your plant looks great and I am sure next year is going to be double the size and double the blooms if it keeps going like this. BTW, in MHO, "watched pot" makes sweeter tea ;) Hi! Yes, I know that saying. I am just afraid if I look at the roses to much I will jinx them! Thanks for saying they look great. I don't know if you have seen my previous posts, but there are 4 new bareroots planted. All of them have the same growth to them. So hopefully next year they will be awesome! Thanks, Emil Allegra -- Direct access to this group with http://web2news.com http://web2news.com/?rec.gardens.roses |
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It isn't just you.
I found a bud just this week on my mystery rose. I've looked at it at least twice a day since. Today is the first time I've been able to see any color. But I know a hint of color in a bud isn't always true to the flower. So I'll keep up my watching and waiting. If you think you've been waiting a long time, I started this from a mismarked cutting two years ago! It must have taken my threat seriously. No blooms this Glad to know it just isn't me! Wow, 2 years is a long time! Good luck with your roses. Emil year and it was out of here. -- Direct access to this group with http://web2news.com http://web2news.com/?rec.gardens.roses |
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says... Hi guys, Is it just me or is waiting for the first bloom from newly planted bareroots an exciting experience? This year I'm waiting with bated breath...I FINALLY got my Great Grandmother's 100+ year old rose bush to grow from a digging. (tried for 5 years to get a cutting to take with no luck) It has leafed out wonderfully, and I can't wait until I get a bloom. I have a pic of the tiny thing as of 2 days ago he http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/huskies4a...src=ph&.view=t |
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Huskies4all wrote:
This year I'm waiting with bated breath...I FINALLY got my Great Grandmother's 100+ year old rose bush to grow from a digging. (tried for 5 years to get a cutting to take with no luck) It has leafed out wonderfully, and I can't wait until I get a bloom. I have a pic of the tiny thing as of 2 days ago he http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/huskies4a...src=ph&.view=t Wow. No wonder you wanted to save that rose! What a beauty. So as I recall, you tried for a number of years to take cuttings and you finally dug up a sucker...which looks like it wants to grow. What beautiful flowers! Scent? Does it rebloom? I ready your original post, where you described it as a once bloomer. What state is this in? How big is that shrub? Looks 6 - 8 feet tall. And what color is it? Looks golden to buff washed with cerise to crimson. This rose should be preserved. Whoever owns that rose now, I think you said he wouldn't let you dig it up, should be persuaded to let you take more "samples" so you can be sure that several plants survive. You need to give this rose a study name that you and everyone else can used as a reference. What was your great grandma's name? What's the name of the city or county?"_________'s Blushing Gold".... "Grammy ___________'s Golden" ....... "___________'s Golden Glow" , "Grandy's Gold..." Heritage Rose Groups like the study name to not be too long and to include a geographic reference. So....what's the name? |
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says... Huskies4all wrote: I have a pic of the tiny thing as of 2 days ago he http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/huskies4a...src=ph&.view=t Wow. No wonder you wanted to save that rose! What a beauty. So as I recall, you tried for a number of years to take cuttings and you finally dug up a sucker...which looks like it wants to grow. What beautiful flowers! You recall correctly. I'm only slightly worried that the sucker will not be true. Just about every cane on the bush seems to be a "sucker" so I think it is on it's own root stock. It is gorgeous. When cared for, it produces vast amounts of smallish (2-3" across) flowers that are sort of "teacup" shaped. Pretty dense petals. Family legend is that she brought it over on a wagon train. Scent? Some scent, I can't particularly remember what the scent is, but I'll let you know when/if it blooms. Does it rebloom? I ready your original post, where you described it as a once bloomer. I believe it's a once bloomer. We'll see what happens when it actually recieves some water. What state is this in? I'm in Southern Idaho. The "high desert" How big is that shrub? Looks 6 - 8 feet tall. Yes, it's at least 8' tall. And absolutely NO water or care in a desert for the past 20 years. I can't wait to see how it does with regular watering and fertilizers. And what color is it? Looks golden to buff washed with cerise to crimson. Yes, it is a very golden rose with tinges of pink to peach. The pink/peach is usually toward the center, but on some individual flowers can be on the edges of the petals. This rose should be preserved. Whoever owns that rose now, I think you said he wouldn't let you dig it up, should be persuaded to let you take more "samples" so you can be sure that several plants survive. Well, the piece that I planted had a root section on it about 2 feet long in an "L" shape from the main cane. Yesterday I noticed two "suckers" coming up from that root. I'm considering letting them go ahead and develop, then whack them off from the main plant to give me two more specimens. You need to give this rose a study name that you and everyone else can used as a reference. snip Grandy'sGold..." Heritage Rose Groups like the study name to not be too long and to include a geographic reference. So....what's the name? Gosh, I'll have to think about it. How about Lemmon's Immortal Idaho? The "lemmon" will do for the family name and the color. LOL. The rose has got to be nearly indestructible to survive the abuse it's had. CJ |
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"Huskies4all" wrote You recall correctly. I'm only slightly worried that the sucker will not be true. Just about every cane on the bush seems to be a "sucker" so I think it is on it's own root stock. It is gorgeous. When cared for, it produces vast amounts of smallish (2-3" across) flowers that are sort of "teacup" shaped. Pretty dense petals. Family legend is that she brought it over on a wagon train. Scent? Some scent, I can't particularly remember what the scent is, but I'll let you know when/if it blooms. Does it rebloom? I ready your original post, where you described it as a once bloomer. I believe it's a once bloomer. We'll see what happens when it actually recieves some water. What state is this in? I'm in Southern Idaho. The "high desert" How big is that shrub? Looks 6 - 8 feet tall. Yes, it's at least 8' tall. And absolutely NO water or care in a desert for the past 20 years. I can't wait to see how it does with regular watering and fertilizers. And what color is it? Looks golden to buff washed with cerise to crimson. Yes, it is a very golden rose with tinges of pink to peach. The pink/peach is usually toward the center, but on some individual flowers can be on the edges of the petals. This rose should be preserved. Whoever owns that rose now, I think you said he wouldn't let you dig it up, should be persuaded to let you take more "samples" so you can be sure that several plants survive. Well, the piece that I planted had a root section on it about 2 feet long in an "L" shape from the main cane. Yesterday I noticed two "suckers" coming up from that root. I'm considering letting them go ahead and develop, then whack them off from the main plant to give me two more specimens. You need to give this rose a study name that you and everyone else can used as a reference. snip Grandy'sGold..." Heritage Rose Groups like the study name to not be too long and to include a geographic reference. So....what's the name? Gosh, I'll have to think about it. How about Lemmon's Immortal Idaho? The "lemmon" will do for the family name and the color. LOL. The rose has got to be nearly indestructible to survive the abuse it's had. Hello again, I am so happy for you! I know the thrill of bringing something from the past every time an old rose comes to me and I can root it and pass the gift along to others. I wouldn't worry at all about the sucker. It is very unlikely that anything but an own root rose would have survived without help and attention all these years, and beside, the form indicates to be a quarter with multiple rows of petals still holding form after all these years . It is gorgeous, and as Cass so aptly put it, it must be saved. Can you get more cuttings from it? I will be more than willing to send Federal Express your way to bring some cuttings to Oregon to help with the study of this rose. Or you can get close ups of the cane, the prickles, the leaves and the bloom, count the petals and see if the color can be adequately photographed so I can start doing some research. I will be happy to send it to England to some experts with whom I communicate to ask for their opinion and perhaps a guess as to what it may be. I just hope that somehow the entire bush can be rescued and although I suspect the main trunk may be as big as 16 to 20-inch by now, it would be a worthwhile effort to save such a beauty. Where did your great-grandmother come from in the wagon? What year? do you know? the reason I am asking is because it would be easier to identify if we know from where in the East coast she came, if from there. For many years German and Pennsylvania Dutch people who came across the plains carried with them cuttings from the homestead they left behind, inside vase-like containers made of potatoes. Once they got to their new land, the potatoes were planted into the ground, and while they disintegrated the new rose grew from the cocoon into the many beautiful things that continue, like yours, to live after all this time. I hope you can find about all this. I love a good mystery, and goodness knows one of the things we can always count on with an old rose, is a mystery. If you are interested in pursuing this please write to me at and I will see how to take it from there. Take care and good luck, now you know you have a treasure in your hands Allegra |
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Huskies4all writes:
This year I'm waiting with bated breath...I FINALLY got my Great Grandmother's 100+ year old rose bush to grow from a digging. (tried for 5 years to get a cutting to take with no luck) It has leafed out wonderfully, and I can't wait until I get a bloom. I agree with Cass and Allegra, what a beautiful rose! I'd suggest you take Allegra on her offer to help identify this one. Since you say it is hard to root, it's possibly very rare and a plant that vigorous and willing to live without any care is too valuable to be lost. Good job saving that old rose! |
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