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Wanted: Nasty thorns *grin*
Pristine is on the hill in the back of my yard. She's got some wicked
talons just sporting bare canes! (I've already been blooded by her just getting her into the ground.) I'm planning on adding Chrysler Imperial this weekend (if I can find one locally) to be her companion. CI is also noted for her sharp claws. Anyone have any suggestions for any other non-climbing rose with nasty thorns, strong scent, and good disease resistance? Actually, I may even consider a climber if I can get it to climb spindly loblolly pines without doing too much damage to the loblollies. (Loblollies also don't do much as a sun block for the plants inderneath so I only plant full sun plants under them as anything requiring shade rapidly dies.) I'm usually not concerned with how disease resistant roses are but these are a little out of my normal daily range and I'm worried that they may be a little neglected. Probably not, knowing me, but still I worry about the "babies". *grin* Then again, I only have thirteen to fuss over right now. Susan s h simko at duke dot edu |
Wanted: Nasty thorns *grin*
On Fri, 11 Apr 2003 09:59:54 -0400, "Susan H. Simko"
wrote: Pristine is on the hill in the back of my yard. She's got some wicked talons just sporting bare canes! (I've already been blooded by her just getting her into the ground.) I'm planning on adding Chrysler Imperial this weekend (if I can find one locally) to be her companion. CI is also noted for her sharp claws. Anyone have any suggestions for any other non-climbing rose with nasty thorns, strong scent, and good disease resistance? Actually, I may even consider a climber if I can get it to climb spindly loblolly pines without doing too much damage to the loblollies. (Loblollies also don't do much as a sun block for the plants inderneath so I only plant full sun plants under them as anything requiring shade rapidly dies.) I'm usually not concerned with how disease resistant roses are but these are a little out of my normal daily range and I'm worried that they may be a little neglected. Probably not, knowing me, but still I worry about the "babies". *grin* Then again, I only have thirteen to fuss over right now. Susan s h simko at duke dot edu Are you wanting thorns because you're trying to create a barrier? If so, I might recommend something that *sort of* fits your criteria. It's a rose that another poster recently mentioned - R. eglanteria, or Sweet Briar Rose. This thing grows huge and tangled, and woe to anthing that gets tangled up in its snaggletooth canes. It seems to be pretty disease-resistant, it grows rapidly and profusely and its leaves are actually fragrant when wet (smells a little like green apple) - don't remember how fragrant those little blooms are, but you can smell the bush pretty well from a distance, especially when wet. The downside is that it's a once-bloomer, but the flush lasts for a pretty long time (mine should be starting in a couple of weeks). The blooms are very attractive little double-lobed five petal "dogwoodesque" flowers. It grows in an arching fountain spray and will grow to over 10 feet tall. Mine is starting its third full season and it's about 6 1/2 ft tall by 9 ft wide (and I've done some selective pruning on it). This would be a good "anti-burglar" plant and I understand that it makes a pretty impressive hedge when planted as such. I'm guessing that this wild-looking plant is OK left to its own devices. |
Wanted: Nasty thorns *grin*
Pristine is a nasty thorny one, but I have one that is THE Thorniest of then
all David Austin rose called Cressida. Lost some good clothes on that one ! "Susan H. Simko" wrote in message ... Pristine is on the hill in the back of my yard. She's got some wicked talons just sporting bare canes! (I've already been blooded by her just getting her into the ground.) I'm planning on adding Chrysler Imperial this weekend (if I can find one locally) to be her companion. CI is also noted for her sharp claws. Anyone have any suggestions for any other non-climbing rose with nasty thorns, strong scent, and good disease resistance? Actually, I may even consider a climber if I can get it to climb spindly loblolly pines without doing too much damage to the loblollies. (Loblollies also don't do much as a sun block for the plants inderneath so I only plant full sun plants under them as anything requiring shade rapidly dies.) I'm usually not concerned with how disease resistant roses are but these are a little out of my normal daily range and I'm worried that they may be a little neglected. Probably not, knowing me, but still I worry about the "babies". *grin* Then again, I only have thirteen to fuss over right now. Susan s h simko at duke dot edu |
Wanted: Nasty thorns *grin*
In FOW wrote:
Pristine is a nasty thorny one, but I have one that is THE Thorniest of then all David Austin rose called Cressida. Lost some good clothes on that one ! Try The Squire... or Voodoo. You could use pruned branches of those varieties as hacksaws! |
Wanted: Nasty thorns *grin*
Susan H. Simko wrote:
Anyone have any suggestions for any other non-climbing rose with nasty thorns, strong scent, and good disease resistance? Try Othello... one of the David Austin's. An early one... I've heard he regrets it, because it's soooo thorny. Big thorns and little thorns. Lots of them. But magnificent huge deep magenta cabbage roses with heavy rose scent. I think they'd probably climb if you let them. We get canes over 8 feet tall if we don't cut them back (and that's just one year's growth). ....pat. -- Pat and Ash http://www3.sympatico.ca/patash/ |
Wanted: Nasty thorns *grin*
Susan H. Simko wrote:
Anyone have any suggestions for any other non-climbing rose with nasty thorns, strong scent, and good disease resistance? There's an Austin called "Fisherman's Friend" that has huge nasty vicious thorns. It has the largest and most beautiful red blooms. Very fragrant, too. My Dad got this one hoping to get even with the deer one year. I remember he had a little trouble finding it, but not too much. Mike z8TX |
Wanted: Nasty thorns *grin*
Pristine or a David Austin, Cressida. 1 1/2 in thorns on the DA !
"Mike" wrote in message ... Susan H. Simko wrote: Anyone have any suggestions for any other non-climbing rose with nasty thorns, strong scent, and good disease resistance? There's an Austin called "Fisherman's Friend" that has huge nasty vicious thorns. It has the largest and most beautiful red blooms. Very fragrant, too. My Dad got this one hoping to get even with the deer one year. I remember he had a little trouble finding it, but not too much. Mike z8TX |
Wanted: Nasty thorns *grin*
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Wanted: Nasty thorns *grin*
"Susan H. Simko" wrote in message ...
Pristine is on the hill in the back of my yard. She's got some wicked talons just sporting bare canes! (I've already been blooded by her just getting her into the ground.) I'm planning on adding Chrysler Imperial this weekend (if I can find one locally) to be her companion. CI is also noted for her sharp claws. Anyone have any suggestions for any other non-climbing rose with nasty thorns, strong scent, and good disease resistance? Actually, I may even consider a climber if I can get it to climb spindly loblolly pines without doing too much damage to the loblollies. (Loblollies also don't do much as a sun block for the plants inderneath so I only plant full sun plants under them as anything requiring shade rapidly dies.) I'm usually not concerned with how disease resistant roses are but these are a little out of my normal daily range and I'm worried that they may be a little neglected. Probably not, knowing me, but still I worry about the "babies". *grin* Then again, I only have thirteen to fuss over right now. Susan s h simko at duke dot edu Try Seafoam. It has the most profuse and vicious armament of any rose I've encountered. It is also tough as nails and produces lots of well-scented flowers. Attractive foliage too---small shiny green leaflets. J. Del Col |
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