"jtill" wrote in message
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Well, my little old rose is blooming again, pink and just as big as a
nickel with nine more buds showing!
Joe T
Baytown

Cool! How much does it resemble the parent? Are the blooms the same size?

I was away from home for a week for the first time all summer; fortunately
that week our temperatures got lower and we actually got some rain.
Previously I had been watering my roses every 3-4 days and only losing a few
of the weaker ones.

I had an Iceberg planted by my driveway and it did fine for two years;
absolutely no problems. Then I transplanted it into one of the beds, a spot
where I had lost 3 or 4 other roses since 1999. I should have known! My
poor Iceberg, which I transplanted in January (it should have been well
established by August), dried up and died. ::sob::

So now I don't know what to do with that spot. I always put in new soil
when I transplant, but usually only in a hole large enough for
transplanting. Now I'm thinking of digging out a much larger hole and
putting in all new soil before putting anything else in there.

Gail
near San Antonio TX Zone 8 USA

Well, we missed you!
Icebergs are usually cast iron plants! There may be something in that
spot.
My little roses are growing and blooming, got a little yellow so I got
some liqiud iron and they greened up quickly.
Look like the parent? Don't know cause the parents were not in bloom. I
have three and they don't look to be the same, time will tell, only one
has bloomed, pale pink fadind to white.
Joe T

Gail Futoran wrote:
"jtill" wrote in message
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Well, my little old rose is blooming again, pink and just as big as a
nickel with nine more buds showing!
Joe T
Baytown

Cool! How much does it resemble the parent? Are the blooms the same size?

I was away from home for a week for the first time all summer; fortunately
that week our temperatures got lower and we actually got some rain.
Previously I had been watering my roses every 3-4 days and only losing a few
of the weaker ones.

I had an Iceberg planted by my driveway and it did fine for two years;
absolutely no problems. Then I transplanted it into one of the beds, a spot
where I had lost 3 or 4 other roses since 1999. I should have known! My
poor Iceberg, which I transplanted in January (it should have been well
established by August), dried up and died. ::sob::

So now I don't know what to do with that spot. I always put in new soil
when I transplant, but usually only in a hole large enough for
transplanting. Now I'm thinking of digging out a much larger hole and
putting in all new soil before putting anything else in there.

Gail
near San Antonio TX Zone 8 USA

"jtill" wrote in message
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Well, we missed you!

Thanks.

Icebergs are usually cast iron plants! There may be something in that
spot.

Yes, to both comments. The location is in a round bed (my first; I'd never
do a round bed now) that's 16' across. I've had problems with a few other
plants, but most have done fine in the same bed. So it's a mystery.

My little roses are growing and blooming, got a little yellow so I got
some liqiud iron and they greened up quickly.
Look like the parent? Don't know cause the parents were not in bloom.

Ah, ok. Too bad.

I
have three and they don't look to be the same, time will tell, only one
has bloomed, pale pink fadind to white.
Joe T

Interesting!

Gail
near San Antonio TX Zone 8

This is very close to my rose, introduced 100 years ago!

potato50.cool.ne.jp/.../OR/Cecile%20Brunner.htm

Joe T


Gail Futoran wrote:
"jtill" wrote in message
oups.com...
Well, we missed you!

Thanks.

Icebergs are usually cast iron plants! There may be something in that
spot.

Yes, to both comments. The location is in a round bed (my first; I'd never
do a round bed now) that's 16' across. I've had problems with a few other
plants, but most have done fine in the same bed. So it's a mystery.

My little roses are growing and blooming, got a little yellow so I got
some liqiud iron and they greened up quickly.
Look like the parent? Don't know cause the parents were not in bloom.

Ah, ok. Too bad.

I
have three and they don't look to be the same, time will tell, only one
has bloomed, pale pink fadind to white.
Joe T

Interesting!

Gail
near San Antonio TX Zone 8

"jtill" wrote in message
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This is very close to my rose, introduced 100 years ago!

potato50.cool.ne.jp/.../OR/Cecile%20Brunner.htm

Joe T

Makes sense that your cuttings might be from a Cecile Brunner. Any rose
that's been around that long has to be a sturdy rose.

Gail
near San Antonio TX Zone 8

At the Lone Hill and Social Hill Cemeteries I calm several rose cuttings. Most are now rooting! I have no abstraction what they are but plan to abound them in pots as keepsake momentos. Many of my ancestors are active at those places.