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Shiva wrote:
On Sun, 11 May 2003 23:37:55 -0400, Henry wrote: My Pat Austin is a Muncy's ownroot, and I do recommend Ken and Suzie Muncy for ownroot roses. They will not ship to California, but they will ship to you. There is a website: http://www.muncyrose.com/ I'll have to check them out. Thanks. Have you seen Distant Drums? Speaking of unusual? I have four. It is the first rose I have four of. I am truly smitten with this rose. Fragrant, too. Damn. Pardon me but there's nothing else to say. My list grows faster than I can keep up with and I'm running out of space here. I'm now starting to plan details for the 40' by 50' space that's being prepared in Pennsylvania. It will have to be roses that can take care of themselves a bit, which makes it harder to plan. Naturally I'll want repeat bloom (with possible exceptions) and definately fragrance (to me, a rose without fragrance is half a rose at best). One nice thing is that my father is up there spraying his fruit trees off and on all spring and summer so spraying for blackspot won't be much of an issue. Lots of space but so many to chose from. I really like bourbon and portland roses and would like to use a few. Anyone care to comment on the hardiness of Rose de Rescht, Rose du Roi, Louise Odier, Reine Victoria, Mme. Pierre Oger, Souvenir de la Malmaison, or Mme. Isaac Pereire? I'd like to combine some of them with some Noisettes and various Austins. Are there any China roses that I could grow that far north (zone 6)? Of course, all this is still very much in the dreaming stage so the whole idea could change drastically in the next four months. I'm getting the space ready to plant next spring (although some things may go in this fall). I currently have four roses on the inside (Linda Campbell, Johann Strauss, Auguste Renoir, and Barbara Bush) Of these I have only seen Barbara Bush, which is such a good, floriferous rose in a friend's garden that I am tempted to buy it, even though it has no scent to my nose. How do you like it? I like it a lot but so does black spot. It's hard to keep healthy. The blooms are large, beautiful and fragrant (if less so than some). They don't age particularly well for me, getting spotty. Of course, if I sprayed more it would help. Serious thorns on this rose, also. -- Henry |
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portland roses and would like to use a few. Anyone care to comment on the hardiness of Rose de Rescht, Spots. but very vigorous. Self recovery. Rose du Roi, Louise Odier, This is one tough rose. I planted it as a twiglet last may. It is now a 5'x7' monster that even the rabbits fear to approach. It is absolutely smothered w/ hundreds of blooms right now. must take picture. Spots but self recovers. Reine Victoria, Mme. Pierre Oger, Souvenir de la Malmaison, or Mme. Isaac Pereire? I'd like to combine some of them with some Noisettes and various Austins. Very few Noisettes can deal w/ Z6 cold. I grow a Alfred Carriere in a very protected location but even then it has serious die back. Are there any China roses that I could grow that far north (zone 6)? Hermosa is a tough Chinese rose you could try. Also Dave grows Old Blush in Z6. I'm trying it myself. Of course, all this is still very much in the dreaming stage so the whole idea could change drastically in the next four months. I'm getting the space ready to plant next spring (although some things may go in this fall). I've found that summer is a good time to dig and amend the soil to get it ready for fall. I've also done some summer planting w/ a white cloth solar topi. -- Theo in Zone 5 Kansas City |
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"Theo Asir" wrote in message news:fa7fc2a257e20aa06ba2579241ce1075@TeraNews... Very few Noisettes can deal w/ Z6 cold. I grow a Alfred Carriere in a very protected location but even then it has serious die back. Sorry to hijack another thread, but Theo, tell me about your Mme. Alfred experience. How much protection, dieback, etc..? Laura -- I apologize if we have talked about this before. I am getting deja vu. |
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(Shiva) wrote in message news:294a9e02ddf133d933bf36d4b9a39a0e@TeraNews.. .
On 12 May 2003 07:23:36 -0700, (J. Del Col) wrote: (Shiva) wrote in message news:ab668d46207d2c24d753eed8680597c2@TeraNews.. . On Fri, 09 May 2003 03:39:20 GMT, "Jane" wrote: Hi all, I finally have some swelling buds here in Maryland 6b Jane, I really have lost all perspective on the differences between NC and MD climates and growing seasons. My first flushes are finished, some roses are beginning their second, and my bare roots are budding and showing some color. BTW--the mosquitos have been out for at least two weeks. It's all a trade off! R.primula opened the season here in Philippi, WV about April 1. A few days later R. xanthina started blooming. Both are finished now, but R. moyesii, Harison's Yellow and R. parviflora have begun blooming. Unfortunately, high winds yesterday and today have stripped petals off many blossoms. Hmm, so you are about on par with us. I would have thought you were cooler there, and so a bit behind. I assume you are in the mountains, or perhaps in a nice valley between mountains? I was in the New River Valley last spring, and have never seen anything so beautiful this far east. It was in VA but very close to TN and WV. We are on a hill overlooking the Tygart Valley River. That probably helps a bit as far as the microclimate goes. BTW. That R. parviflora I mentioned is actually R. centifolia parvifolia. I keep thinking it is parviflora because of its small garnet flowers. J. Del Col |
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Shiva wrote:
On Sun, 11 May 2003 23:37:55 -0400, Henry wrote: I currently have four roses on the inside (Linda Campbell, Johann Strauss, Auguste Renoir, and Barbara Bush) Of these I have only seen Barbara Bush, which is such a good, floriferous rose in a friend's garden that I am tempted to buy it, even though it has no scent to my nose. How do you like it? I should say that of those four, I like Linda Campbell (Moore, 1990) the least. It's a pretty color (bright red) but has no scent and for a rugosa is fairly susceptible to blackspot. It doesn't seem to be bad enough to do any real harm but rugosas are usually so immune that it seems bad by comparison. It also wants to be bigger than the space it is in. Given a spot in the middle of a lawn and allowed to grow it would be an impressive sight in full bloom. The individual flowers are really not much to look at but it certainly makes a nice mass of red and it blooms all summer long. This was the first rose I planted and if I had it to do over, I'd probably get something else. The other two were put in last summer (from Dr. Snell's nursery near Mt. Airy, MD). Johann Strauss (Meilland, 1994) is an interesting color, blush or light salmon with yellower tones towards the center. Good fragrance. I'll take a picture when it blooms. Our drought last summer hit this rose a bit and it's starting the year smaller than it might have but it's healthy enough and growing strongly. Auguste Renoir (Meilland, 1993) is rosy pink and really profuse. It is larger that JS and has a good number of buds. The fragrance from this is stronger than JS, also. Both of these seem to be fairly resistant to disease. I'm very happy with them and recommend them if you want those colors. AR replaced a Mr. Lincoln that never did all that well except to say that it was seven feet tall. It was one or two canes with huge flowers way up top. They are beautiful flowers but kind of hard to enjoy from below. I moved it to the other end of the yard (the other area with enough sun for roses) but it doesn't seem to have made it. I'm not terribly upset about that, I guess. -- Henry |
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"R & L Porter" wrote in message ... "Theo Asir" wrote in message news:fa7fc2a257e20aa06ba2579241ce1075@TeraNews... Very few Noisettes can deal w/ Z6 cold. I grow a Alfred Carriere in a very protected location but even then it has serious die back. Sorry to hijack another thread, but Theo, tell me about your Mme. Alfred experience. How much protection, dieback, etc..? I planted Mme. Alfred C. & Sombreuil last year in july after all our exchanges. Som. died in me. Twice. Don't know what I'm doing wrong. But AC lived and grew to a respectable 4'. Its inside my back yard fencing. This particular area saw -13F tempretures this year. Its against a wooden fence that cuts down the cold winds a bit. I did not give it any protection on the reasoning that nothing else in my garden was getting any protection and I wanted merit to prevail. This March when everything else started growing again I noticed only 2 of AC's canes showed signs of life. The other three canes gradually blackened and fell away. The two canes that survived were strapped to the wood fence. They had about 6" of tip damage. Guess I need to strap all canes to the fence. It has just about finished its first flush and there are about 4 georgeous basals bursting from it. -- Theo in Zone 5 Kansas City Laura -- I apologize if we have talked about this before. I am getting deja vu. That OK. This is my spring retual anyway. Counting the losses. Learning what works and tinkering tinkering tinkering... |
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Thanks Henry I'm down that way every Friday...goody goody...I thank you!
"Henry" wrote in message . uu.net... Jane wrote: Oooh! Makes me wish I was a mother! Where's Johnson's? Oops. I went back and checked and it's Kate Kaercher that's near Johnson's, not you. It's at the intersection of Rt. 28 and Quince Orchard Road in Gaithersburg. They do have a nice selection. -- Henry |
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Thanks Henry, You have a nice site.Very pretty garden shots. Nice work. I
imagine those little girls are yours too. How sweet. I love the "What's in Bloom" format. I might try to make one this summer. I'm so not plugged in it's pathetic..but I can learn. Jane "Henry" wrote in message . .. Jane wrote: Do you have pictures? The latest are here (05/11/2003): http://www.dotrose.com/whatsinbloom/ -- Henry |
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On Mon, 12 May 2003 14:06:43 -0400, Henry
wrote: I said: Have you seen Distant Drums? Speaking of unusual? I have four. It is the first rose I have four of. I am truly smitten with this rose. Fragrant, too. Then Henry said: Damn. Pardon me but there's nothing else to say. My list grows faster than I can keep up with and I'm running out of space here. I'm now starting to plan details for the 40' by 50' space that's being prepared in Pennsylvania. It will have to be roses that can take care of themselves a bit, which makes it harder to plan. Oh, boy, do you need Distant Drums! It is a Griffith Buck rose, and so bred to take cold, in case you have some harsh winters! Peachy-tan in the center, lavender/mauve on the outside, excellent substance, full and shrubby, so far very floriferous. Very fragrant! Delicious! Naturally I'll want repeat bloom (with possible exceptions) and definately fragrance (to me, a rose without fragrance is half a rose at best). One nice thing is that my father is up there spraying his fruit trees off and on all spring and summer so spraying for blackspot won't be much of an issue. Now this is nice. l, |
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Hate to rain on your parade Shiva.
but there is one caveat attached to Distant D. It is not a particularly vigorous rose on its own roots. To get any sort of production it has to be grafted and grafts I'd rate as marginally hardy in Z5. -- Theo in Zone 5 Kansas City "Shiva" wrote in message news:4c3bc6eab75e8efe0a338b2c34c9a918@TeraNews... On Mon, 12 May 2003 14:06:43 -0400, Henry wrote: I said: Have you seen Distant Drums? Speaking of unusual? I have four. It is the first rose I have four of. I am truly smitten with this rose. Fragrant, too. Then Henry said: Damn. Pardon me but there's nothing else to say. My list grows faster than I can keep up with and I'm running out of space here. I'm now starting to plan details for the 40' by 50' space that's being prepared in Pennsylvania. It will have to be roses that can take care of themselves a bit, which makes it harder to plan. Oh, boy, do you need Distant Drums! It is a Griffith Buck rose, and so bred to take cold, in case you have some harsh winters! Peachy-tan in the center, lavender/mauve on the outside, excellent substance, full and shrubby, so far very floriferous. Very fragrant! Delicious! Naturally I'll want repeat bloom (with possible exceptions) and definately fragrance (to me, a rose without fragrance is half a rose at best). One nice thing is that my father is up there spraying his fruit trees off and on all spring and summer so spraying for blackspot won't be much of an issue. Now this is nice. l, |
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