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Mature size of these roses
"Allegra" wrote
Hello Julie, You are going to love Darlow's Enigma, he is really a sweetheart of a rose. It has such an elegant stand, I find it hard to explain. Demure but sexy if you please. I guess you could say I truly, truly like (!) this rose. For some reason, I think you like this rose. g Do you grow yours as a climber or a freestanding shrub? Yesterday I went out in the soft rain and planted Rouge Royale and Taboo, the one rose that was eaten by cane borers probably for a year before we bought the house. It put out a single solitary bloom of the darkest red I have ever seen and it was breathtaking. So, this year we found one of the new own root JP and we got it at Birds' the nursery JD -who by the way has dropped off the face of the earth as far as I can tell (are you listening JD?)- turned us on last year. We also got E.Veyrat Hermanos in a big, and I do mean big pot by the fountain hoping the two clematis that go over the arch will eventually shake hands with it and Champney's Pink across the arch. I "need" some red roses. This year almost all the new ones are white and fragrant. I think I should add some reds to brighten up the gardens. Perhaps next year I will buy all red roses. Ashdown won't have Francis Dubreuil ready in time to add to my order. And I didn't see any others that really caught my attention on their site. Your fountain, clematis and rose combination sounds lovely. I had to look up E. Veyrat Hermanos, AKA Pillar of Gold, described as pink blend blooms. With that AKA I would have assumed it would be yellow! Here still wet, gray and cold. But a some cuttings have rooted gloriously, and in spite of an unhealthy dose of powdery mildew all over Zephirine - the milk treatment didn't do a thing I am afraid no matter what ratio, 5 to 1, 4 to 1, 3 to 1 , back to the old spray - the rest is breaking dormancy with a whole heck of a lot basals, and if Spring doesn't come here soon... No PM here, but I have noticed some blackspotted leaves already. We've had a very wet winter and spring, which has caused the roses to leaf out beautifully, but I expect we'll pay for it later with lots of BS. I have started spraying, promising myself I would be more dilligent this year than last. The poor roses paid the price for my indifference last year. I never thought I would say this, but at times like this California even sounds like a nice place to move in order to grow roses... just kidding! ;) g How are your roses doing? Other than the aforementioned BS they are looking great! It's hard to believe how quickly they all leafed out and began blooming. The climbing Souvenir de la Malmaison has 20 or more open blooms and twice that many buds. White Maman Cochet, covering one half the arbor, is about to explode with blooms. This is year three for both of these roses and the saying, "The thrid year they leap," is proving to be correct. Other roses of interest: Mrs. Dudley Cross, moved late last year to a roomier location, has several blooms again. After being cut back so severely, I'm very happy with her comeback. Rose de Rescht and Jacques Cartier have escaped the shovel again this spring. But I swear, the minute they loose all their leaves in sprite of regular spraying, they are out of here! My mystery rose is putting on new growth. The past two years I've gotten new canes, this year I'm seeing laterals. Maybe another climber, I only hope to see at least one bloom this year. I have little patience, especially for unknown roses. I'm very happy I can spend some time with my roses. Spring is such a wonderful time, so full of promise. In this time of stress, there's nothing like a few hours spent in the garden. Julie |
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