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Long grizzle - wrong roses!
On Sat, 14 Jun 2003 15:54:41 -0500, dave weil
wrote: Well, this was all helpful stuff. I wasn't worried too much about the little trellis, but the tree was something that I wanted to eventually hide. Maybe I can work the lateral thing to my advantage by wrapping the canes *around* the trunk of the tree rather than training the canes *up* the trunk. We'll see. Here's a thought: add some other climbers. Don Juan is small for a climber, judging from what many have said. Bob Bauer said its canes gets no more than 12 or 15 feel long. Most people worry about containig a giant climber--with your tree, you have no such worries. I like two different types of roses intertwined together. That is what I wanted to happen with Don and Sombreuil, but they have not bloomed at the same time, so that's a bust so far. Have you considered Zepherine Drohine [spelling!!]? Jane's up in Maryland is outstanding. Sombreuil has been an underperformer for me (mainly due to the lack of afternoon sun I think) but that works well for its location, which is fairly limited in size anyway. I like mine okay except for the fact that it ages so ugly. I love the blushy center. But I am not really attracted to roses with 9,000 itsy bitsy petals. It is a lot more shallow-cupped than I had thought it would be. |
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