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30 Roses To Start A Garden With
Susan H. Simko wrote:
Love that last line! That's exactly what I'm hoping DD does which will make any fussing with a temperamental rose well worth it. I have a Double Delight that I bought for $2 at Home Depot last year, I have it in a container (all my roses are in containers), and it did wonderfully last season, bloomed and bloomed, great fragrance etc. I had no idea it was considered fussy. Actually, I see folks talking here about several roses that seem to be considerd fussy or sickly that I have, such as Blue Girl, that I have had no problems with...BG is actually one of my favorites. Maybe I've just been lucky, but I haven't lost or had difficulty with a rose yet in the last 4 years of growing them. Maybe it's the climate...I'm in Sunset zone 7 in the Sierra Nevadas...pronounced winters but hot dry summers, I guess not friendly to fungus. I use large containers, mulch with spagnum moss, use a water soluble fertilizer, and in the hotter months I water every morning by hand. I'm growing all types, from the cheapie HTs to the OGRs that I had to search the internet for. I find it a little funny because when I first started with them I was told that roses in containers were very difficult. Seems to be just the opposite sometimes. Oh well, to get back on topic, I won't name 30 favorites, but I will name a few: Comte de Chambord (Damask Perpetual) Royal Wedding (Shrub) Chelsea Morning (Shrub) Blue Girl (HT) Double Delight (HT) Pristine (HT) Iceberg (Floribunda) Duet (HT) Irene Watts (China) Europeana (Floribunda) Dainty Bess (HT) Natasha Monet (HT) ---Melanie Casey--- |
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