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It must be wonderful to work @ home. Sigh!
Do you intend to plant many more roses? Heres a wonderful site by a guy who grows roses in Minnesota http://homepage.mac.com/passepartoot/home/rosepage.htm You can see we have a similar philosophy though he does winter protect a bit. I'm too lazy to do even that. Yes spring is wonderful. There is usually a contest to see which rose buds and flowers first. But it is also when my Cyclamen stop blooming so that is sad. The coldest I've recorded here is -15F. Though the record is -20 F. So I will only recommend the bullet proof ones that grow for me. Absolutely cold hardy. Lavender Lassie - pinkish Compassion - Salmon Guinevere - White Apple jack - Pink (Buck rose) Pearlie Mae - yellowish (buck rose) Winter sunset - yellow (buck rose) J.P.Connell - Yellow (Canadian tough rose) Alba meidiland - white Bulldozer tough ground cover New Dawn - pink (probably most popular rose in world) Candelabra - Orange disease prone but really cold tough for a hybrid tea. Alexander Mackenzie - Red Canadian. can't seem to get rebloom. Some cold death but comes back strong. Iceberg - Popular white. B. Pink Iceberg - Pink sport really pretty. Frontenac - Tough tough canadian red. excellent rebloom. Just some that pop into mind. -- Theo in Kansas City Z5/Z6? I would love some recommendations. I would say I am zone 3/4. I know we can get 30 below but not very often. You say that you do not provide any winter protection for your roses? I also will follow your suggestion and get some of the wood chips from the compost center at the same time I get a load of compost. Thanks for all the help. It is nice when a newbie can get some good answers and not feel dumb. I have always had to work out of the home so gardening became something I did not get into. Now I work at home and so I am more in tune with my yard and love to see the flowers start to come up in the spring. Roses have always beens something I have wanted to |
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... I would love some recommendations. I would say I am zone 3/4... I suggest that you take a look at the on-line catalogue of Spring Valley Roses. They are very clear about the degree of hardiness for the roses that they sell. I have found their descriptions match my experience. The catalog from Sam Kedum Roses lists a larger variety of hardy roses, but the descriptions are not as consistant and clear. However, you can go to Sam's nursery near Hastings and see his test and display garden. you can see for yourself how the plants fare unprotected in an exposed location. It is worth the trip to the Minnesota Aboreteum just West of Minneapolis to see the landscape roses that are grown unprotected. I always leave there wishing I had a farm and a backhoe to dig planting holes. Regards, Charles Charles Perry Reply to: ** A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand ** |
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... I would love some recommendations. I would say I am zone 3/4... I suggest that you take a look at the on-line catalogue of Spring Valley Roses. They are very clear about the degree of hardiness for the roses that they sell. I have found their descriptions match my experience. The catalog from Sam Kedum Roses lists a larger variety of hardy roses, but the descriptions are not as consistant and clear. However, you can go to Sam's nursery near Hastings and see his test and display garden. you can see for yourself how the plants fare unprotected in an exposed location. It is worth the trip to the Minnesota Aboreteum just West of Minneapolis to see the landscape roses that are grown unprotected. I always leave there wishing I had a farm and a backhoe to dig planting holes. Regards, Charles Charles Perry Reply to: ** A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand ** |
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Theo, I believe lucerne hay is alfafa. (I also think it may have been used
for burlap bags back in the old days before plastic became common.) Anne Lurie Raleigh, NC "Theo" wrote [snipped] Mulch. Ah yes! reams have been written on this subject and there doesn't seem to be any consensus. Everything from wood chips to straw to peanut shells to cocoa shells to stone chips to char coal to Lucerne Hay(don't ask me what that is!!) has been promoted here. I'm sure they all work. |
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Theo wrote:
It must be wonderful to work @ home. Sigh! Do you intend to plant many more roses? It is nice to be at home but I do day care so it is not all that relaxing. This will be the first summer that I have no infants so will be able to be out more. At 61 I didn't think I would be raising other peoples children. I sure do hope it is only for a few more years. I do intend to plant more roses. When I no longer have day care I will have the perfect spot for them. It is under the play area and gets the sun in the morning from the time it comes up till about 3 in the afternoon when it really gets hot. I think roses will do real good there. I will put in a few more each year until then. My rosmania seems to strike first thing in the spring and now that I have ordered, I will wait till next year before I chose more. Sharon in MN |
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Kaleidoscope is not a rugosa, it is a shrub unless you have the mini
which is more aligned with the floribunda family. Try the link below for more info on various roses. ben http://www.helpmefind.com Sharon Capps wrote: I bought Therese Bugnet, F. J. Grootendoorst, Topaz Jewel and Kaleidoscope which are Rugosas and I also bought Stanwell Perpetual. I bought two climbing rose, Henry Kelsey and William Baffin. I understand that they are all easy to grow. Is this the truth or just a marketing ploy? I also read that Rugosas do not like to be sprayed with insecticides or liquid fertilizer. Can a person put a liquid mixed fertilizer around the base after watering or should you water it in? Thanks for any help and I sure do love this group. I have been reading for about a month now. Sharon in MN |
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