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suitable rose for Z6 gravesite planting?
I'm helping a friend who is in turn helping a relative select a 'romantic'
but tough and well-behaved rose for planting at a gravesite in central Ohio. Repeat bloomer would be nice. This really will need to be a plant it and forget it rose since the only groundskeeping done there is mowing. Thanks for any advice! -- Karen |
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"Karen Fletcher" wrote in
message ... I'm helping a friend who is in turn helping a relative select a 'romantic' but tough and well-behaved rose for planting at a gravesite in central Ohio. Repeat bloomer would be nice. This really will need to be a plant it and forget it rose since the only groundskeeping done there is mowing. Thanks for any advice! -- Karen As a first step, I would check local nurseries that handle roses for roses that do best in your area. One of the larger miniatures might be a good bet, since they tend (all else being equal) to be more tolerant of neglect. Depending on what you mean by "romantic", a red rambler called Red Cascade is very tough and can be pruned using a weed whacker with no ill effect. It can be used as a ground cover or a pillar rose. The rose (like most minis) has no scent but is a very deep red and blooms profusely throughout the growing season once established. I've never seen it bothered by bugs or blackspot. I don't know how well it would do in Ohio, though. Good luck in your search - Gail near San Antonio TX Zone 8 |
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Go to Heirloomroses.com and look at the Griffith Buck winter hardy roses.
Almost no care and tough to wistand Ohio winters. Another choice is Sally Holems the best rated shrub rose in the USA. Edmundsroses.com in Wilsonville Oregon can sell you this one. It does grow large and needs no chemical control for spraying and it stays covered with white to off white flowers all seasons. Blooms in clusters link a hydranga. Hybrid Musk rose. John Grunden Seattle "Karen Fletcher" wrote in message ... I'm helping a friend who is in turn helping a relative select a 'romantic' but tough and well-behaved rose for planting at a gravesite in central Ohio. Repeat bloomer would be nice. This really will need to be a plant it and forget it rose since the only groundskeeping done there is mowing. Thanks for any advice! -- Karen |
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Go to Heirloomroses.com and look at the Griffith Buck winter hardy roses.
Almost no care and tough to wistand Ohio winters. Another choice is Sally Holems the best rated shrub rose in the USA. Edmundsroses.com in Wilsonville Oregon can sell you this one. It does grow large and needs no chemical control for spraying and it stays covered with white to off white flowers all seasons. Blooms in clusters link a hydranga. Hybrid Musk rose. John Grunden Seattle "Karen Fletcher" wrote in message ... I'm helping a friend who is in turn helping a relative select a 'romantic' but tough and well-behaved rose for planting at a gravesite in central Ohio. Repeat bloomer would be nice. This really will need to be a plant it and forget it rose since the only groundskeeping done there is mowing. Thanks for any advice! -- Karen |
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