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Which would you buy and why??
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Posted by
queenbee_1 7 (
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Tue, Apr 24, 12 at 22:08
| I have a chance to purchase some really beautiful /healthy roses in 2gal. pots. Great prices. Most are Weeks Roses. I have plenty of room. I love to cut and put them in vases.
Daybreaker
Over the Moon
Moon Stone
Cinco de Mayo
Koko Loko
Hot Cocoa
Easy Going
Berg Iceberg.
Legends
And he might have a few Santa Claus..
Thank you..It's really hard to decide.. I may have to buy them all if you don't help me.. LOL |
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RE: Which would you buy and why??
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| Moonstone makes an excellent cut flower, as does Legends. Both require treatment for blackspot here. I don't think Cinco de Mayo or Koko Loko would hold up well in a vase. |
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- Posted by hoovb z9 Southern CA (My Page) on
Tue, Apr 24, 12 at 22:36
| Cinco lasts and lasts and lasts on the plant. I was really surprised, so wouldn't it last in a vase too? Moonstone is very good in a vase. Hot Cocoa is better in a vase than on the plant. Day Breaker blooms like crazy but has poor disease resistance. |
RE: Which would you buy and why??
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I love Easy Going. Iceberg is a fantastic plant, but not a great vase flower.
Renee |
RE: Which would you buy and why??
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| Buy 3 bush's of Moonstone & 3 bush's of Legends. Big vases full of beautiful blooms. Daybreaker is a good cut flower for a florabunda. |
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| Koko Loco needs to be left on the shrub to get the full effect of the color change. Brought inside, it fades to a dull grey and doesn't change from chocolate milk to lilac. Hot Cocoa is outstanding in a vase. Those are the only 2 on your list that I have. :) |
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| Yes, Hot Cocoa is not too shabby for a cutting rose. As a floribunda, it's not so good, IMHO. It wants to grow taller than many of my hybrid teas. I am very aggressive in pruning and harvesting the blooms, but it barely keeps them in check. |
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Well, I made it to the rose nursery today. I purchased 10 roses - 9 are in 3gal. pots and are huge and one in a 2gal. Beautiful plants.
I got 2 Moonstone, 1 each- Cinco de Mayo, Over the Moon, Taihian Sunset, Koko Loco, Gold Glow, Gold Medal, Boncia and Day Breaker Too many beauties to choose from.. Some I passed on, because they had 1000's of (I can pick up some more on Sat. LOL) I got his last CdM and Daybreaker.. Thanks for your help.. |
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| Cinco de Mayo is a simply amazing rose! You will love it, I hope. It is a blooming maniac and so pretty. |
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| Kathy, Koko Loco or Cinco de Mayo were never been on my want list. I wasn't overly impressed with the pictures I had seen....BUT seeing them in 'person' was another thing.. I am really excited to have both Thanks everyone--Great people on a wonderful site. QB.. |
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| Oh QB, you must tell us what you are thinking about going back for?! |
RE: Which would you buy and why??
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| I will def. be picking up 2 more Gold Glow.. This rose is stunning. Blooms are 5.5" dia,approx 45 petals and RUFFLED. 3 Legends and who knows what else! I will be planting this 10 tomorrow IF the rains holds off to the afternoon. |
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