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| how many bloom cycles can one expect from hybrid teas in zone 6A spring to frost? |
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| KingsRose, I haven't grown anything in that zone, but whatever your responses are, please keep in mind that a four inch bloom of twelve to fifteen petals will generally flower earlier, repeat faster and perhaps bloom later than a six inch bloom of forty-plus petals. Much of it will also have to do with the level of culture practiced. For greater numbers of cycles, definitely avoid such roses as Great Century with its 8", 30 petalled blooms and skew your selections more toward the 4" range with fewer petals. I grew Great Century in zone 9-10 and was lucky to get three flushes a year from it in a good year. It takes a lot of time, resources and heat to generate huge, many petalled flowers, and a good deal of heat to open them. Kim |
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| In my Zone 6 (southeast Kansas), generally speaking, I get a distinct spring, mid-summer, and fall bloom period for HTs. However, it somewhat depends on the HT. Some are much more continuous in their blooming, whereas others seem to need a number of weeks to "rest" before blooming again. My Red Intuition, for instance, doesn't seem to need to rest more than about 1 week and it starts blooming again. However, my Double Delights usually need much longer rest periods--a number of weeks. And my Chrysler Imperial--don't know if something is wrong with it or not, but it seems to rest more than it blooms--although it is gorgeous when it does bloom. Bloom cycles are also affected by the heat. When our summer temps remain for 2 months in the high 90s to over 100, lots of HTs almost skip the mid-summer blooms, or just dribble out a bloom here and a bloom there over a long period of time--it's like it is too hot to go into full bloom. And it also depends on how often and how regularly you water your roses. Probably some other factors also, but like I said, I generally think in terms of spring, mid-summer, and fall blooming periods, despite all the exceptions. Kate |
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| A cycle takes approximately six weeks unless the plants run short of water; then they will have to start over. Development is slower in very cool weather. Frost per se doesn't stop roses. It takes a temperature of around 27 F or 2-3 C. |
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| In my zone 6 I can get 3 flushes for sure and possibly a fourth depending on how warm the fall is. This year I could get 5 because they started so early in the spring too. But it always depends on the individual variety as well. Some rebloom very quickly, others are very slow to put out new growth after a bloom. |
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- Posted by farmerduck NJ (My Page) on Fri, Jul 13, 12 at 14:04
| I am in zone 6 too, and we have a mystery pink hybrid tea rose that came with the house. It is at least 20 years old. The first year we moved in, it put out about 30, 4O blooms at the most the whole year. Then the next year, I found this forum, and started to give it some care (i.e., much, adding compost, banana peel, fish emulsion and water). The second year, it flowered from May well into November. There is definitely spring, mid-summer and fall flushes with the most blooms, but it would always have at least a couple of blooms on it. I would almost call it ever blooming. Then this year, emboldended by my success, I cut off some of the canes that were old and not that productive. Now I have THREE brand new basals. I also give the rose a pruning in the Spring, according to some "expert" advice in a book I got from the local library. Now I realized that there is no need to cut a healthy branch back by one third, but too late for this year. As a result, the blooms are very sporadic, and I did not have a real spring flush. I think it is a combination of the rose putting a lot of energy ginto rowing its new basals and, probably more important, my incorrect pruning, which is a total bummer. So I agree with the comments above about the importance of culture, and, yes, the need to water, especially right now. |
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