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Need English Climber? Teasing Georgia?
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zyperiris Seattle (
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Sun, Jul 15, 12 at 12:58
| So all this talk of Graham Thomas made me change my mind about him..so what do you think of Teasing Georgia? Anyone grow one? How's the disease resistance? |
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RE: Need English Climber? Teasing Georgia?
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| It has above-average blackspot resistance in a no-spray garden here. The flowers are splendid. Needs support because the flower clusters can be heavy enough to break the laterals over. |
RE: Need English Climber? Teasing Georgia?
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| Hi, zyperiris - I have two own-root Teasing Georgias in my garden (in Portland, OR), and they're both doing great, despite being on the north side of the house. Also, despite having a huge alba rose looming over them in the early part of the summer, they never develop blackspot like many other shrub roses do when the wet, dead leaves of larger roses rain down on them in the early, rainy part of a PNW summer. I don't provide any support for them - they do arch over, but I just keep pruning throughout the growing season, and the arching seems to encourage more blooms. It is vigorous, so although I grow it as a shrub rose, it could be encouraged to climb a bit. |
RE: Need English Climber? Teasing Georgia?
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| Oh John..that's what I wanted to read..are they yellow..or more apricot? |
RE: Need English Climber? Teasing Georgia?
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| Definitely yellow. I have mine on an obelisk. It gets too big here to not have it as a climber. If you do train it latterly it will increase the blooms. It looked best on the umbrella trellis, but alas it rusted at the bottom and keeled over in a bad storm. |
RE: Need English Climber? Teasing Georgia?
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| I had a wonderful Teasing Georgia here on Vashon Island near Seattle for 11 years. Last winter it died, cause unknown. But it regularly grew to about 8'-10' tall, or taller...tried to keep it down where I could reach the flowers. For weeks it would be covered by sprays of beautiful creamy roses. I now have a new own root one growing. I suspect the original one may have been a grafted one from David Austin. Anyhow, it was and is one of my favorite roses, and when in bloom in a sunny spot it is just awesome! I grew mine against a cattle wire fence that serves to keep deer out of our garden. Can't wait until my new one is up and going! Color varied from barely cream colored to pale yellow but mostly I would classify it as "cream"...no apricot at all to it. |
RE: Need English Climber? Teasing Georgia?
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| It was a blackspot mess for me. I wouldn't recommend it for a no-spray garden here in central NJ. |
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