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| We moved in to our current house over 25 years ago. There were a few rose bushes and we liked them so much we planted over 100 more. Roses were planted everywhere they could be. For a few years everything was great, until the deer showed up. They won the battle and we now have about 15 left, mainly climbers and antique roses. I have two roses next to each other; a Portland from Glendora (about 8' across) and a La Rein Victoria that has been massacred for about 10 years. I decided to give it one more chance and sprayed it with deer and rabbit repellent. The deer are leaving it alone so now I am optimistic about planting a few more roses.
I have a spot next to these roses that gets plenty of sun and I want to plant 3 more. I know I want to plant a double delight and have some ideas for the other two, but I haven't bought any roses for over 10 years and don't know what new roses might be a good choice. I'm looking for a red and a yellow. My goal is abundant, fragrant cut flowers. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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| Steve, if you post where you live, it will help those in your area suggest roses which perform well there. Nothing in your post nor profile gives any indication of your zone nor state, and both can make a world of difference. Kim |
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- Posted by deervssteve 9 (My Page) on Sun, Jul 29, 12 at 21:40
| Thanks ,My zone is 9, Lafayette, CA central Contra Costa County, (SF Bay Area) |
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- Posted by north_ca_rose 9b (My Page) on Mon, Jul 30, 12 at 0:33
| Steve, I don't have many hybrid teas, but two that I grow and would recommend are Ingrid Bergman and Ophelia. Ophelia is an old hybrid tea with a wonderful fragrance and good foliage. Ingrid Bergman is a non-stop bloomer and gorgeous foliage. I live in Livermore, which has a bit more heat than Lafayette. Karen |
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| Midas Touch is a good fragrant yellow rose. The orange Fragrant Cloud and Dolly Parton are more fragrant than any of our red HTs. Veteran's Honor is a good cutting red rose, but I can only smell it on occasions. |
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| Fragrant Cloud mildewed like crazy in our coastal garden. I'd avoid it myself. If you can find 'Olympiad,' it remains one of the more disease-resistant reds in California. Julia Child is a Floribunda, rather than a HT, but it is a prolific bloomer, and has proven disease-resistant in much of California. I really loved Gold Medal, which was completely disease-free here, as well as fragrant, and a good bloomer. Double Delight can have some powdery mildew issues. If you plant it, site it where it will get plenty of air-flow to help with that issue. If you can find 'Gardens Of The World' I have found it to be more disease-resistant here by far than Double Delight. (It can blackspot, where that is a problem, but does not rust or mildew) Jeri |
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