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Just Joey - Finally!
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Posted by
OmaGail 5b Eastern NE (
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Tue, Aug 28, 12 at 17:56
| I fell in love with a photo of this rose in a book I read about 20 years ago. During the brutal drought and heat we experienced in July, I found a lovely plant clearance out at 50% off. I know it wasn't at all the best time to try to settle in a new plant, but it finally rewarded me with my first bloom. I think it was worth the 20-year wait! |
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- Posted by seil z6b MI (My Page) on
Tue, Aug 28, 12 at 19:40
RE: Just Joey - Finally!
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| Congrats. It remains my favorite. |
RE: Just Joey - Finally!
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| I'm curious about how big it gets in your areas... |
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- Posted by jenn SoCal 9/19 (My Page) on
Wed, Aug 29, 12 at 13:15
| Beautiful!!! I would love that rose but, alas, have nowhere to put her. |
RE: Just Joey - Finally!
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- Posted by ditas z 4b-5 Iowa (My Page) on
Wed, Aug 29, 12 at 13:53
RE: Just Joey - Finally!
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- Posted by jenn SoCal 9/19 (My Page) on
Wed, Aug 29, 12 at 19:31
| Does anyone know how JJ does in hot SoCal? I'd love to make a place for her.... |
RE: Just Joey - Finally!
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| Jenn - would you believe I dug up five established perennials to find space for her? And I have no regrets! If I have to wrap her in a blanket with a hat on top to keep her going through our Midwest winters, I'll do it! |
RE: Just Joey - Finally!
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| JJ does great in the hot Central Valley near Sacramento. Be patient with it as it gets better every year. Its blooms are amazing in all but 95 plus degrees, which is fine with me. It is a truly great rose. I found mine as a small potted rose in a Target garden section many years ago. A very luck find, too! |
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| Just Joey is very much like another of Cant's roses - Mrs B R Cant - better in the heat of Cali than in it's native Essex. It has been a solid seller in the UK but has recently dropped out of the top lists as it really does seem to prefer rather more heat than is possible in an English summer. One big plus - Essex, in East Anglia, is the dryest county in the UK (by a long way - classed as semi-arid)so JJ is not the usual water hog which many english roses most certainly are. Winter wet will do for it more than snow or ice. |
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| I've had Joey here in Pasadena for 15+ years, happy and healthy. One of the favorites, and a color that "plays well with others," as they say in kindergarten. Kay |
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- Posted by jenn SoCal 9/19 (My Page) on
Fri, Aug 31, 12 at 9:20
| Wow, JJ sounds like a great rose. It's already been asked, but not yet answered: How big does she get in each of your areas? |
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- Posted by catspa NoCA Z9 Sunset 14 (My Page) on
Fri, Aug 31, 12 at 11:02
| My 9-years old, grafted JJ is roughly 7' x 7' , a nice rounded bush and in bloom most of the time (takes very short breaks between flushes). Definitely among the more heat-tolerant. |
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- Posted by jenn SoCal 9/19 (My Page) on
Fri, Aug 31, 12 at 14:29
| 7'x7'!!! WOW! I'll have to dig up the citrus tree to make room for her! |
RE: Just Joey - Finally!
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| blimey - it only gets to 3-4 feet tops here in the UK. |
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- Posted by catspa NoCA Z9 Sunset 14 (My Page) on
Fri, Aug 31, 12 at 18:11
| Well, I don't prune hard -- only remove the spent canes and take it back to maybe 5' x 5' to shape during the winter (such as it is here). I would imagine it can be pruned to be smaller. From my experience, though, JJ CAN be a rather robust rose. |
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| Mine (west of Sacramento) is just under 5 feet both ways. It could easily be pruned to be a bit narrower. |
RE: Just Joey - Finally!
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| JJ is one of my top faves! My first one ~15 years ago was grafted and in the ground and grew to about 4x4 feet. I have oak root rot fungus in my soil, so I now grow many of my roses in large pots. My current JJ is in a 15 gallon pot and is own root. It's about 3x3 feet after several years. It's not the most vigorous rose cane-wise (and wasn't when I grew it grafted), but it does fine and blooms a lot. I'm in coastal So Calif, with average summer temps in the upper 70s. Interesting to read that it prefers hotter temps to get bigger. I normally deadhead pretty hard, but not with JJ, to let it build up strength. |
RE: Just Joey - Finally!
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I'm in Western Washington. My Just Joey is 3 years old. He/She stands a bit over 3' tall and maybe 3 feet wide. I love the slight ruffle to the petals and smell is heavenly. I only wish that it bloomed more often.
As far as winter protection...I got Joey as a band in the spring of 2010. That November we got hit with an unusually cold spell. As in 6-8 degrees for 4 to 6 days. I had not winter protected the bush nor any of the others as we usually dont get that cold that early. None of the roses had had time to geer down for the cold. I lost a few rose bushes. Just Joey didnt miss a beat. Just thought you might want to know.
Jeannie |
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