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| Anyone growing Strawberry Crush-OSO Easy Rose?
I got 5 of the OSO Easy series (10 baby plants last year) every single one is doing great & were undaunted by the very long heat-wave & dought! As all others & as expected, in full-sun, the blooms faded just a bit sooner ~ no problem!!! I do have a question about *Strawberry Crush* ~ the only one that woke up latest in Spring, set sprays of blooms last & sent numerous very long arching stems. I kept clipping a few of those long stems to encourage them to thicken & even grow more secondary stems, w/c she did. However, some of the 2ndary stems were as well getting long & only a few flush w/ spray of buds. Should I just keep clipping the stems that get too long, arches & w/o signs of bud sprays? Also she doesn't flush blooms as readily as the other OSO Easy cousins? Wondering if this is just true of Strawberry Crush only or is it a growth problem? Appreciate thoughts & experience if you have one! TIA |
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- Posted by Kathleen_Z 9, San Jose, CA (My Page) on Mon, Aug 27, 12 at 14:47
| I have "Strawberry Crush", "Paprika" and "Cherry Pie". They were purchased in late June as the end of season sale this year. They were in 4-inch pots and I planted them in 10-inch pots. They grow very quick and big. Just like you said, long stems with glossy healthy leaves. But there were only two flowers on "strawberry crush" and three on "Paprika" so far. And they didn't last for three days under the hot sun!There isn't any bud in those two plants now. Only long stems with nice looking leaves. "Cherry pie" is better, nice flowers last more than a week. But this is the first "wave" of flowering. I don't see any new buds yet. Compared to "Flower carpet", these OSO Easy are a bit disappointing. Our "flower carpet" are always in flowers, even the one I started from a stick early this year. Maybe you can try pegging to see if they will rebloom better? I was hoping they might rebloom better after they got mature. Probably not.
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| Thanks for your input Kathleen! My 3 Paprikas are none-stop bloomers w/ just a short rest periods ~ I do clip the nearly spent blooms to push re-flush ~ it seems to work! Honey Bun & 4 Mango Salsas are the most enthusiastic bloomers w/ reasonable rest times ~ am very happy w/ them. Peachy Cream has gotten taller but does not arch nor splay as much as SC altho I did help w/ a 2ft wire fensing as she is in a less sunny site & tends to follow sun w/ her still young woods. Oh hopefully S-Crush will be better next season. If I allowed her as she wished, she would perhaps spread easily 5ft + width & full! I wish her to be a bit more up-right! Her blooms are absolutely beautiful _ I wish I know how to post individual frames to show. M-Salsa as well flushes awsome sprays of blooms!!! Good luck to both of us!!! |
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| Hi Kathleen - in case you are curious, I just posted an album of my OSO-Easy rose collection. TIA for taking the time to view! |
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| Hi Kathleen - in case you are curious, I just posted an album of my OSO-Easy rose collection. TIA for taking the time to view! |
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| Hi Kathleen - in case you are curious, I just posted an album of my OSO-Easy rose collection. TIA for taking the time to view! |
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