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| We're finally getting around to doing the landscaping in the backyard, and unfortunately we just don't have the amount of sun as would be beneficial to grow all the roses I'd like.
Here's the wishlist:
Here's the list of finalists: -General Schablikine
Any remarks in favor of or against these roses would be greatly appreciated, as we don't have the room for roses that won't fully earn their keep. Thanks in advance! |
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- Posted by kittymoonbeam So. CA sunset 23 (My Page) on Sun, Sep 2, 12 at 2:47
| My Radox is more disease resistant than my Freddie. Both are mighty tall roses. Radox is smaller blooms but the clusters are beautiful bouquets. Freddie is good if you want long stems. Both last well in a vase and repeat well but I think Radox has had more flowers over the year. For both roses the fragrance is strong and sweet. I never tried to keep my Radox short but I think Freddie will always want to be very tall. He doesn't seem to want to bloom until the canes get long. Mom can never remember the name and calls it Radish Bouquet. |
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- Posted by floridarosez9 10 (My Page) on Sun, Sep 2, 12 at 10:05
| I wouldn't be without Mrs. B.R. Cant. She smells divine and has no disease issues here. |
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| My Frederic Mistral is wider than it is tall, but it's still plenty big and vigorous in all directions. It's my favorite of all my roses for it beautiful scent. I don't know about disease (we don't have BS here), but FM is a thrips magnet, and that is it's main downfall for me. Diane |
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| Mrs. John Laing has gorgeous fat blooms, but she is not that disease-resistant. Perhaps somewhat better than average, but I'd expect her to be destroyed by BS in New Orleans. In fact, I wonder if any rose is safe from BS there. Hope you get responses from some folks from your area since I'm not an expert on BS in your area, but here in Kansas she is likely one of the first roses to show BS signs in my garden. Wish I could help you on the others, but I do not grow them. Kate |
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| Thanks for the feedback so far. I have had roses down here before, and perhaps went a big hog wild trying to fit as many roses as I could on a very small property before. These are the ones I've had before: Ducher Most of those did fine (SDLM and Pink GAA as the big exceptions). I absolutely loved the DdB and am actually thinking of getting her again. I love her fragrance, and she seemed to do rather well considering what an over-crowded area she was in (the last 7 roses listed were in a strip about 5-6'x20'). But because I have such limited rose space at the new house, I want to make sure that whatever rose(s) I get I'm going to absolutely love, and with the exception of the Duchesse, none of the others qualified for me. So based on the comments above, perhaps my list of finalists should now look like this: -General Schablikine And in terms of size, I'd like to be able to keep the bush to a 6' diameter. Will Mrs. B.R. Cant be able to withstand that much pruning? |
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| Mrs. B.R. Cant is one of the really large tea roses with a very spreading habit and I have some doubts about it being happy with being chopped back continuously. Since you like DdB, would you consider her lovely sport, Mme. Joseph Schwartz? What about early hybrid teas like the very fragrant La France? I don't know what does well in your climate, and hope that more people near your area can advise you. |
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| Mme Joseph Schwartz is pretty large. Mine is about 5'tall by 6' wide. Lovely blooms with huge fragrance, though! |
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