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| I don't remember seeing anything about cl. Pink Don Juan on this forum, and just wanted to give this climber a "plug".
I bought 6 different climbers a few years ago to cover up a piece of cyclone fence - St. Josephs Coat (2), Blaze (not the improved version), America, Royal Gold and Pink Don Juan. All are doing great, America and PDJ are my favorites. I've read plenty of raves about Cl. America, well deserved - the blooms are stunning and the climber vigorous and healthy. But Pink Don Juan has been a total surprise after reading so many blah reviews about the original red cl. Don Juan. The blooms are large, very pretty and ooooo, so wonderfully fragrant. I've been cutting them to put in my work bouquets and they hold their own with my good cutting HT's. This is really it's first blooming year - last 2 years it's been establishing itself. But now, what a reward I'm getting. With the little extra plus of being completely disease/fungus resistent so far. |
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| I have this rose too but I'm not as happy with it as you are. Gorgeous fragrant flowers, yes. But for me it's not at all disease resistant. But that's to be expected given my location. I have the same issue with this as I do with regular Don Juan and some other roses. Great blooms, horrible looking canes and foliage. I wouldn't mind if it were covered in blooms, but it isn't. Not only is mine usually leafless (even with being sprayed) but the canes get grey and ugly looking. I am going to really prune it next spring and start over. Maybe it just needs to be refreshed. |
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| I have 5-6 Dons and love them, they need to be pruned back and the canes need to be set horizontally, tie them down and they put out laterals along the cane, and those laterals can then be tied horizontally... I have BS galore and plant shorter roses in front of the Dons to hide the bare knees.. I have Belinda's Dream in front and in front of BD I have some Pentas and smaller perennials... works for me, I wouldn't give up my Dons I love them....sally |
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- Posted by nummykitchen Z5b Michigan (My Page) on Thu, Sep 27, 12 at 11:18
| Ohh I love this one too! I planted mine this spring and it has given me probably 8-10 huge, gorgeous blooms like this one...can't wait to see what it does next year!
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- Posted by armomto3boys 7b (My Page) on Sat, Oct 20, 12 at 13:24
| I love mine, too! I've only had it a year, but I really do love the blooms and the fragrance. So far, I haven't had any disease issues. |
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