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| Many years ago, we moved here from the Philadelphia suburbs. The idea of moving somewhere colder didn't bother us. It still doesn't since we lost the long, brown, boring Philly winters. What I'm still getting used to though, is our very limy soil. A lot of things that were weeds down there won't grow here. A lot of things everybody else in the East takes for granted won't grow here. One of these is azaleas.
So, adding 1 + 1 and coming up with 2, instead of azaleas as foundation plantings, we have spinossisimas. Karl Forster
Karl from the other side, and William III
William III, Williams Double Yellow, and Double Blush Burnet
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- Posted by hosenemesis SoCal Sunset 19 USDA (My Page) on Fri, May 28, 10 at 0:21
| Such a pretty place! I love your lawn and trees, not to mention your flowers. Renee |
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| Spectacular roses, I especially like William III. Is it many years old? |
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| I love Karl Forster it's one of the first signs of spring in the Rose gardens in Brooklyn. |
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| Do spinossissimas like lime, particularly. I am wondering what is the secret to helping these to thrive? |
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- Posted by aimeekitty zone 9 (SW 18) SoCal (My Page) on Fri, May 28, 10 at 14:48
| you know, I grew up in the south-east and I actually got tired of azaleas,... your spinos are gorgeous. <3 |
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- Posted by silverkelt Z5b/Southern Maine (My Page) on Sat, May 29, 10 at 5:31
| monarda.. Spinossissimas dont care where you plant them, they are a disease resistant group, able to grow in clay, sand, sweet or acidic soils.. Thats one of their great attributes, they just need winter chill to a certain degree, extremely hardy. |
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- Posted by mad_gallica Z5 Eastern NY (My Page) on Sat, May 29, 10 at 13:08
| All of these (except the eglanteria) came from Pickering about ten years ago. I'm assuming they aren't on multiflora, but wish I knew a lot more about which rootstock Pickering uses for what roses. Roses that want to be here do very, very well. |
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| From Pickerings' FAQs page: "We bud the majority of our roses on R. multiflora and the gallicas, damasks and some odds & ends on R. laxa." There's more discussion about these 2 roootstocks at the link. |
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