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Sat, Feb 1, 14 at 22:11
| Does Madame Plantier get mummified brown spent blooms I'll have to pluck? It has high ratings, but I'm learning there is dark side of almost every rose. Madame Hardy was on my list until I read Nik's choice of Macmillan Nurse. What a beauty, fortunately it isn't easily obtainable to me or I would have another decision to contend with. The order list waxes and wanes daily the more I read this forum. Is there a Rose Buyers Anonymous ? My bank statement suggests I should go cold turkey- after my order is shipped that is. |
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- Posted by sc_gardener zone 5 (My Page) on Sun, Feb 2, 14 at 0:21
| Madame Hardy is still one of my favorite roses, don't really care if the blooms get brown. Don't have MP. |
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- Posted by melissa_thefarm NItaly (My Page) on Sun, Feb 2, 14 at 0:42
| Alas, yes: the spent roses do brown and have to be deadheaded. This is the Madame's only fault. It's one of the best-smelling roses there is, in case you didn't know. It does get big. Melissa |
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| Best trained as a climber. Its canes are long and flexible, though also thorny. I kept it for a number of years, but it did not survive my recent purge. A lot of work for a once bloomer. I actually like once bloomers, but I don't want to have to tend them all year long for a single display. IMO, a high work to reward ration. Folly |
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| I sp'd Madame Plantier. Vigorous and hardy, she quickly became a giant with hundreds of fragrant blooms each spring. Unfortunately, in our wet spring climate, her blooms browned within days. They persisted the entire season and the bush looked horrible. It took many, many, many hours to deadhead all of those dead blooms. MP is probably a great rose in a dry location. Just not here. |
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- Posted by damask55linen none (My Page) on Sun, Feb 2, 14 at 12:07
| Well, Sc and Melissa convinced me to buy Mplantier, and a post later Rosefolly talked me out of it , at least for now. I have more of a thorn garden than rose garden already. Madame Plantier will have to wait on my some day list until i get a bigger yard to put her thorny personality out where she won't grab our attention. |
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- Posted by damask55linen none (My Page) on Sun, Feb 2, 14 at 12:23
| Harryshoe- Thank you for saving me from a high maintenance rose, that's exactly why i have waited to buy a white variety. Sorry Madame Plantier, my rainy location would not suit you either. |
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- Posted by maureeninmd z6 MD (My Page) on Sun, Feb 2, 14 at 12:29
| Madame Plantier is one of my favorites. Mine isn't thorny and needs very little attention. The blooms last fairly long, and when they do brown, they dry up enough that they aren't noticeable (to me). I have it planted against the foundation on the side of my house where it's always dry, though. I'm trying to get a later-blooming clematis to grow on her but keep forgetting to water it. Few roses have as beautiful flowers as Madame Hardy, so I'll always have her. Henri Mitchell was spot-on when he wrote that she "makes a sad ugly bush, but then who's perfect". |
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- Posted by damask55linen none (My Page) on Sun, Feb 2, 14 at 12:43
| Thanks Maureen, it's one of life's lessons I have to accept; no matter how much I will my roses to do well in this area, some just do not like being drowned by buckets of rain on a daily basis. Madame Plantier sounds like one of those exquisite roses that perform beautifully under better conditions than I have to offer. Maybe I should invest in some water lilies. |
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