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| Hello. I received one cane of La Reine last August. She remains one cane. I've heard she's hard to get going. Anyone have an experience to share? Thanks. Susan |
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| It must be pretty easy to root -- it's one of the first things we were able to propagate. Jeri |
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| I would cut it down a bit, work in compost and alfalfa meal, give it a good mulching and watering and see if it throws up some basal canes. Ingrid |
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| If it's a just starting out rooted cane I'd just be patient. It's going to take time for it to build a root ball so it can support more canes. |
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- Posted by kittymoonbeam 10 (My Page) on Sun, Mar 31, 13 at 19:38
| Just wait. This rose will make plenty of canes when the roots get bigger. Jeri is right. A bigger La Reine gets wider and wider every year. If you get a long cane then stick it down to the ground and cover it. Soon you will have some new canes starting where it touched down. I know it's small now, but if the soil it good, it will grow plenty of canes in time. |
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- Posted by poorbutroserich Nashville (My Page) on Mon, Apr 1, 13 at 23:11
| Thanks! |
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- Posted by mauvegirl8 Texas (My Page) on Wed, Feb 26, 14 at 13:28
| Has anyone had success taking a cutting of La Reine & planting directly into the ground? I did this this a few months ago. I am observing a plant a few inches tall. The birds, soil, manure, or my mulch have gifted me unplanned seedlings, weeds, wildflowers. However; I did buy & plant the salvia 'Caradonna' seeds. |
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| Mauvegirl, you will like 'Caradonna'. I find it to be an outstanding salvia. Poorbutroserich, do give 'La Reine' more time. I have 'Barbara's Pasture Rose', thought to be 'La Reine', a variant clone of 'La Reine', or possibly a seedling of 'La Reine'. It took longer than I expected but is a wonderful rose now. (In fact, I grow two of it, and kept them both this past month when I was busy reducing the number of rose plants I grow by 30%. Truth is that I kept nearly all of my rose multiples while getting rid of single plants of less wonderful roses.) Folly |
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