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| Interested in this stripper. Anyone out there grow it?? |
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| Not any longer. Zone 9b, mid SoCal desert. Rust, black spot and mildew with stingy, fleeting flowers. One of many which taught me the harsh lesson HPs were NOT suitable for my climate. Kim |
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- Posted by daisyincrete 10? (My Page) on Sat, Mar 2, 13 at 0:48
| I grew it in my garden in Cornwall, England. About zone 8. Cornwall is a peninsula that juts out into the is wet and windy North Atlantic. Blackspot heaven. The air was so clean, that lichen, encrusted all my trees. Ferdinand Pichard was a joy. No blackspot or any disease. One of the few clean roses in my garden. Heavenly scent and a lot of charm. Just goes to show, that the same rose can behave so differently in different areas. Daisy |
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| This rose was my gateway drug to re-enter the world of OGRs after long absence. I actually flirted with old roses back in my teens, then came back years later after an interval of very little gardening while starting a family. Along with some friends I visited Roses of Yesterday and Today about 20 years ago, and the rose that captured my heart there was Ferdinand Pichard. It does well here in my garden, some disease but nothing seriously disfiguring. I do a single yearly spraying at pruning time. It has no scent to my nose, but does repeat moderately. The stripes are subtle and charming. I train it on a copper pipe obelisk my DH Tom built for me, and it is leafing out in my front garden as I write. Rosefolly |
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- Posted by melissa_thefarm NItaly (My Page) on Mon, Mar 4, 13 at 11:13
| I had it in my Washington state garden and it grew well for me and was healthy, but I didn't like it that much. The flowers were small for the size of the plant--this is as I remember it--and the whole package just wasn't that interesting. I rather like stripes, by the way. I've never been tempted to get it again. I remember it as having some scent. |
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- Posted by ken-n.ga.mts 7a/7b (My Page) on Wed, Mar 6, 13 at 23:39
| Well, I just might get 2 or 3 bush's and plant them really close together. I've done that with a few roses and really like the effect. What the squat, I'll give it a shot and see how I like it. |
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