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How to Keep multiflora Happy in SoCal?
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Kippy-the-Hippy 10 Sunset 24 (
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Mon, May 19, 14 at 0:37
| I think I ended up with a rose that is a hybrid multiflora, how can I best keep it happy? BIG pot and special soil? Guessing this plant will want to get big. Anyone with ideas for me? |
This post was edited by Kippy-the-Hippy on Tue, May 20, 14 at 22:29
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RE: How to Keep multiflora Happy in SoCal?
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| Bud it on Dr. Huey! LOL! You might not want to let that thing loose, Kippy. I've grown several types and they can be pretty. Instead of plain old multiflora, if I was wanting to plant one, I'd find a Multiflora "Carnea" or another of the pastel colored double forms. They're a bit less likely to set seed and get loose where you don't want them. Birds and vermin LOVE those brightly colored, little red hips. It's going to out grow even the largest pot fairly quickly. Are you sure you REALLY want it? Kim |
RE: How to Keep multiflora Happy in SoCal?
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| It is hybrid multiflora rambler. Not the wild variety. Or so I hope lol |
This post was edited by Kippy-the-Hippy on Tue, May 20, 14 at 22:30
RE: How to Keep multiflora Happy in SoCal?
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| Does it have a name? I have grown several multiflora ramblers which did OK, they simply didn't flower enough to warrant the room and other resources they required. Kim |
RE: How to Keep multiflora Happy in SoCal?
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| I think I know which it is. But need to take some photos and recheck through the collection of plant markers it came with and see if I find the name I think it is. Nothing too exciting so far. But it is small. Maybe it will look better....next year. Iol |
RE: How to Keep multiflora Happy in SoCal?
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| Kippy, at an earlier stage in my garden, I planted about 8 or 9 of the purple multiflora ramblers. I ended up removing all but one, the best of them here, 'Violette'. The rocky subsoil under my garden is mostly limestone and there are mineral salts in our water, so the soil tends to be very alkaline. Apparently multiflora prefers a more acidic soil. (The same seems to be true for rugosas and several HPs.) Except for 'Violette', all my multiflora ramblers were so chlorotic that the leaves were almost white and looked burned along the edges. In their weak state, they had no resistance to powdery mildew. I suspect that the pH of your soil and the quality of your irrigation water will have a lot to do with how successful you are in growing a multiflora rambler, at least if the one you have chosen is one of the ones I tried here. I do not know if the pink ones have the same vulnerability. Folly |
This post was edited by rosefolly on Thu, May 22, 14 at 0:25
RE: How to Keep multiflora Happy in SoCal?
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| I'm with Folly. I gave them up. Too hard to keep roses that hate my conditions. |
RE: How to Keep multiflora Happy in SoCal?
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| sigh Folly. That is what I fear. White leaves This one is a white/pink double here is to hoping it is a bit less susceptible to white leaves Our water district is using extra alkaline ground water mixed with lake water. And the neighboring property uses only well (ground) water so I deal with it on plants that do not have the demands of multiflora |
RE: How to Keep multiflora Happy in SoCal?
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| Jeri. I did not pick this rose but it is here now and it needs to be kept alive so I would live to hear any secrets others might have that find themselves in this situation. Guessing I should go and mix more potting soil with my acid lovers blend. Maybe it would like to be friends with blueberries? |
RE: How to Keep multiflora Happy in SoCal?
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| That and weren't happy enough to smother themselves with flower, nor flower longer than two to three weeks, then proceeded to attempt to eat all available space like Kudzu, Algerian Ivy or Prickly Cucumber. Many of the multiflora ramblers are simply drop dead gorgeous and marvelous where they are suited. Unfortunately, that isn't much of SoCal. Kim |
RE: How to Keep multiflora Happy in SoCal?
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- Posted by hoovb z9 Southern CA (My Page) on
Mon, May 19, 14 at 16:31
| Easy to acidify the soil with soil sulphur. One application in early spring and another in late fall. |
RE: How to Keep multiflora Happy in SoCal?
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| A past prime photo of this plant. |
RE: How to Keep multiflora Happy in SoCal?
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| Soil sulfur DOES help. It's never going to be perfect, but it may be a lot better. I just -- got to where I didn't want to mess with roses who didn't want to be here. Jeri |
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