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Fri, Jun 13, 14 at 23:03
| Researching info about Robinette. Size, fragrance, shade tolerance. odinthor, you posted about it on the forum. Are you still growing it? Thanks, |
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| There is a 'Robinette' at Elizabeth Park in Hartford, CT that I have observed for several years. It grows in full sun and is a typical rambler in size and growth habit. The flowers are in large clusters and have very distinctive long golden filaments with very bright pink petals; the contrast is very appealing. |
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- Posted by poorbutroserich none (My Page) on Sat, Jun 14, 14 at 15:52
| Hi. I'm growing Robinette but it is only 2 years old. Mine is growing like a weed in southeast exposure. Blooms were very pretty but I didn't notice a fragrance. I like its habit! Susan |
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| Yes, thanks for asking; I'm still growing it, and like it more every year. The blossoms have a cheerful innocence which I find appealing; and the little waxy red-orange hips are distinctive and attractive. I can't address its shade tolerance, as it's in one of the sunniest positions in my garden--sun from all directions over the course of the day. It's on a fence, and so its habit is, by the constraints of its site, that of a Rambler; I don't know how it would shape itself if it were free-standing. No disease problems, grows vigorously once established (mine waited two or three years before declaring itself "established"), quietly beautiful foliage. It tends to have its bloom season just as we're getting a heat wave here, so for me it's often not in bloom very long; but any dead petals which hold on quickly come off when the plant gets a shower from the hose and so the plant is always neat and tidy, and, the flowers gone, one has the hips to look forward to. This variety merits more popularity! |
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| Thanks for your input everyone. I hope to give it a try. Diane |
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| mmm, would really like that one. There are scads of single reds....but often with very white eyes - a look I often find busy and distracting.....but that is delicious. |
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