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| I was wondering about your garden experience with this rose. I have seen it growing at the San Jose Heritage Rose Garden. Here is a pic I took of it when I visited there in late April..... |
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| I don't grow it but may have too! That is gorgeous! |
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| Austin highly recommends it for hedges and your picture convinces me that that is a good idea! Beautiful hedge. I have no experience with it, but I remember a forum poster complaining that the blooms were too small--but when I look at your picture, the blooms don't look small at all. Go to the Rose Index page and scroll to the bottom--find the search box and type in Hyde Hall. Not many posters grow it, but I do remember at least one thread that had several people commenting on it. Good luck in your search. Kate |
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- Posted by ratdogheads 5b NH (My Page) on Sat, Sep 27, 14 at 5:21
| Well I hate to gripe but feel I really must speak up. I grew it as a hedge and it was unsuccessful. It had the choicest position in the garden - full sun, excellent soil, plenty of TLC. The growth was awkward and uneven. It has the habit of shooting up massive basals which grow quickly and are prone to breaking; they need support so I had all these poles sticking up everywhere. Meanwhile other parts of the plants have spindly sparsely foliated branches. Maybe as a lone plant with some pruning this growth can be tamed but for a hedge you need fairly even growth. Not that this is a concern in your climate, but in case any cold zoners are reading, it suffered terribly from winter die back which was a surprise since DA recommends it as one of their very hardy varieties. I had the grafts sunk nice and deep and even mounded more soil for the winter. One year I tried protecting with bales of straw and it got canker. In their commercial description, DA advises against spraying HH. We have awful blackspot here. For a couple years I did not spray and it defoliated completely. Finally I did spray figuring if the spray doesn't kill it the BS will. With spray (tried propiconizole and mancozeb) it defoliated about 50%. Its best attribute is that it never stopped blooming even without leaves, and the flowers are very lovely. Very mild fragrance. Last but not least, it was a Japanese beetle magnet. Ick. Your photo from San Jose looks wonderful. Maybe mine just wanted to move to California, who could blame it ;) |
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| Thanks dublinbay and ratdogheads for the comments.... |
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