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Tue, Sep 9, 14 at 13:41
| I received this rose as a band last year and planted it in the ground where it did exactly nothing for month after month. I replanted the pitiful little thing, all of a foot tall, into an empty spot in Tea Rose Row and had little hope that it would be able to struggle there in full sun in the megaheat. I did put a chair over it but the sun kept moving and it already began to be really hot at 8:30 in the morning. I was so discouraged that I didn't really look at it closely for a few days, and imagine my amazement when I finally did look that it had little shoots coming out here and there. What a feisty little plant! Does anyone else grow this rose in a hot and dry climate and can you give me any information as to eventual size, problems, appearance of the blooms, pluses or minuses of any kind? Thank you in advance. Ingrid |
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- Posted by jaspermplants 9 az (My Page) on Tue, Sep 9, 14 at 14:13
| I grow this rose in my hot hot climate and it is healthy, blooms a lot and is really pretty carefree. Mine is not in a particularly good spot, being next to the driveway where it gets some reflected heat. But it is a trooper. Mine is probably 3 to 4 feet tall, and about as wide. Not a gigantic tea-type rose. Very nice size and very nice rose. Good luck with it. It is a rose I would highly recommend for hot dry climates, not sure about other climates. It's a keeper. |
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- Posted by Kippy-the-Hippy 10 Sunset 24 (My Page) on Tue, Sep 9, 14 at 17:47
| How exciting for you Ingrid. I have admired that rose online for a while. Looking forward to seeing how it does |
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- Posted by PortlandMysteryRose 8 (My Page) on Tue, Sep 9, 14 at 18:04
| Hi, Ingrid. I'm growing one, I think, although my climate is not hot and dry, so I won't be much help with climate questions. My Rhodologue has grown well for me in Portland with minimal balling in the wet, but I'm not convinced that I have the real deal. Granted, my Rhodologue is somewhat young, but even so.... I purchased it from Vintage Gardens. I'm wondering if you or anyone else has photos of the blooms on young plants. I'll post some of mine when I can get to my photo file. Thanks so much and looking forward to reading how Rhodologue does in hot and dry regions! Ingrid, you're accumulating a wonderfully helpful list for all the toasty, arid region rose growers on ARF. Carol |
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| jasper, your comments are very encouraging, and I'm thrilled this rose does well in dry heat. It's somewhat smaller size is perfect since it's between two large roses, Miss Atwood and Le Vesuve, and they'll have room to expand without impinging on RJG. Carol, I've seen only one bloom, shortly after I acquired the rose, and of course it was tiny and rather shapeless. When the rose has grown larger I'll take pictures of the blooms so you can compare it to yours. Ingrid |
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- Posted by PortlandMysteryRose 8 (My Page) on Wed, Sep 10, 14 at 0:48
| Thank you, Ingrid! |
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