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Sat, Sep 6, 14 at 19:48
| I'm still trying to put together an order here. Newest contender: Duchesse de Rohan. Anybody grow it? How is it blooming/re-blooming, size (height & width), BS-resistance, heat tolerance--and anything else that strikes you as pertinent. Would it object to all day sun--including hot western sun? The big blooms in the pics look scrumptious, but I must confess to having never seen her in real life. Thanks. Kate |
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- Posted by Kippy-the-Hippy 10 Sunset 24 (My Page) on Sat, Sep 6, 14 at 20:26
| Kittymoonbeam gave me a rooted piece of Duchesse de Rohan early this spring. I kept her in a 1g til she started putting on some new growth and then planted her in the garden. She has taken off and is a very happy little rose. So far staying about 3 feet tall while growing wider. The wasps seem to love her, they are always busy on her leaves, but I see that as a plus. No other bugs have visited her. She has bloomed a few times this summer and is located on a west facing slope that does get some shade from a picket fence. Her blooms do get a bit crispy in the heat, but I could say that about a lot of the roses. She has a wonderful scent that wafts around that area. I would plant her again and once she is big enough probably will. She is vigorous, putting up canes that remind me of a raspberry. I am enjoying her with nothing bad to say. |
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| Glad to here your Duchesse is doing so well, Kippy. Now if about 3 posters could assure me that the Duchesse is fairly BS resistant, I'd feel a lot more confident about exploring this new area in Rosedom. : ) Kate |
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| Mine gets a lot of blackspot. It has a little repeat bloom, not as much as Mrs. John Laing. |
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| Mine has never shown any significant disease symptoms, but California has a whole lot of one strain of blackspot, while other strains are almost completely absent. Don't know how it does for blackspot in other parts of North America, or elsewhere. It never gets PM or rust, despite very high PM pressure locally. It's not a very prolific rebloomer, but I'd have a hard time naming any reblooming rose with as wonderful flowers; they're big, gorgeous and have centifolia sweetness you really can't find in other rebloomers. It never sets hips, so no need to worry about deadheading it. If I could only grow a dozen kinds of roses, DdR would make the final cut. I'd grow it for the fragrance alone. |
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| I've had one for over a decade. I like it a lot, and wouldn't discard it. That said, I have to admit that it does not at all well in my So Cal garden. I originally had it in an area which had slightly sandy soil, and sun for only a few hours during the day, and the plant was happy, and would duly bloom once a year, though never did it rebloom (same as the 'Portland Rose' itself here, another DP which I use as others would a Gallica). In the fullness of time, its site meant that it was in danger of being destroyed by the construction of a new wall, so I moved it to a part of the garden composed of concrete-like clay soil, and intense sunlight. Here, it is less happy, but maintains itself, and pays its rent by blooming once a year (its brother in this behavior, the 'Portland Rose', gives it moral support from just a few feet away). I'd say that it would be a wonderful thing in good soil, not too intense sunlight, and a situation which was more cool than hot (Pacific Northwest, I'm looking at you). |
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| I grew one for a number of years. On the plus side, it has large and intensely fragrant blooms that will wow you when blooming. On the negative side, mine was prone to blackspot and was a runty bush without spraying in this climate. It also was essentially a once-bloomer. I shovel-pruned it because it declined and was a two-cane wonder that would flop from the weight of the large blooms. If you're willing to spray and pamper it the blooms are rewarding. |
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