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Posted by labrea 7NYC (My Page) on Tue, Oct 20, 09 at 1:06
| Has anyone any experience with this beauty. |
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RE: Munstead Wood Habits
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| Mine came from Pickering this past spring. I don't know that I have much to offer since my experience with it is limited, but here's what I can tell you after one summer. So far, it has stayed very small; no wavy octupus arms yet, which I'm very pleased about. It has had 3 bloom flushes; the first two flushes were a mauvey color, and the flowers were small; about the size of a mini. I almost contacted Pickering to see if I had a mislabeled rose. However, the third flush produced the darker blossoms, with the 'Austin' fat-blossom look, so I'm thinking it may have just taken my MW awhile to get going. I think I'm going to really like MW; the color is fabulous.
-terry |
RE: Munstead Wood Habits
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| Thanks I have the Prince and Spring and fall are fine but mid Summer the blooms fry black. |
RE: Munstead Wood Habits
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| I have this rose on order from Pickering myself. I am counting on the lack of octopus arms. I just dug up and got rid of WS2000 for exactly that fault. A few years ago I discarded Scepter'd Isle for growing that way. It looks ungainly to me. I saw Munstead Wood in a friend's garden in England and it was beautiful both in bloom and in plant form. It was exquisite. With any luck, it will perform the same way in our climates here. Rosefolly |
RE: Munstead Wood Habits
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| I planted this last fall, and it stayed smallish this year and healthy so far. It repeat bloomed and has a nice rich crimson color and moderate to good scent depending on weather conditions. I really like it a lot! |
RE: Munstead Wood Habits
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| Munstead Wood is an exquisitely beautiful rose, with variable shades of crimson, ranging from medium cherry to the blackest of all reds in the cooler days of spring with petals thick and velvety to the touch. The scent is a deep damask which takes a little while to develop in the opening flower, but once it is there, it is wonderful. If you feed it well, the usually medium-sized flowers can get huge and look absolutely amazing. Mine is in its second year, still fairly small, under 3 ft, upright vaseshaped, very very prickly, with very good rebloom and decent health, although it did catch BS in my crowded no-spray garden. No PM though. I would put it in the front of the border so you can enjoy its looks, its scent and even the lovely feel of its petals. I can highly recommend it. Andrea |
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