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| In October 2011, I planted a one gallon, own root Jude the Obscure with best of intentions and highest of hopes. My neighbor has a GIANT grafted octopus version of this rose, but I naively thought that by choosing own root my own specimen would be more manageable. Silly me. I am now looking at a rose throwing out 12 ft. canes and spreading ever wider with an attitude of flippant domination. I had to trim it back three times this summer, but it is still too large for the space. Sigh. Good Points: Bad Points: What would you all do in this case? Ideally I would move it, but I don't really have a great place for it. Should I just get rid of it, or will I eventually regret it? My other monster rose is Griffith Buck's Quietness, also own root, now easily 8 ft. x 6ft. and expanding. But it has such a balanced, graceful growth habit and is so floriferous with such tremendous garden presence that I can't help but love it. While it does have a nice, sweet scent, if only it had the fragrance of Jude... |
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- Posted by caldonbeck UK (8) (My Page) on Wed, Oct 9, 13 at 9:39
| I would dig it out and plant Wollerton Old Hall. |
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| Jude likes the hot sun, and does well for me here in Texas. If it is too large for it's slotted space in the garden then there is little you can do to restrain him, but I do know he blooms with constant repeat here with no pruning. I suspect the pruning methods may be responsible for the way he blooms. Josh |
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- Posted by kittymoonbeam 10 (My Page) on Wed, Oct 9, 13 at 11:10
| Tie him to a trellis like a climber or plant something else. I didn't have success trying to keep Jude small |
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| If it's too big for your space, trying to prune it to suppress its size is a losing battle. I know we fought this years ago in our garden with Evelyn. (She's probably wonderful, somewhere else.) Save yourself a lot of grief. Chop it down, dig it up, and plant something more suited to your garden. Jeri |
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| Yeah, I am a cheapskate but even I would have it out - I let mine thrash about under (and in) one of my cherry trees and have loads of stuff around the bottom because it is a big rose but just cannot produce enough foliage and bloom to cover the fat green canes....and pruning definitely MAKES IT WORSE. My hort. lecturer used quote Fred Loads - 'growth follows the knife' - Jude absolutely illustrates this observation. It is, though, a good background rose to hang a clematis on (Rooiguchi or one of the shorter integrifolias) and might be better on a wall where its lack of voluptuousness is not so apparent. Mine is also supported by several thalictrum which are tall enough to compete in stature and goes a long way towards filling the large (empty) spaces between blooms as well as adding more vitality to slightly....meh quality of Jude ('pallid' always comes to mind). |
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| Mine behaves itself in my garden and is no octopus here, about 5x4 with spring pruning and deadheading. I'd give it time to improve its repeat bloom also. 2 years it's still getting going. I've had mine for a number of years and it was stingy at first but now it repeats throughout summer, in flushes rather than continuously, depending on moisture and other conditions. The fragrance and form is what makes it a favorite of mine. |
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| It sounds to me like a wonderful rose! Perhaps you just need to move the walkway... |
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- Posted by racin_rose 8a PNW (My Page) on Wed, Oct 9, 13 at 21:41
| Mine is reasonably healthy and repeats well, as well as having plenty of foliage...but for whatever reason I just don't like it very much. I want to love it, but I don't. I've considered giving it to my mother. Between the balling, nodding, shattering, and zero vase life I'm just "over" it. |
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| UPDATE: Some might be horrified by this, but I did indeed remove my jolly green 'Jude the Obscure'. I harvested a bouquet of the last blooms, inhaled the wonderful fragrance deeply and then unceremoniously proceeded to chop the bush down. I have to say that in spite of 'Jude' being a sentimental favorite for me, I do not miss it in my garden. The thorny, gangly beast is gone. Neighboring companion plants I am not sure what I will replace it with yet. Maybe I will just leave that spot bare and let the surrounding companion plants (hardy geraniums and an agastache) fill in and mature. Thank you all who encouraged me to do this! My problem with 'Jude' has been solved! :-) |
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