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| It's just now getting cool enough to go out in the garden and clean up after our hellish summers. I have an area in my side yard where I don't venture much during the summer except to water the roses by a drip hose. I have planted Baronne Prevost and Grandmother's Hat (among other roses) in this area. I have discovered that B. Prevost and G. Hat are HUGE!! BP is bigger but GH is close behind. GH must have canes that are 10 feet long! Same for BP. I think they want to climb! Anyone else have this experience with these roses? I guess they love our heat. I don't do anything to them except water them. They are in an area that gets morning sun and afternoon shade so that probably helps. I am just bowled over at how big they are, especially considering I have lost several roses this summer to the heat. So, anyone needing to know what roses are monsters in my hot desert climate, try these! I know they are both hybrid perpetuals; anyone know if they are related? I'm thinking G Hat's heritage is not known? |
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| I don't have the entire answer, but I suspect that the conditions of morning sun and afternoon shade have a lot to do with this, because I've found that to be the optimal location for roses in my hot and dry climate. My Belinda's Dream, which is in full sun, hasn't grown very much this year because of the stress of solar radiation, in spite of being watered every day. Also, it barely bloomed in spite of statements that this rose can really stand the heat and will bloom well in the summer. I had to give up Grandmother's Hat, very reluctantly, because in its full-sun location the blooms barely lasted a few hours. Ingrid |
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| Yes, where happy, both of the roses you mention can attain impressive proportions. I know several people who have successfully used them both as climbers on structures. Their preference for morning sun and afternoon shade is natural for any rose (and most other garden plants) in extreme conditions. I'm glad they're doing well for you as both can be superb roses. Kim |
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| Yup. GramHat can make a climber, and we have grown Baronne Prevost as a really nice climber, espaliered against a wall. Fact -- I've never understood why Baronne Prevost isn't more widely popular. It's one of the few HPs that really does well for us. It's not troubled by mildew here, nor rust, and the blooms are fragrant, and great in a vase. We finally removed our badly-virused BP, which was probably 25 years old -- but we now grow "Linsley Plot Quartered Pink" which is probably either BP, or a seedling of it. Jeri |
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- Posted by kittymoonbeam 10 (My Page) on Fri, Oct 11, 13 at 15:49
| Good for you! They love where they are. Get ready for some impressive spring displays. |
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