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| For those of you who are into rich purple. This is a bigger OGR which can be made into a climber as it does tend to throw out long canes where it wants to. |
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- Posted by poorbutroserich none (My Page) on Mon, Nov 4, 13 at 12:04
| Lynette, thanks for sharing the gorgeous photos! Does Erinnerung repeat for you? Thanks! Susan |
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| As a lover of rich lavender and purple shades, this rose blows me away. As I recall it doesn't repeat, but what a memorable rose. Ingrid |
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| I have wanted to grow this stunner, as well as other Geschwind roses for years. I just wish I had the real estate for a big once bloomer. Diane |
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- Posted by jeannie2009 PNW 7/8 (My Page) on Mon, Nov 4, 13 at 15:02
| In my garden she is a once bloomer. Love the deep purple color. She blooms mid-July which is quite cool as the Gallica's Tuscany Supberb and Charles d'Mills are finished blooming when she gets going. Helps to make some interesting bouquets. |
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| Most of us would not be willing to grow a garden consisting of once bloomers, but there is room in most gardens for at least one or two. Rosefolly |
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| Alas she doesn't repeat in my garden but she does bloom for a longer time than other OGRs. I grow her in part shade (no afternoon sun) because of the purple colour and the blooms never discolour or go rusty on the edges. |
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| I confess to being a bit mystified by the wariness around once bloomers when most of us would grow lilacs, philadelphus, weigela, abelia, osmanthus, berberis, hydrangeas, azaleas, rhodies and on and on.....all of which bloom once, and once only. Why should roses be singled out especially since the once blooming roses tend to have a far superior single flush which can last for weeks? In my gardens, even in Z8, I rarely get a second decent flush of anything, repeating or otherwise (although I accept that this is probably down to my lack of deadheading (I have ramblers) and less than conscientious fertigation. |
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- Posted by SouthCountryGuy SE BC 5 (My Page) on Wed, Nov 6, 13 at 13:59
| Camp, you bring up an excellent point. It probably has lots to do with our throw away, instant gratification society. Also why people are gravitating more to continuous blooming (although they should be called recurrent) hydrangea's and the like. Produce a recurrent blooming rhodie and you can write your own ticket. Thanks, again, to lynnette for enabling and convincing me to put more once bloomers on my order. I look forward to seeing this rose in a couple years... SCG |
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- Posted by Kippy-the-Hippy 10 Sunset 24 (My Page) on Wed, Nov 6, 13 at 22:14
| Camp, I was just thinking that myself today. All the plants I like even though it is once a year and yet I am looking at one rose (who I think hates her spot) and only blooms once or twice. Just like buying bands, we know they will grow. But bet they would be a hard sell in Home Depot plant department. Even Austin with the plant 3 in a triangle 18" apart. All to fit that desire to have a mature garden today. (my unhappy rose may find herself in a cooler location next spring) |
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- Posted by poorbutroserich none (My Page) on Thu, Nov 7, 13 at 9:55
| Friends, I don't grow: lilacs, philadelphus, weigela, abelia, osmanthus, berberis, azaleas, rhodies and on and on..... I own 1/10th of a city acre which includes a home and a garage and a driveway. I love the once bloomers...including lilacs, philadelphus, weigela etc. I have a few hydrangeas. All along my boundary fences I have once blooming ramblers: Long John Silver, Erinnerung, Francois Juranville, Spanish Beauty, Gardenia, Arcata Pink Globe, Garisenda, Robinette, etc. But I haven't the room for once blooming shrubs in the garden area proper. I guess if I really wanted to sit down and do research and design I could coordinate a 4 seasons garden with all once bloomers and annuals but that takes more brain power than I have (and would exclude lots of roses I like). For me, I need continuous bloom of pretty much everything that grows in my garden. Although I do have lots of bulbs, poppies, lilies, (stuff that disappears after bloom). I have Geschwind's Schonste which has grown 15 ft canes in its first season and been super healthy. So far the Gallicas and Damasks have looked incredibly awful all summer...rust/mildew/defoliate...foliate and repeat. For me, instant gratification has nothing to do with my selections...it's simply the limitations of my garden that prevent me from growing it ALL. Would love a Philadelphus and a Daphne. Have had lilacs and loved them... The teas and chinas, HMs all repeat well in my climate and I consider myself fortunate to have that. A friend visited my garden yesterday (she has 10 country acres and a pre Civil War farmhouse) and I told her I was designing a rose garden for her based on my experiences. I will see she gets lots of the gorgeous once blooming shrubs and I can enjoy them there. Susan |
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- Posted by SouthCountryGuy SE BC 5 (My Page) on Thu, Nov 7, 13 at 14:43
| Susan, I apologize if my comments made you felt like they were directed at you as it was not my intentention. I was trying to make a more broad generalization. I am generally not very good expressing myself in text. So for lack of better words to describe my intent I will retract that comment. Sorry again if it offended anyone in any way. I look forward to seeing pictures of this garden you are designing. Keep us posted with progress pics :). BTW I see you mentioned poppies as something you like to grow. If you would like I have lots, and I mean LOTS, of Papaver Somniferum seeds. If you like I would be happy to send some to you just PM me your addy. Have a great day. SCG |
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| There was a garden writer called Donald Wyman, who I think was head of the Boston Arboretum. He wrote some very authoritative books in which he carefully quantified the ornamental qualities of plants on charts according to how many "seasons of interest" they had: flowering, berries, evergreen or colorful foliage, and so. So you could go down the list and see which racked up the highest scores, so to speak. It was fun and it pretty much left shrubs like forsythia, lilacs, philadelphus and so on at the bottom of the heap, with only one "season of interest". But I think some of us maniacal plant nuts wait with bated breath all year for the very short season of some ephemeral, like lilies, iris, pulmonaria, snowdrops, dracocephalum, or the rose, Cardinal Richelieu. (It is nice when they have good foliage, though.) The short season of rose bloom did inspire a lot of ancient poetry. Still, with our "continental" climate which can include surprise heat waves in early spring, the "season of interest" can be even shorter than that the poets wrote about. You may miss the bloom if you go away for the weekend. |
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