Zephirine Drouhin

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Posted by rosefenn 10 (My Page) on

Thu, Nov 7, 13 at 13:21

Has anyone grown this rose successfully in Zone 5? All the growers' websites say Zone 6 is as far as it will go. So -- has anyone had any luck with it in ZOne 5? I crave this rose very badly! Thanks.

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Posted by jacqueline3 9CA (My Page) on
Thu, Nov 7, 13 at 14:31

I googled, it, and found 3 gardening sites that said it was OK to zone 5, and one person who says they grow it in zone 4! So, I would try it, if you have a protected location.

Jackie

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Posted by mariannese 5b (My Page) on
Thu, Nov 7, 13 at 16:24

I grew Zéphirine Drouhin on the patio of my former garden, in a very sheltered position. I had just removed a few pavers near the wall of the house and planted it there. The upstairs neighbours' balcony protected it from above but it meant that I had to remember to water it because the rose got no natural rain water. It did very well and my neighbours could enjoy it too because it escaped upstairs.

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Posted by cath41 6a (My Page) on
Fri, Nov 8, 13 at 0:07

We were listed as zone 5b when Zephirine was planted in the early 1980s, at first in an open (but not windy) site on a hill and then transplanted to a south wall which eventually became full shade and is now semi shade. She has essentially had no trouble with winter, handling it better than other zone 6 listed plants such as Sombreuil.

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Posted by opheliathornvt 5 (My Page) on
Fri, Nov 8, 13 at 8:27

I grow it against the east-facing wall and it does great.

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Posted by rosefenn 5 (My Page) on
Sat, Nov 9, 13 at 13:19

Thanks you for your input. I'm going to go for it! I mean, better to try for success and maybe have problems with a rose, than never to try at all, right?

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Posted by audrey z5 PA (My Page) on
Sun, Nov 10, 13 at 15:31

I grow it in Zone 5 here in PA, but have to peg down the canes every year and cover them with burlap. Otherwise those canes die back almost to the ground over the winter.

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