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| I am curious to know, do Gallicas grow year round like Teas and Chinas? Or do they bloom on old wood, grow during the summer, and then stop? Perhaps our northerners can help me out here. Thanks! Josh |
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- Posted by mad_gallica Z5 Eastern NY (My Page) on Tue, Dec 3, 13 at 17:54
| They bloom on spurs off old wood. I've heard of people mowing them down to the ground in the fall and getting good bloom the next spring. So they grow starting in the spring. Then set buds on the new growth that comes off of old growth. After bloom, they usually put on a major growth spurt until fall. Then they drop their leaves and sit until spring. A couple of times I've overwintered gallica cuttings in the basement under lights. Given a rooting schedule of cuttings after the main flush in June, rooting around late August, and frost sometime in October, the baby roses had trouble surviving the first winter. By the end of the winter, the cuttings were exhibiting some of the most bizarre foliage colors and problems I've ever seen. When planted out, they sorted themselves out by the next winter, but I did stop putting them in the basement, and stored in the garage instead so they could get some dormancy. |
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| Hm. Well I have this Duc de Guiche that hasn't dropped its leaves but also hasn't shown any new growth. I'm not sure if it's the weather not being cold enough but it seems everything else is growing except this one. I wasn't sure if it was a trait of the class or it was just getting its feet under it. Josh |
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| Mine has still got its leaves - they will drop slowly over the course of the winter. Mads is right, you are not likely to see much growth now (although the roots will be developing apace) until midsummer - they have a little spurt of new growth from April, flower (fairly late) and then go quite insane, doubling in size in a couple of months. They really do need a complete rest period over winter (like fruits) as they seem unable to push the new flowering wood without a dormancy break. This class of roses is still rather new to me since they are vigorous (and space was always an issue) taking up a LOT of ground area. I wouldn't sweat it too much, Josh, since this is fairly experimental for you so just carry on as normal and see what happens - the worst will be lots of vegetative growth and a few proliferating blooms and you will have learned heaps about a new class of roses. |
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| As I understand it, they go dormant in response to the changing hours of daylight more than temperature, but they need a certain amount of cold to prepare for bloom in spring. Blooming laterals can only be produced by canes that have gone through a winter. The climate in DFW should be fine for Gallicas, except that high temperatures during bloom time will shorten the season of bloom. I'm sure it's normal for them not to be growing now. |
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