22,153 Garden Web Discussions | Roses

I am in zone 6 in Missouri. Thanks for your reply.

suz, if you'd like your zone to be visible after your name, go in your profile and hit "edit". Then go to the line that says "first name" and make the zone part of your name and submit. That way it will show up each time you post. Ingrid

Has anyone received their DA orders yet? I am in FL so it says Jan/Feb for my zone. I called and they said sometime next week. I think I called on Friday -so this week sometime, *maybe* lol. I am really excited but I still need to go get some more pots.

For those of you who have received bare root roses from DA in the past, how large of a pot do they need to just start out in? I can always bump up the pot size later and I might put some in the ground once I figure out what conditions each one wants in my yard (shade/sun etc) and get some more beds tilled this spring.

Jasmine, I've planted ours in 5-gal nursery pots, but if your weather gets real hot, give the black pot some protection so you don't cook the roots.

Have fun!

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Rogue Valley Roses has it too, but it's a band. I purchased from High Country Roses and Rogue Valley and was happy with both growers.

Gartendirektor Otto Linne at Rogue Valley Roses

The small size might be scary but she grows fast even from a band size.

I would not call David Austin roses "easy" to grow. Easy to me, means you don't have to spray them.

There are at least 2 varieties of the Easy Elegance roses that are nicely fragrant. I grow both of them. Neither are Red, though.
Kiss me- Pink
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Sweet Fragrance- Apricot.
It is supossed to be a non spray rose, but I spray all of mine anyway.
Here is a pictue of Sweet Fragrance (The apricrot rose in the foreground)- It is one of my all time favorites because it blooms constantly and grows to 3-4 feet tall on neat well proportioned bushes with beautiful shiny leaves. Fragrance is a 7 out of 10. Not bad for easy care!

My Kashmirs are huge, 5' tall, first year own root plants. Love em, but not low!

Prolific, hardy, fragrant, compact, shade tolerant is a tall order.

My Iceberg roses tolerate afternoon sun and still bloom a lot. Sorry, not fragrant.

Sweet Fragrance is lovely, may have to give that a try.

I love roses any way I can get them. Those Angel's Parasol Hydrangeas are so beautiful!

I always have a posy of Hermosa roses and violets for Valentines Day. I have my eye on some Bolero buds but we'll see what happens. I bought a few branches of flowering cherry at a local New Years festival and they seem romantic to me. Abe Darby bloomed the other day so I wonder if any roses besides Hermosa will bloom on the 14th. Halftime managed a flower for Superbowl Sunday.

We love our Jude here in Chicagoland Too! Smells like Grapefruit to me.

We love our Jude here in Chicagoland Too! Smells like Grapefruit to me.

I would agree with a few others about Frederic Mistral--its strong and lovely scent, plus vase life make it my best rose for a bouquet. But it does get big--for me, about seven plus feet tall, and six feet wide. Too bad my problematic rose, Caramel Antique doesn't have a scent to speak of because it lasts forever in a vase for me (it's a florist rose). I think it must mummify! It's also the deers' favorite candy and produces just a few blooms per season. Golden Celebration is a very lasting and good smelling Austin for me. Evelyn does well, too. Diane

1) Peter Mayle- Very Fragrant, very long lasting, very Pink
2) Rouge Royal- Ditto except for the color- Deep Purplish Red.
Here's Peter Mayle- Grows tall and narrow.

I've grown a couple of different Oklahomas with no success. I loved the fragrance, but the plants have always been weak. The fact that this is an ownroot plant worries me, as many of the Hybrid Teas that I have grown ownroot have been similarly weak. Around here, many Hybrid Teas are more vigorous when grafted.
I have had good success with Papa Meilland (own root), and Mr Lincoln (grafted), and Firefighter (both own root and grafted. All three are tall, and powerfully fragrant. But if you want a short, fragrant, Red climber, I have read good things about Don Juan. I have not grown it myself.
It would be good for you to talk to some rose growers in your area, as that seems to be a major factor regarding success. Certain varieties do better in certain climes.
Good luck with the Oklahoma, it really does smell terrific!

Does Royal William do well in your area? You might have a look at that one.

Erasmus, if your rose is a small own-root I suppose it might not look totally true with the first few blooms. I know some of my little own-roots I got from Cliff a few yrs ago did not bloom true til the plants got bigger. But your bloom doesn't have the ruffled form, and the pointy tips on the petal edges are not typical of BB. Hopefully in the subsequent bloomings if it is BB, it will start looking more like it. I guess it'll just be a waiting game.

Thanks, Beth. If it's not BB I hope I can identify what I've got. BB seems like it should be more widely available.

If they are small bands that you're trying to grow up then yes, disbudding will help them to root and grow quicker. If they are larger bare roots or potted roses I don't think it matters. I do think you should let one bloom to make sure you have the correct rose. Even very good nurseries can make a mistake now and then.

Thanks all. Ken, this is one of 5 palatine bare root plants that I planted several months ago. The root systems were robust so it sounds like it won't be too beneficial to remove the buds.

Great, thanks for all this information. I think it must be as tough as old boots as it & another the same sort have been growing for decades next door, with absolutely no attention apart from being cut back occasionally. So hopefully I won't kill it.

Here is a link that might be useful: In the garden

Hi Robynne,
From the shots you have provided I think it is Queen Elizabeth.
The second shot, I do not think it is a sucker as mentioned. The plant could be cutting grown as QE does grow well from cuttings, when you planted it did it have a big nob with the two older canes coming from it. Again you might have planted the graft below ground level. The shoot on the left hand side in the second shot is what would be called a water shoot. The skinny stem has damage to it and in my opinion I would remove it down to about 50mm above the ground. The two older canes(grey colour), there is one with a new shoot, I again would cut this back to just above the new shoot. The other one I would cut back to about 25mm above ground as it also has damage,. As for rootstock in Australia we have three basic varieties, Dr Huey, Multiflora and Fortuniana. Hope this helps a bit. Regards David.

Hi AquaEyes, Thanks for the info on roses bred by Girija and Viru Viraraghavan. For the past hour i have been going through the 60+ rose varieties of theirs, and now I'm scouring the web looking for online nurseries which not only sells their roses online, but are able to send bare root plants to Malaysia from anywhere around the world.

Would be great if any of you would have information on which nursery would ship to Malaysia, bare root roses. :)

Christopher, U of Fl has bred some wonderful peaches for Florida that require little if any chill, and and I grow some of them. Flavor and texture are amazing. I haven't tried the apples. Now, if someone would develop a cherry tree for Florida, I would be set.

I've grown several from cuttings and they are tough as nails.

I also have several own-root. While not as large as the ones I have on Fort, they are vigorous and bloom a lot.