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Have you thought about Elegant Lady (otherwise known as Diana, Princess of Wales)? I don't really know anything about it other than that it is truly a beautiful pink/ivory/touch of yellow hybrid tea. Here's a link to some pics: Elegant Lady .
Kate
You can! But you don't want to use a 'sucker' that is coming from the graft, because that would become the same as the graft. You need to use a cutting from the scion, the part that flowers. The best way is to take a cane that has recently bloomed and cut it down to where it meets the next cane and get some 'heel wood'. then you can apply some rooting hormone and put the cutting in some potting soil. You have to keep it moist, but not wet. The success rate may vary. There is a lot of information on the internet about how to do cuttings.
2015 spring I planted Out of Rosenheim and Veranda Ruby. Rosenheim has a nice old world blossom however not a good plant. The stalks are not strong enough to hold the blossoms and this plant needs constant staking. The Ruby has small but prolific floribunda style blossoms groupings. PROBLEM...is that only about half of the buds make it to full bloom....the rest are falling off! I have looked and looked for the cause of this and am stumped. This is the first year so they get one more for good measure!!
Zone 9 - Qualicum Beach, Vancouver Island
Raleigh NC
Cadiarose, I am the self-proclaimed president of the Cynthia fan club. Get yourself another one! Mine is next to the front door, and people walk right past Shreveport, Veldfire, Sugar Moon, Eiffel Tower, Oklahoma, etc and make a beeline for her. I think sometimes I [& others with obsessive compulsive rose disorder ; ) ] don't realize the impact of a big, fragrant, deep pink rose.
Ah, so many roses of which to dream!
In my garden this year, here's the order of first blooms of my reds:
Veteran's Honor x 2 = May 15
Let Freedom Ring = May 19
Black Magic x 2 = May 22
Grande Amore x 2 = May 23
So my latest red HT is Grande Amore and the first is Veteran's Honor.
My approach is similar to yours Buford, but how something was produced has no bearing on whether it's infected. Start with an infected rose, root it, bud it to VI root stock and you still have an infected rose until it is appropriately heat treated. Own root means nothing, other than the lack of suckers and the potential for it to return from the roots should something destroy the above ground growth.
I'd say "probably not" since many climbers don't bloom much (or at all) until they've put out their big climbing canes. However, there are some vigorous "shrub roses" which can put out some long canes and can be trained to climb, such as many David Austin roses. In that case, you don't necessarily need a trellis if you keep it pruned to shrub-shape.
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~Christopher
Buford,
In my summer heat, I expect my roses to do what I do, hide from it!! My The Prince died after a few months, but I had it on a 2nd story balcony growing in a black decorative pot with white annuals ( go figure..). I loved the look but wrong... wrong.. wrong... The area for the new bed will have some shade coming from a Crape Myrtle tree during the harshest heat of the summer days. I really liked The Prince for the short time that it was with me, and must admit that I will likely try it again. I was concerned about Darcy being too red, thank you for the information:).
So far for the area, I am looking at The Prince and Munstead Wood, but I need a 3rd. Fragrancenutter, thank you for suggesting Big Purple. I will research it.
Lynn
I removed two Big Purple roses this year after five or six years growing them. They were great, large plants that took heat and cold well, but they didn't want to bloom. After a pretty good first flush in spring, they spit a few blooms out every so often the rest of the season. One year they did actually have a nice fall flush (2013). After years of chances, I said the heck with this performance on prime garden real estate, and out they went. I know several forum members love this rose, so this is just my experience, of course. Diane
Such sweet pictures, Jacqueline. Yesterday, my husband came inside and wanted me to see something. A baby deer was lying in the area right by the door to our chicken coop run. It was shady there and it was resting. They are darling. I have such mixed feeling about them. I love them, but dislike it when they eat everything we work hard to take care of in our yard. I just have to be more diligent about spraying.
Excellent Val. Thanks for sharing.
Happy Belated Birthday! If you have limited space, I cannot recommend Brother Cadfael. He throws out huge canes. I now have one that is about 6 feet tall. For some reason this year he had just gotten bigger than ever. That is with severe pruning. He mostly stands about 5 feet tall. Good first bloom then sporadic afterwards. He doesn't like the heat and will bloom when it cools down. Scent to die for! Not great as a cut flower. I adore this rose and will never be without it.
Here he is as a baby plant. He is very easy to start on his own root. Which is what this picture shows.
Here is a more established version that I cut back to about 2 feet in January. This is his picture in May. Those rungs are 4 inches apart and the arbor starts at about 6 inches off the ground. You can barely make out the first rung.
Sharifa Asma. Love that rose. Gets to be about 3--4 feet by 3--4 feet. Great first blush. Spotty afterwards. Poor rebloom until it cools down again. Scent to die for. Gorgeous blooms. Love that rose but she got the shovel prune this year. I miss her terribly.
If you want a pink with beautiful cupped blooms that stays relatively "small" for an Austin in an area that has warm summers, I would recommend Pretty Jessica. She gets to be about 5 feet tall and is not very wide. Blooms well in the heat. Great rose.