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Lynn, my YL has 8 - 10 feet tall canes that arch over. It's free-standing, and about 5 feet wide. For the first 4 years, it was a sprawling, messy plant and the pencil-thin canes couldn't support the blooms. The canes are still thin but now grow upright until they arch over, particularly with the weight of the big blooms. I think this rose would be great tied to a pillar or obelisk.
Mine is a grafted plant starting it's 6th year. I have never pruned it.
Jo
Mine didn't bloom last year after dying back really badly because of the cold :( That is, unless what I have is now Dr Huey, lol! We'll see this year. Mine never got very tall, even with non-extreme winters, but it had a bad graft. So I transplanted it in a new spot and buried the graft well. That made it very happy after a while, until those new canes got zapped by a sudden huge freeze! But it grew great last year. I could see it getting quite tall in the right spot :)
Please try to keep in mind that the article was published in 1999 and up dated in 2001. It is old and much more is now known. There is even reference to spraying with cygon(sp). A long banned incecticide. I believe I purchased mine in the last year it was sold. I admit to using it once for rrd. It only took one time to know that a biohazard suit would be needed to go near it again.
As a side note, the cygon bottle was placed high on a basement shelf and forgotten about. Well years later DH was doing a cleaning job. Knocked the bottle down and it broke open. Running as fast as possible without breathing to evacuate family and pets from home. What a disaster that turned into.
Seil: I knew there was another reason I liked Deja Blu so much. As I've gotten older I've begun to get very tired of being stabbed, poked and punctured. Consciously or unconsciously I find myself favoring the more thornless roses. Thanks for the reminder.......Ky Rose: It just keeps getting better for Deja Blu as it is in a container and, although it is on the short side, still puts out enough nice stems for the vase. I appreciate your input on the height differences. Important information for me in this case......Thanks Diane for the disease resistance report on DJD as well as Deja Blu. You are correct that Deja Blu does need spraying, but it does fine with the shortened spray schedule I use........I thank all of you for giving me the information I needed.......Maryl......Below is a small vase full of Deja Blu
Hey Sow, you mean the Costco link? It is for the Canadian one, under gardening.
http://www.costco.ca/bulbs-plants-seeds.html
Thanks Karen for your input. Your Grande Amore is what I consider the perfect red rose.
I have White Magic, this will be the 3rd season for it, although the 1st year it was potted and then planted in the fall so only one full growing season in ground. Honestly I am not having luck with it! It has these beautiful pointed buds and they start to open with the most beautiful snow white petals and then nothing. The don't ever open all the way, they just stay 90% sealed up and then get all wilted yellow browning on the plant? Balling up maybe? Hopefully you will not have this problem! I think it would be stunning if it bloomed properly! I'm holding out hope for mine for this season! :)
I hope it does ok. I'm still trying to figure out the best spot for it. The spot with the most sun might is also the most potentially windy spot. I might try it in a really big pot and put it by my front steps. It will get a lot of sun and be protected. We shall see how it goes. It looks like rose growing is a lot of trial and error.
My order was supposed to ship March 30. I called to ask for a tracking # today and was informed that because of the size, shipping is delayed until April 27 th.
I ordered a few roses in December. I'm in Zone 6. I was told that the roses I ordered would ship the week of April 27th. I'm hoping it's not much later, because I ordered a rose for my mom's birthday. The original ship date is already a week beyond her birthday, so I hope it isn't pushed back much further. You would think they would notify customers of a later ship date if a later ship date was in fact the case.