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Finally - A Spring Flush Worth Celebrating! (pics)
Posted by nippstress - zone 5 Nebraska
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fragrancenutter(Zone 10b)Updated It's simply wonderful to see all your lovely roses bursting into blooms at the same time. What a sight to behold! Your climbers are unbelievably magnificent! They are so worth the trouble.
Your best roses that are intensely fragrant, please!
Posted by moodyblue(8)
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fragrancenutter(Zone 10b)Updated I would now add Nahema to the list.
A big pat on the back America.
Posted by Patty W. zone 5a Illinois
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jasminerose4u, California 9bUpdated I read how planting the wrong kind of milkweed can actually harm monarch butterflies, because it can interfere with their migration habits. Here is a link to a pdf document that can help to select milkweeds in your area: Native Mi...
Shrub roses
Posted by titian1 10b Sydney
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titian1 10b SydneyUpdated Diane, Yes there are a lot of wonderful rosarians here. Where I am is pretty humid in the warmer months, particularly in February and March. In Sydney we can get long dry spells, and longish wet spells too, with increasingly heavy...
A few Spring bouquets
Posted by fragrancenutter(Zone 10b)
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titian1 10b SydneyUpdated Lovely. You're twisting my arm about Sonia Rykel!
Love & Peace fall flush
Posted by reesepbuttercup 7a- Utah
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ut2ncUpdated Gorgeous!
Olivia Rose Austin will be available come spring
Posted by dublinbay z6 (KS)
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nanadollZ7 SWIdaho(Zone 7 Boise SW Idaho)Updated Regan Roses is carrying Olivia as one of its new for 2016 line. They are bare root, and I think, cheaper than ordering from the DA site. David Austin should email us personally, ferpetesake, given all the DA roses we buy! Diane
Do you own a Fair Bianca rose?
Posted by mzstitch(Zone 7b South Carolina)
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wildrnesxperienc(10a SoCal)Updated Super old thread, sorry. I had fair Bianca in a pot for a few years, and it bloomed profusely, but I wasn't in love with it because it was so droopy. The canes would get so long and were so weak that all the flowers would make the...
Cl. rose pruning question: To train around a window
Posted by yukoyd(8 Seatte, WA)
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jacqueline9CAUpdated That is not Cl Iceberg in my pictures - I have one, in another part of the garden. The rose in my pics is Cl Cecile Brunner, and yes, it is all one plant. Jackie
What goes with the color carmine?
Posted by Patty W. zone 5a Illinois
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rosecanadianUpdated :) Carol
Looking for Sheer Stripes!
Posted by countrygirl_sc, Upstate SC(7a)
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stillanntn6bUpdated Top Gun is a meeting of rose enthusiasts. It used to be mostly exhibitors, but has become a good get-together. It's Oct 30 and 31. I hope this link will open for you. You might want to call Jack at 704*********799******8713 (te...
Edmond Proust and Gerbe Rose
Posted by bart_2015
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bart_2015Updated So, the "excellent" rating on bloom frequency on HMF is to be taken with a grain of salt, I gather...
Changing an order
Posted by BethC in 8a Dallas, TX
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rosecanadianUpdated I've done it tons of times. Vendors are always happy and accomodating. The one near me, knows me by name now. LOL The bigger vendors are good about it too. They want to keep us happy. So..... Carol
Heights of different floribundas
Posted by Sara-Ann Z6B OK
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Sara-Ann Z6B OKUpdated Thank you Michael and Ken for your input, I appreciate it.
A zone 6 question
Posted by frances_in_nj(z6 NJ)
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bart_2015Updated Whatever you decide to do I hope it works out splendidly for you! cheers, bart
Preference? Velvet Fragrance or Oklahoma
Posted by dublinbay z6 (KS)
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rosecanadianUpdated I love your Oklahoma bloom!! I'm struggling between keeping my Oklahoma or getting rid of it. But this is its first year with fragrance (it's about 4 years old I think). The fragrance is wonderful. Carol
Where to buy Pretty Jessica?
Posted by Kachana(DFW Zone 7)
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dublinbay z6 (KS)Updated Two excellent ideas, Kachana. The Monthly newsletter is a particularly good idea. See if they will let you write the article or at least refer to you as someone with experience on the topic and open to discussing it with any nei...
Savoy hotel
Posted by jbf789
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oldrosarianUpdated Finally know how to get a photo up so must give a plug for Sav oy Hotel. IMO one of the best pink roses.
Carefree Roses anyone have them?
Posted by Patty W. zone 5a Illinois
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nippstress - zone 5 NebraskaUpdated HI Patty Sorry to miss your question - this is just one mature Bonica bush, in part shade no less, and it probably stretches at its widest as far as my arms can stretch each way. The fence is 6' tall, so I'd guess it tops out betw...
Your favorite and/or best red roses
Posted by Sara-Ann Z6B OK
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rosecanadianUpdated I tried it one year, and it died!!! I've never had a rose do that before. Didn't even give me one flower. I must have left air pockets in the soil or something. I should try it again. Carol
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