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With the caveat that all these roses are only in their second year, Chihuly is big, almost the size of my Tamora. Sexy Rexy has stayed small, but is still growing. Trumpeter is still under 2'. Livin' Easy shows signs of a possible growth spurt. I agree with Patty W. that it is a terrific rose!
I was glad to see this post. We will be trimming the front shrubs hard this winter. I saw what I now know we're the PM Casings but at the time didn't know what insect they were from. Now I know and will keep an eye out when we trim and make sure to save and place the casings around the yard.
Tadpoles hatch with most of the original egg still attached. The tadpoles consume that until they find other food. Maybe the PM's are doing the same thing, except the second PM out of the shell is the 'egg' for the first PM, then it starts all over. If not maybe we would be in up to our ears with PMs flying around. Something to consider before we start interfering with their life cycle.....
It would be nice if they actually offer it online. At one time, I remember reading on the forum that A.R.E. was selling the climbing sport at the nursery, but I never saw it on their website. They really need to get all their Belindas together for us addicts, lol.
John
Hoovb, if yours sports again, try air layering it instead of taking a cutting. In your heat, you might have to cover the layered section with aluminum foil to keep it from overheating, but it would definitely be worth a try. (And then you can send me a cutting of the new plant, lol)
John
Maybe thirty years ago, American Rose had a really interesting article by an Arizona grower. She said, in that climate, roses are happiest planted on the north side of a house or light-colored fence/wall--provided the sky is open overhead and somewhat to the north. The bright-sky radiation from the desert sky is enough.
Jim, The Kardinal looks as though will be a 3-3.5 x 3' more with age. Don't think it would ever get taller than 4'. Good strong canes grows like Home Run.
Fire Opal is a first year plant so I'm guessing here. I bet this shrub will be larger like at least 4' maybe 5'. Also looks to be bushy as in a full look. I'm trying to think something that it resembles. Is it Diane that has those to die for Julia Childs. Thats what it reminds be of but shorter.
Just wondering because Korde site list Fire Opal as 2.5 ft high and 1.5ft wide and Kardinal at 3-4ft high and 2-3' wide....
http://newflora.com/product/fire-opal-kolorscape-rose/
I'll be placing Fire Opal, Kardinal, and Plum Perfect in the same bed so was wondering in which order to plant them and how far apart......Probably 3ft centers???
They ship to California? Not all nurseries do, because of the treatment requirements. At such reasonable prices, it's worth taking a risk. Most of their roses seem pretty generic though, like "red rose", "white rose" or "almost black". For roses, I'll stick with Burlington, Rogue Valley, Heirloom, etc. Joanne, maybe you could give your wrong rose to a friend or trade it in exchange for something they have.
There are several mail order companies served by that same nursery. Some are Direct Gardening, Exciting Gardens, 4SeasonNurseries and Farmer Seed & Nursery. They all have the same crappy customer service insisting that you send back your receipt and write a letter to get a refund or replacement. And then in many cases the plants they send you are not true to name. I have to admit, even knowing all that, it was difficult for me to skip buying my climbing roses from them for $5.99 each and instead to buy them from the better nurseries like High Country/Heirloom/Roses Unlimited/Sooner for over $20 more each.
I've sworn off all those nurseries that are supplied from the same place as Direct Gardening because of (1) horrible customer service (2) horrible product quality, often the bare roots they sell RRV, RMV and are rejects (or you can call them "seconds") (3) no guarantee that what you will receive is actually what you ordered. The best example I have on item (3) is, last year I purchased 3 ground cover roses from them that all turned out to be New Dawns!
It's no longer mine. I gave mine away when it overtook four other roses. My friend sat the pot on the side of the house. Her daughter started complaining about the monster outside her window. after a few years I went to visit and the KO was the monster. It was at least 8 ft tall and bigger around. I've never seen a rose that big. the pot was still sitting on the ground and was busted, the base of the rose was as big around as my leg!
As others say, it depends on conditions. I grow two red double KOs--one in the backyard in all day sun and the other in the front yard in mostly shade, although some of it might be described as "high shade" or "bright shade." That one also gets several hours of early morning sun.
I was surprised to discover that the one in lots of shade is nearly twice as large as the one grown in all day sun (and in Kansas, that afternoon sun in July and August can be a killer sun!). The larger one is maybe 6-7 ft tall and 4-5 ft wide--never really pruned. It also doesn't get watered as much as the backyard one. Not surprisingly, it isn't as bloomiferous as the backyard one either, although it is much bigger.
The backyard one--in full day sun--is not much of a grower--maybe 3.5-4 ft tall and 3 ft wide. It is usually lightly pruned every spring--seems to suffer from winter dieback more than the one out front. But as I mentioned above, it is much more bloomiferous than the one in front.
Hope that helps.
Kate
I am using milky spore done with a spreader because I have skunks digging holes in my lawn and I was told by Agway that that means I have grubs. I do also have brown spots. I don't see many beetles however ?? This fall will be the 4th time we've done an application with a drop spreader and I can see that I am a little late for most active feeding time. But I also see it can really take time in a cool (NH) climate. But is it odd that I don't see beetles during the summer if I have grubs? My garden is hardy perennials - only a couple of very hardy roses. Shall I do yet another application next spring and if so, what month? Also - can I now seed all these brown spots by getting up the dead grass and putting a little loam down and using a contractor's mix grass seed which is supposed to grown anywhere? I tried doing this with regular grass seed earlier this summer but I think I wasn't quite vigilant about watering. The spots where I cleared up to seed are now being taken over by violets and other weeds, to top things off! I don't need a perfect lawn but this is kind of a mess. I realize this is a couple of "help" points in one post! Thanks for all advice.
Deborah
I've had several Morden's Blush and have never seen runners. So, as above, I think whoever made that entry got the wrong rose.
Grafted isn't a guarantee. I was very irritated yesterday to find that my 'Chapeau de Napoleon', which has been in the ground for eleven years and has, happily, suckered from the grafted part, has put out its first ever rootstock sucker. Yecch. I could tell because it was smooth, unlike the thorny CdN young growth. With a rootstock you are NEVER safe. I adore ownroot roses.