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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.
openmoon, is there any green left in the canes at all? What I found with my rescues from Lowes this spring is that the medium they are growing in has a lot of bark in it and almost nothing to sustain growth. That may be why they decline so quickly. Several of the rescues I bought I thought were dead but I transplanted them into pots with good potting mix, stuck them in the shade and they are coming back. It might be worth a shot to see if it can be saved.
Beth, no, non of green left. It is steel in ground, but it looks like it is totally died.
My today`s purchase from Lowes. The rose has label on it Cheri Kolorscape and picture of red rose))) Pink blooms look so lovely to me, so I could not resist. Now I should find out what I really purchased)))
THanks, Desertgarden. I was wondering what some of the other roses names are too. Went back to the site and saw the names of roses down below. Can't believe I missed that. Guess I was too busy drooling over the beautiful roses to even look down to see their names. :)
Howdy Neighbor, I had Charisma and I liked it, but it died in the polar vortex. Ken's suggestions are great, he is an expert. I think going with a darker color rose to compliment the rest of the roses is a good idea. Munstead Wood is great, I have it on Dr. Huey, still in a pot. The color was very intense the first flush, but with this heat we have had the second flush was a bit lighter. I also love Playboy (another one I had that unfortunately was blown over by a storm and didn't survive, but I fully intend to get another one). It's a 'single' but the color can be intense.
K&M Roses and Cool Roses sell roses grafted on fortuniana. I have my first fortuniana grafted roses this year, so far they are doing well and seem to like this heat! They are the only ones still blooming like crazy. The real test will be this first winter, if they survive. They will require some winter protection at least the first year or two.
Thanks Kippy and mustbnuts. I've been playing with drought tolerant versions of English gardens, a little like some of the things Marlorena has been posting, only water restriction friendly. Have found some drought tolerant, low care plants I'm enchanted with. In particular, angelonias, dwarf gauras, a manfreda, and even some agaves. We'll be showing off a new floral ribbon created with some of these plants. Deadheading roses is bad enough. I refuse to deadhead anything in the floral ribbon. "Take care of yourself or die" is my attitude right now.
Where do you live, Holly?
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!