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Sow_what? Southern California Inland

view1ny, thanks for your well-wishes; I'm soooo looking forward to mending and getting my hands back in the dirt.

phyllissteen, thanks for the tip about Above All. I'm always interested in spectacular apricot-orange climbers, tho at present I'm thrilled with the color and performance of the Tradescants that replaced our dudly Westerlands.

    Bookmark   February 26, 2015 at 9:21PM
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mustbnuts zone 9 sunset 9

Good to hear from you Sow. Was wondering how you are doing and hope you are out in the dirt soon (I mean that in the nicest way!)

    Bookmark   February 27, 2015 at 5:33AM
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jerijen(Zone 10)

Yes. Bees love 'Belle Story.' Actually, that's just one of the reasons I love single/semi-double roses.

    Bookmark   February 26, 2015 at 5:17PM
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Kippy(SoCal zone 10. Sunset Zone 24)

Darcey Buzzell is a very nice rose in my Santa Barbara garden. A bit bigger is young Lycidas and even bigger is Bishops castle. I love my golden celebrations as well

    Bookmark   Thanked by paola_b    February 26, 2015 at 8:49PM
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sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida 9a)

Hmm that's a good idea. Do you mean that stuff in the can called, Pruning Seal? I bought some of that years ago to spray the insides of some clay pots to make them less porous. That might be something to try. Would that do something evil to the root cut on Pat Austin though? It smells like tar if I remember right lol.

Gosh I am so jealous of your upcoming fun trip and all your mushroom compost! It sounds like pure heaven.

It looks like you got some really gorgeous roses. I was looking at Charles McIntosh too lol. You will have to let me know how it does grafted.

I ordered Lady Emma H. from Heirloom on its own root. I will be interested to see how large she will get here on own root. I have a kinda rounded style urn that I want to put her in since she stays smaller than some. If she gets too big I will have to bump her up to something larger. I think she would make a nice centerpiece maybe flanked by a couple Sharifa Asmas in urns.

I hope your winter is done with. They say ours is basically over now as well. Its been raining the last 3 days and cold. Yuck Yuck. I'm debating on pulling stuff out of the greenhouse this weekend.

    Bookmark   February 26, 2015 at 5:40PM
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alameda/zone 8

Yes, that's it. It covers the wound, preventing insects from entering the wood on oak trees - like a sealer. I would think it would cover the wound like a liquid bandage a cut on our finger. Works well on trees....why not on the roses? Or you could push them together, tape with masking tape....maybe they would grow back together. Or tie with string.....anything to push the cut together. Then again....maybe they would grow fine as is. Bet they do.

Will certainly report on how the grafted vs. own root Austins do. Charles Rennie McIntosh is a most delightful shade of lilac/pink. Really pretty! My current Lady Emma H. is in a pot - own root, very healthy, but I am expecting the Lady Emma I get grafted is going to be much bigger. I tell you - these Austins from DA take off and grow! Your idea of putting these in urns sounds beautiful - perhaps with a trailing plant like asparagus fern, money plant.....

It is quite cold here, though temps are "just" 37. Due to bone chilling cold, seems worse than that. Really, I consider every day above ground a good day, am glad to be here! Spring will be here soon enough - I bet this time next week, we are quite a bit warmer, and with the upcoming week of rain we will be getting, bet we will soon see some sunshiny days! I just bought an incubator to hatch some chicks so that will give me something to do inside while waiting for spring. Of course I could always finish taxes or clean a closet.........Judith

    Bookmark   February 26, 2015 at 8:12PM
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loveroses5

Hi Ladies and Gents, could I ask where can I buy a candy stripe hybrid rose in the uk please. Many thanks.

    Bookmark   February 26, 2015 at 3:08PM
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bethnorcal9

Many yrs ago I had a grafted one that didn't stripe. A friend had gotten a grafted one from the same nursery, and it did stripe. She rooted a cutting for me, and it has remained striped all the time. I've had it for over 10yrs. Love it!

I would give that own root a chance. I think it may possibly just need some time to mature in order to keep the striping. It'll just be a waiting game I suppose. But if you find in the second blooming that it still hasn't shown the stripes, I would contact RVR and send pics, and just let them know that it might not end up striping. I'm sure they would replace it.

I have been dabbling in growing roses from open-pollinated hip seeds, and a couple of them are striped roses. But the initial blooming and sometimes the second bloomings did not show much striping at all. By summer the striping comes on in full force. One in particular, a seedling of BROADWAY that grows near a bed of several stripeys, does this every yr so far. It's still pretty small, but I think once it becomes a big, established plant, it will show stripes all the time.

    Bookmark   February 26, 2015 at 8:01PM
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jerijen(Zone 10)

When you go looking for sources, one good place to check is HelpMeFind Roses ... Look for the "Buy From" tab, upper right.

But be cautious, too, about WHAT you order. Some roses I know to be wonderful in TX don't "shine" where I am, on the SoCal coast. Rust is one problem. Mildew another. We aren't much troubled by blackspot -- but oh, man, MILDEW!

So, you may find that at least some roses you loved in a TX garden aren't available in CA because ... they don't do well here.

    Bookmark   February 26, 2015 at 3:21PM
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evelyn257

Yes, very true. I need to remember that.

    Bookmark   February 26, 2015 at 3:46PM
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sara_ann-z6bok

Thanks for the help everyone.

    Bookmark   February 26, 2015 at 1:15PM
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kingcobbtx9b

Should have posted this earlier, but go watch Ashdown Roses videos on pruning by Paul Zimmerman. He does a fabulous job of demonstrating and explaining it.

    Bookmark   February 26, 2015 at 1:27PM
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stillanntn6b

I grew Lilian Austin on multiflora rootstock for almost a decade up here in zone 6b. The blooms are as lovely as they photograph. What most photos don't show is the vicious thorns which are large, numerous and very sharp.

Mine drew so much blood that some really invasive grasses discovered th plant and took over, because I had trouble getting under the bush to do weeding.

Goatskin gloves may not be enough; welding gloves do work with gauntlets.

    Bookmark   February 25, 2015 at 4:41PM
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sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida 9a)

kathy9norcal, Your Lilian is just beautiful ! I love those wavy petals and that loose double look! I am definitely going to order her.

stillanntn, Thank you for the heads up on the thorns. I will have to be extra careful around this one then. I grow several varieties bougainvillea which has a lot of huge thorns too. I should get some gauntlets for those as well. Maybe the thorns will keep a few of my greedy flower- eating roosters away from the roses lol.

    Bookmark   February 26, 2015 at 11:11AM
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dan_keil_cr Keil(Illinois z5)

Please go online and look up RRD. I had a class with DR. Mark Windham from the University of Tennessee. He said to not mess around with a plant, get rid of it. RRD can wipe roses out quickly. He also said when the rose has it in it it will be dead in two years.

RRD is nothing to mess around with!!/

Patty, you are correct!!!!!!!!!!!

    Bookmark   February 26, 2015 at 9:47AM
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Patty W. zone 5a Illinois

Grace e - Personally I'd rather talk roses. I also would like to see some controlled studies. I did read today that some have begun. No published paper yet that I could fined.

    Bookmark   February 26, 2015 at 10:05AM
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nastarana(5a)

I regret to say that I ruined the appearance and growth of a lovely Princess de Nassau by injudicious pruning. Learn from my sad experience and leave that most beautiful of rose bushes alone. I said most beautiful of rose bushes; la Princesse is one of the few roses of which it it can be said that the foliage and growth habit are truly beautiful by themselves and can contribute much to a garden planting even without blooms and fragrance.

1 Like    Bookmark   Thanked by nada1712    December 26, 2014 at 12:54PM
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nada1712

Thanks so much everyone for your advice which is much appreciated..especially Nastarana!

    Bookmark   February 26, 2015 at 3:41AM
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meredith_e Z7b, Piedmont of NC, 1000' elevation

Royal Sunset is one of my favorite roses :) The colors are absolutely beautiful, scent is excellent -- citrus to me -- and she's quite healthy. She blooms frequently, but not continually like some of my smaller-flowered climbers can do.

She is hearty, but her vigor isn't very fast; she can get quite tall but may take a while to do it. That's a good thing if you don't need a house-eater!

I just love her. Her color is more yellow-y in all-day sun here and it stayed totally apricots and oranges in more shade. I don't get pinks on her where I am, and the orange isn't bright, except for her buds (or in the fall!). Love her!

1 Like    Bookmark   February 25, 2015 at 9:51PM
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bethnorcal9

Patty I didn't even notice when I found CANCAN and ordered it, that it was own root. That's fine with me tho. The funny thing is, it doesn't show up under the climbers at all, own root or grafted. I actually found it under the web specials. I saw some pics of it on HMF and on Garden Valley Ranch's website (which is even more expensive and they already closed up for the mail ordering season too). I was intrigued by the photos showing that it can have a purple edge on the hot pink. I think it will go very nicely with STORMY WEATHER on an arbor. Can't wait to see it.

    Bookmark   February 25, 2015 at 10:46AM
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Patty W. zone 5a Illinois

Cancan is so pretty and free of disease here with no spray. I love it!

    Bookmark   February 25, 2015 at 10:55AM
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shopshopsz8texas

Austin's Tess of the Dubervilles does well here in Texas. Should be great for Ireland. She is a floriferous, fragrant red.

    Bookmark   February 25, 2015 at 8:01AM
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jacqueline9CA

Cl Crimson Glory is my all time favorite rose - I am happy to hear that it would do well where Rosefan is. Here is a pic of mine. It is incredibly fragrant.

Jackie

    Bookmark   February 25, 2015 at 9:30AM
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shopshopsz8texas

Peach Drift is a winner here in Texas. It's always covered in fragrant blooms from April to late October. The fragrance on the Peach Drift is fruity and wafts on a warm day. The peach drift is the only fragrant drift rose. It's often confused with the apricot drift which like the other drift roses has no fragrance.

    Bookmark   February 25, 2015 at 7:30AM
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Patty W. zone 5a Illinois

Just another suggestion here to give you even more choices to choose from. The oso easy roses do very well here for me. I don't spray thou so disease resistance is important to me. I did unfortunately get powdery mildew on my drift roses. They are good roses just not healthy enough here. Oso easy roses do bloom up a storm just like drift roses do. They have healthier foliage at least here anyway. Oso easy does however have a little smaller overall growth habit.

    Bookmark   February 25, 2015 at 7:51AM
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dan_keil_cr Keil(Illinois z5)

That is probably the smart thing, just replace them.

I was just saying what might have been causing the decline. It sounds like your care was good

    Bookmark   Thanked by peachbrand    February 24, 2015 at 5:48PM
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onewheeler(Z5 N.S.)

Perhaps the old owners covered their roses in the winter, therefore they would be big. Did you cover them? If not that could be the reason they are not as big as they were when you first saw them. There are tons of roses to grow so don't fret if they are too weak to keep, get some new ones and enjoy.

Valerie

    Bookmark   February 25, 2015 at 7:42AM
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dkent

I have peach drift and while I know they are not supposed to be fragrant, It has a strong fragrance.

    Bookmark   November 22, 2013 at 11:39PM
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shopshopsz8texas

I second that. The peach drift is the only drift rose with a fragrance. It is strong and wafts here in North Texas. It is a delicious fruity scent.

    Bookmark   February 25, 2015 at 7:22AM
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