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seil zone 6b MI

A lot depends on the variety. Some roses seem to hold forever while others drop their petals in a day. I'm not familiar with Livin' Easy so I can't say how it does.

    Bookmark     May 25, 2015 at 4:23PM
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fragrancenutter(Zone 10b)

It also depends on how hot it is. For example, we are heading into winter now in Australia so blooms like Jude the Obscure will last 3 days. In summer it will blow in one day! Thank goodness it is always in flower.

Jude the Obscure

On the opposite end Yves Piaget have flowers that open so slowly on the bush it takes a week for a bud to open to that high centered HT shape, and then the flower lasts well for another week or two.

Yves Piaget

    Bookmark     May 26, 2015 at 7:09AM
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sam 4b Adirondacks

Are you taking into account the size they will be after a few years.?

    Bookmark     May 26, 2015 at 1:47AM
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danuv

Graham Thomas should get between 5-6 hours of sun there. Watering him should't be a problem but thanks for letting me know. My baby Abraham Darby (or Darling as my son calls it) throws a fit if I go more than a couple of days without watering him. Hopefully when the roots are better developed he'll toughen up a bit.

Yes, all four spots should have plenty of room for them to grow.

    Bookmark     May 26, 2015 at 5:03AM
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Beth zone 8a Dallas, TX

We just got 3" of rain in 30 minutes and all of my poor roses took a beating. Most blooms were destroyed but the ones that weren't blown up are nodding way down from the weight of the rain.

    Bookmark     May 25, 2015 at 4:56PM
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seil zone 6b MI

If you go out and shake the bloom a little you'll see how much water it collected. Water is heavy and makes the blooms nod like that. Once the water drains out and the bloom dries it will stand back up.

    Bookmark     May 25, 2015 at 5:04PM
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michaelg(7a NC Mts)

I would prop until the flush is over, then prune until it can stand up.

1 Like    Bookmark     May 25, 2015 at 7:14AM
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seil zone 6b MI

I agree with Michael, let it finish that gorgeous flush. Then you can prune it back some as you dead head it. As it grows back for the re-bloom begin tying it up to a support.

1 Like    Bookmark     May 25, 2015 at 4:31PM
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blueKYstream(6)

I share your detest for the red color of knockout. I don't grow Miracle on the Hudson. If you haven't checked HMF yet, it might be another good source.

Miracle on the Hudson @ HMF

    Bookmark     May 23, 2015 at 6:21PM
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roseseek(9)

MOTH was bullet proof in Encino and I've raised a few seedlings from it. The rose has performed admirably in Europe as well as here in the US. Robert Rippetoe has done well with it. He is obsessive about disease issues and as they are raised in the California low desert, his roses tend to be quite heat tolerant. No plant is perfect, but if it's one of his, you should find it heat, cold and disease tolerant. Kim

    Bookmark     May 25, 2015 at 3:08PM
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23

nancylee2, helpmefind doesn't list a US vendor; apparently some people have gotten it as a cut rose from a florist (it is a florist rose) and rooted it themselves. or grafted it onto rootstock, to get themselves a plant. This may not be legal to do if the rose is still under patent.

Simsalabim rose @ helpmefind

    Bookmark     May 24, 2015 at 5:25PM
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nancylee2(Z10 Gaviota Coast)

Hoovb, thanks much. That is likely why it went for a princely sum at the auction. Good for fundraising.

    Bookmark     May 25, 2015 at 9:02AM
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Victoria Schossow

Sowandgrow you have given me faith. Do you trim yours back to the ground. I need to work on my patience because I'm out there everyday. Lol. Thanks for all the advice looks like I have to wait it out and pray for sun!

    Bookmark     May 22, 2015 at 6:37AM
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sowandgrow

I have only had my roses 3 years, and my memory isn't that great so I was waiting to see which roses were cane hardy..now that they are leafing out I will start trimming them back to the ground (the dead canes that is. I hadn' seen the roses you mentioned so I looked them up. Very pretty. Which one (s) do you have? Would love to see pictures. Hoping they are all alive! What zone are they suppose to be hardy to?

    Bookmark     May 25, 2015 at 7:30AM
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Buford_NE_GA_7A(7B)

I remember about 10 years ago, the USDA revised the cold hardiness zones and I was supposedly in zone 8. HA! I feel sorry for anyone who listened to that and planted more sensitive stuff. It would have all been killed last year.

    Bookmark     May 25, 2015 at 6:39AM
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redsox_gw

One of the roses I lost was Duchesse de Brabant, a bit of zone pushing and now, dead. However, Cramoisi Superieur is alive and well although it never gets large. I think with DD planted at the soil level and then soil erodes over years...busy life without realizing it, live and learn.

    Bookmark     May 25, 2015 at 6:50AM
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seil zone 6b MI

I haven't posted this one in a while so here we go.

This is the same bloom of DD photographed over a 24 hour period.

2 Likes    Bookmark     May 24, 2015 at 5:58PM
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rosecanadian

Those are all lovely shots of a lovely rose!! Wow!

Carol

    Bookmark     May 25, 2015 at 12:13AM
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Sara-Ann Z6B OK

Andrea, I will have to admit that my Dick Clark is own root and I planted it last year. It started out this spring with three decent blooms and is now forming several more, not sure how many yet. It's not very big yet though. I don't mind it taking until the third season, but waiting until the fifth, that's a long time Kentucky. I do think it probably does depend on the variety. It looks like the experts could compile a list of those roses that do especially well own root. My Big Momma bush is own root, in its' third season and is very vigorous, but I think it was more mature when I got it. Also Our Lady of Guadalupe, which I planted last year is own root and doing well. I had Marijke Koopman and it did good the first year, but died last year. I love that rose. I ordered another own root and a grafted one, so maybe I can do a comparison. Maybe being in a pot vs. being in the ground makes a difference too. I am glad there are own root sources available, because a few of the companies like Roses Unlimited and Heirloom do have a good selection of the hybrid teas, etc.

    Bookmark     May 24, 2015 at 3:07PM
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seil zone 6b MI

A lot of varieties, particularly older moderns, were never tested as own root plants from the start. Own root wasn't an option. Everything that came out was grafted so marketers could produce big plants faster for sale. So breeders didn't test them for how they would grow on their own roots. Now days people are more interested in the own root plants so more of them are tested that way before they're even released. So the wimpy ones never make it to market in the first place. Roses like Love and Mr. Lincoln are older varieties that probably have never been tested as own root plants. Dick Clark, on the other hand, is newer and maybe was tested that way.

In my opinion it's six of one, a half dozen of the other. Grafted roses grow bigger faster, no doubt about it. Own roots, if they're a stronger growing variety, will in time catch up to the grafted ones and may have a better survival rate in cold climates. But if you plant the grafts below ground a few inches they seem to winter pretty well too.

And then there are some varieties that are just wimpy no matter how you grow them! Don't ever expect Just Joey or Summer Fashion to grow well on any roots! Whether they're own root or grafted on either root stocks they're just not vigorous growers or bloomers. It's just the nature of the variety. IF fortuniana were winter hardy I'd go with that in a heart beat because it can really push a variety to grow and bloom, but it's not, so there you have it.

    Bookmark     May 24, 2015 at 5:48PM
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Patty W. zone 5a Illinois

I said blind shoot when I should have said aborted tip. At least I believe thats what their called.

    Bookmark     May 19, 2015 at 3:22PM
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Dingo2001 - Z5 Chicagoland(5)

Hey if any of you are on FaceBook, check out the page for GaGa's Garden. She just posed a beautiful picture of Above and Beyond, and she's here in IL.

    Bookmark     May 24, 2015 at 2:55PM
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SoFL Rose z10

Did you grow tamora?

    Bookmark     May 24, 2015 at 8:07AM
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SoFL Rose z10

Where did you get your Austin's on fort?

    Bookmark     May 24, 2015 at 8:08AM
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Buford_NE_GA_7A(7B)

You only cut the laterals. I cut them down to the second leaf set, For a climber, less is more. you want to get the most flowers.

1 Like    Bookmark     May 24, 2015 at 3:53AM Thanked by pandronic
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michaelg(7a NC Mts)

Agree.

    Bookmark     May 24, 2015 at 7:44AM
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Buford_NE_GA_7A(7B)

Here is a link to the thread:

Link to Thread

And here is Ken's winning Dark Knight bloom:

1 Like    Bookmark     May 24, 2015 at 4:09AM
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kentucky_rose zone 6

Thanks

    Bookmark     May 24, 2015 at 4:28AM
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jjjjade H

OK. Thanks. good to know that

    Bookmark     May 22, 2015 at 1:42PM
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blueKYstream(6)

The pink and red knockouts have had better vigor than the sunny knockout for me. The whiteout (almost knockout) blooms as much or more than all of them, but I don't think it's quite as hardy, the bugs like it and it has slightly higher risk of PM in my experience.

    Bookmark     May 23, 2015 at 6:25PM Thanked by jjjjade H
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