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zack_lau

The McCartney rose wants to get wide, even on Dr. Huey. I just replanted mine--it was no match for Maple tree roots and languished for a couple of years.

    Bookmark   April 17, 2013 at 1:32PM
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buford(7 NE GA)

My McCartney rose is like an HT. It will get tall, if you let it. Its a wonderful bloom:

    Bookmark   April 17, 2013 at 7:27PM
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hartwood

I added Dr. Nicolas to the garden two years ago, own-root plant from Vintage I believe. The flowers are beautiful and full and a delicious shade of pink ... the plant itself was the victim of a particularly vicious rabbit attack, and it spent the summer trying to recover. I ordered a budded Dr. Nicolas from Pickering last fall, in case I have to replace my original plant. The original plant seems to be doing well, and the new plant is in a pot right now. We'll see how things go over the summer.

Dr. Nicolas isn't particularly BS resistant, but it's not a disease-ridden eye sore either.

Last year, an older woman visiting the garden told me that her mother grew Dr. Nicolas and she was thrilled to see it in my garden.

It would be nice if we could delete the above posts which make reference to 'Dr. W. Van Fleet' (the sport parent of New Dawn, and a very nice rose in its own right) so we don't completely confuse new-comers. Since we can't, I'll just repeat the fact that Dr. Nicolas is not related to New Dawn and the two roses are not at all similar.

Connie

    Bookmark   June 4, 2010 at 7:01AM
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clstorey

My Grandma had a Dr JH Nicholas Rose,, it grew on a fence in her backyard.. Tons of pink fragrant flowers. Smelled like a cross between apples and some clove,

    Bookmark   April 17, 2013 at 7:07PM
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lookin4you2xist(9b)

Very nice roses! He's got talent! Thank you for sharing this post.
Regards,
Andrew

    Bookmark   April 17, 2013 at 12:49PM
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kstrong(10 So Cal)

Mauvegirl8 -- these are not "named" roses. They have not been registered and are not for sale anywhere. These are the products of his own breeding program where he has taken pollen from one rose, applied it to the stamens of another, allowed the hips to ripen and then raised the resulting roses from those seeds.

Here is a link that might be useful: ARS Powerpoint on how to breed roses

    Bookmark   April 17, 2013 at 2:13PM
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minflick(9b/7, Boulder Creek, CA)

Here in Coastal California 9b, 2 weeks ago. Frontier Twirl 1st, and then Louise Odier - which is still blooming, although it's a tiny bush so far.

    Bookmark   April 16, 2013 at 9:20PM
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kentucky_rose zone 6

Mid May - last year around the 3rd week of April - that was the 1st time before Mother's Day.

    Bookmark   April 17, 2013 at 12:50PM
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Mendocino_Rose(z8 N CA.)

A book that I really like is Designing With Roses by Tony Lord.

    Bookmark   April 17, 2013 at 9:42AM
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diane_nj 6b/7a

"Landscape with Roses" by Jeff Cox. It is out of print, but will be useful.

    Bookmark   April 17, 2013 at 11:07AM
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mad_gallica(zone 5 - eastern New York)

Spray after nightly lows are reliably over 40.

You really don't want to find out what happens if you get a freeze the night after spraying. It can involve grown men crying.

    Bookmark   April 16, 2013 at 3:08PM
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michaelg(7a NC Mts)

If you inspect twice a week, you can wait until the first black spots appear and the Bayer can still deliver control.

    Bookmark   April 17, 2013 at 10:03AM
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kittymoonbeam

I personally think they finally spent money on some rose food. The roses were kinda spindly before the winter pruning and mulching. I didn't see any manure, just wood mulch so I am thinking these fat canes and flowers are from some first rate rose food. I'm glad that they can finally spend some money on rose food as they have spent all the money previously on new buildings, galleries and the Chinese garden. Poor roses finally getting some love. They haven't looked this good in years.

    Bookmark   April 16, 2013 at 10:47PM
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kittymoonbeam

I saw some hard clipped ivy borders in Denmark for rose beds and it looked great. I think they are much cooler with clouds though and it wouldn't be as nice in San Marino. This last week has been dream rose weather. Cool and overcast with a little late day sun. Those blooms got the benefit and are really oversized right now. I try and get there twice a month or more and I feel at home in the rose gardens. It's a little hard for me to see those bright oranges and yellows overlooking the view to the south. Pastels made it more peaceful to me but I'm sure there are going to be people that love that bold statement. I believe the trees were thinned to avoid wind damage. That big wind storm a while back caused so much damage and killed many large trees. It was very expensive for the LA Arboretum as well. The wind even blew all the leaves off the roses. The icebergs were all naked except for little buds at the tips hanging on for dear life.

    Bookmark   April 16, 2013 at 11:03PM
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jacqueline9CA

Kim is right, as usual. Huey will kill Tiffany if you don't get rid of its top growth. You need to dig down gently to the main cane (I think of it as a "trunk") under the soil, below the bud union, and find every Huey cane that is emerging from it. Cut all of them off flush with the main "trunk". If you just cut them off above or at the level of the ground they will come right back.

Then replace the soil (I would probably try and mound some soil around the bottom half of the bud union if it above the ground, in the hopes that it might put out some of its own roots in the future), and feed & water what is now poor TIffany, and it should recover. Then, since you now know what the Huey new growth looks like, you can keep an eye out for it in the future, an it will be easier to take off the new Huey canes (if any) as soon as they show up.

This is exactly why I now would NEVER buy a budded rose - in our climate Huey is rampant, and takes over if you neglect to check for its suckers for just a few months. I know this is not the case everywhere, and in Florida they say they can only grow roses budded on fortuniana, but here Huey is a plague. Good Luck!

Jackie

    Bookmark   April 16, 2013 at 10:40AM
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diane_nj 6b/7a

Ever see the movie "Alien"? Dr. Huey is kinda like the "Alien". Once it takes hold, "Tiffany" becomes toast. You'll have a lovely, full plant of Dr. Huey (which will look good for a few weeks, then degrade into a blackspotty, powdery mildewey mess). No more "Tiffany". Cutting off the Dr. Huey blooms just encourages more Huey growth, weakening Tiff. And if this has gone on for awhile, methinks that you now have more Huey than Tiffany, and you may want to start over with a new Tiffany.

    Bookmark   April 16, 2013 at 2:36PM
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campv

Maybe some mulch? Looking good

    Bookmark   April 15, 2013 at 7:40PM
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deervssteve(9)

Maybe some mulch?

I had two large rose gardens and put down bark. There hasn't been any in my yard for a long time. I'll pick up some bags for the babies until they are well established.
My older remaining roses have done fine without it.

Temperature is still mild, but will get over 100 in the summer.

    Bookmark   April 16, 2013 at 1:36PM
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farmerduck

It should be no problem for it to grow more than 3 feet here in zone 6 b.

    Bookmark   April 15, 2013 at 10:44PM
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Roselover1348(8)

thanks all! I really wanted a pink hedge as I plant to plant tons of yellow rannaculus in front of the hedge. I Love the contrast of the yellow and pink and flowers. :) I chose harlow car because it is the color I wanted and is noted to be highly scented.

    Bookmark   April 16, 2013 at 12:58PM
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susan4952(5)

ND should be fine. I also worry about the cold. Chicago is expecting snow showers this weekend and I planted bands already. I am going to throw some bark nuggets on the tender new growth. The mature ones have been 90 % pruned, including a monster ND. I figure it is out of my hands.
Wanted for FRAUD - Punsxutawney Phil!

    Bookmark   April 9, 2013 at 9:04PM
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zack_lau

I grow lots of HTs in New England--made it through yet another winter with zero losses.

Sometimes I'll do an early pruning in March--taking out all the woody canes all the way to the bud union with a sharp pruning saw. But, I won't do any other pruning--even though the canes are over 4 ft tall. By leaving the canes long, any early leafing out will still leave undamaged bud eyes lower on the canes.

I pruned 200 roses this past weekend as the forsythia turned yellow.

    Bookmark   April 16, 2013 at 10:17AM
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einahpets(9)

Thanks! I'll check them out and see if they ship this far out. $8.95 is a pretty good deal. Did you have to pay much for S&H?

    Bookmark   April 14, 2013 at 9:00PM
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alameda/zone 8

I live 2 hours from Chamblees so always pick up my roses in person. I would think their shipping prices would be as reasonable as their roses - as much as the post office allows. Personally, if I want a rose, I dont even worry about shipping - one time fee....no big deal to get what you want.

    Bookmark   April 16, 2013 at 1:31AM
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ken-n.ga.mts(7a/7b)

If it were me and I had the bed set the way you said, I would repot all the new roses into 3 gal nursery pots in a good growing mix WITHOUT any fertilizer in it. Put the pots in the ground with the lip a little above ground level where you want to plant you're rose's at. Keep them there intil the 1st part of Sept. then take them out of their pots and put them in the ground. I think you're roses will be happy.

    Bookmark   April 15, 2013 at 12:07PM
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farmerduck

I am in West Essex. My Heritage is 3 years old now, and about 6 feet tall, very vigorous and is, with good watering, a bloom machine. It is almost thornless.

I planted some of the roses on your list, mostly ownroot bare roots from DA, two weeks ago.

I have groundhogs in my yard and have not tried Dalia. If you have deer problems like I do, time to put in your defense.

Agreed that Chamblee send terrific plants. Their bands are probably several months older than what you get from some of the other sources. I got two plants again from them this year. The Pat Austin they sent came with 6 buds!

    Bookmark   April 15, 2013 at 11:05PM
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buford(7 NE GA)

Don't beat yourself up. This spring (or whatever it was) was crazy. My roses started to leaf out 3 different times and were frosted back. Give the potted roses more time, they may come back, especially if they are own root.

    Bookmark   April 7, 2013 at 12:14PM
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poorbutroserich(Nashville 7a)

I had dieback too. Lost Fortune's Five Color and Svr. de Pierre Notting is suffering. Mine were in pots but in a place I thought was well protected. But I read David Austin the other day about putting roses in danger of spring freeze in a place where they won't thaw too suddenly. Bright Eastern exposure is not good for them.
Growing roses is progress, not perfection. And if we can be patient they will likely rebound.
Susan

    Bookmark   April 15, 2013 at 10:53PM
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TNY78(7a-East TN)

Absolutely stunning! and knowing you created it, makes it even more special :)

Tammy

    Bookmark   April 15, 2013 at 10:25PM
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poorbutroserich(Nashville 7a)

Let's hope K&M likes it...You know we get impatient....
But I can wait for a rose like this.
Thanks Kim

    Bookmark   April 15, 2013 at 10:43PM
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