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So glad I happened across this post. I have OR Harlekin aka Kiss of Desire and at 3 yrs he is still only about 3 1/2 ft tall. Blooms like crazy up until snow, but is short. Now I know to wait a couple of years maybe for height. (And no, I'm not going to disbud so it will grow taller! I love those ombre pink petals!)
Your Cl. Cecile Brunner will be a once-bloomer -- or almost so. You may not see bloom from it until next spring, because it needs to bloom on mature wood -- and at this point, it does not have any.
Your Harlekin is a Large-Flowered Climber. It will bloom much sooner than Cl. Cecile, and it will repeat. But Cl. Cecile is going to be much larger, and will put on a more spectacular show, when it blooms, for a long time, in the spring.
As the patent indicates, Vamidothion belongs to a class of compounds that help the immune system. I would not expect just any systemic insecticide to help the immune system. Of course any systemic insecticide may / could kill the virus infected mites and therefore slow down the spread to nearby roses .
Sorry I've taken so long to respond, but I've been out of town and taking a computer break. :) I want to thank you for your suggestions!
This season, I was able to plant 3 Jump for Joy, 1 Belinda's Dream, and 1 Michalangelo Romantica rose. (All chosen at the last minute for their healthy and lovely appearance. Pickings were slim by the time I started looking.) I also have two drift roses. All the roses are doing well.
I'm looking forward to trying some of the "supermarket" minis!
Thanks again.
I don't think that posts move forward when someone posts, but I will try. I also live outside of Tulsa, and have taught most of my life in a large high school. I have been writing down names of local gardening services as I see them go through the neighborhood. Kids do not want to work in the dirt, and they do not want to be seen in a yard or taking directions from a female. I think they are more than likely awkward with the tools and machines, and not bonded or insured.
I retired a year ago, and have made preparations for a suitable garden for me. It may be more costly to pay a crew, but they would be doing work that they always do. Kids today are often in school, in competitive sports, or in other ways very busy. Gardening is dirty. Loading cement or dirt at Lowe's is a man's job, and a good way to build muscle.
Good luck.
Sammy
loved the flowers of 'Pure Perfume', really wonderful. Terrible rust, though. Had to get rid of it. A shame that the marketing people at J&P know nothing about roses. They will end up losing customers in the long run. If they really were serious they would recommend roses by region. Short term profits are all that matter these days.
That Pure Perfume does look very nice and it's nice to hear that it does have some fragrance, even if paler than billed. Shame about the rust, but it's sadly not something on the radar screen of many companies that say "disease resistant". For me, it's not an issue, but I know it is in much of the US west.
Cynthia
What about Honeymoon? I am getting one in the mail next week.
I take it back, I had to cancel my order today. The nursery is out of 3 of 4 roses I ordered. It's too expensive for me to just order one rose band with the high cost shipping. I will order one next year with other roses. :-)
The Floral Fairy Tale, Cream Flower Circus, and Elegant Fairy Tale are light apricot that fade to cream, and they are quite compact (3' in my zone). Also, Lion's Fairy Tale is mostly cream for me and a large and pretty profuse bloomer. They're all heavy bloomers, reliably hardy in our zone 5, and supposed to be at least somewhat fragrant. They might be, but I can rarely smell most roses. As far as I can tell they last 5-7 days on the bush, but I don't tend to cut them so I can't tell in the house. The full petaled ones tend to be a little less long lasting in general.
Here are photos of three of them:
Floral Fairy Tale
Cream Flower Circus
Lion's Fairy Tale (mine was sold as Champagne Moment). It's usually on the pinkish side, but here it is last month in a white mood:
Summer Memories is also a nice clean white and it has survived in the zone 4 pocket of my yard just fine. The photo is a little blurry, but the color is pretty true to life.
Hope this helps!
Cynthia
jkelly, I'm in the same zone as you but we don't get enough heat to ripen melons, However, my compost provides me with a small crop of potatoes every year which I cherish. I also get tomatoes in the areas where I put my compost, not a lot but I am thrilled with each gift that it sends my way.
Jane
I got mine from Brecks also. It bloomed once and hasn't bloomed again yet. It didn't get the 'smokin' color. Was a hot orangey red and white. interesting tho.
I am sorry but it has totally underwhelmed me this year. I forgot to add that it is slow to repeat too. I bought it along with Doris Day and grow both of them in pots side by side. Doris Day had 3 small flushes already and now going on the 4th, Whereas the blooms that I took today is the second flush for Smokin Hot.