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My oldest rose is Pinocchio but the first one I remember picking out with Mom was Golden Celebration in the early 90s sometime. I remember sitting on the sofa with her pouring over the DA catalog for hours trying to decide which one we wanted to order. Soon after that she became too ill to take care of the garden at all and I took over and have been at it ever since.
Thank you, Karen and Sharon! Sharon, I just asked about Julia Child in my last post (two posts above yours). Given the timing of your reply it was meant to be? :) I'm happy to hear yours is situated in conditions similar to mine and doing well in 6a, which makes her a very strong candidate for me. Karen, it seems Heirloom doesn't list Happy Child anymore, but I saw its photos at Daves Garden. They are all beautiful. I'll keep checking back.
Thank you again everyone for your replies. I'll sleep on it for some more time (enough time before ordering for spring planting) but I think I can make a good decision thanks to your suggestions. Much appreciated.
eri54
A lot of my roses are beginning to have paler leaves now. At this time of year with the days getting shorter and the sun more angled they're getting less and less light. It's also cooler and that's beginning to slow them down. You can go ahead and give them some quick acting fertilizer but I'd steer clear of any kind of slow release foods this late in the season.
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I am so sorry. Your girl sounds like she was a terrific dog. The saddest thing about dogs is that their lives are so much shorter than ours.
I have used roses as a memorial for some much-loved pets, too. There are so many kinds of roses and they are so variable. What will do well for me in zone 7a Tennessee may not survive for you in zone 5 NE Ohio. I grew up in NE Ohio and well remember the long, bitter cold winters. Please keep in mind that while I may suggest some of these roses, I may not have grown them myself and did not grow them in Ohio. They are rated to survive a z5 winter but your microclimate may be colder or warmer than that and your special situation may not be suited to that rose for other reasons. For best results, check with someone local who may have grown it.
Sweet Fragrance- a Ping Lim rose- While not all are exactly the same, Ping Lim roses were bred to be disease free and hardy, so things like fragrance took a back seat. Sweet Fragrance is a little different. It is a lovely coral/peach/ apricot color. It isn't my most fragrant rose but does have a nice fragrance. It is disease resistant for me but hasn't been a fast grower.
The following three are Kordes (a German rose nursery) roses. Kordes and other European rose breeders are having to find roses with innate resistance to disease because spraying has been banned there. Many of these roses lack fragrance but there are exceptions. I don't grow any of these, although I grow several older Kordes roses that are tough as nails For pictures and a better knowledge of these roses, you might follow the ongoing discussion about rating the new Kordes roses.
Folklore- I can't say much more than it's a two-tone rose with an unusual color combination, sort of a rose-coral and yellow. People who grow it have remarked on its fragrance.
Summer Sun- Ditto the above, except more orange/reddish and yellow.
South Africa- This is a rose that I've considered but it was never available by the time I ordered. It's sort of an apricot/golden color and so lovely. It does remind me of autumn. Fragrance is the icing on the cake.
The last are Griffith Buck roses. Buck bred roses in the 80's that were able to stand up to an Iowa winter and still come back and bloom. They weren't tested nationwide for disease resistance. Disease resistance might be different in Ohio than in Iowa or here in TN. However, many have survived to come back and bloom beautifully. I have grown some but not all of these:
Enchanted Autumn- I thought of this when you said that you wanted autumn colors. It is a blend of fall colors and also has a nice fragrance.
Golden Unicorn- I loved this rose. Since it never had winter die-back for me it got a lot bigger than the official size of about 3'. Seemed to be especially tough and hardy. The roses would go past quickly but it bloomed a lot and put on its biggest and best show in the fall. Golden yellow with a touch of apricot, it becomes more and more apricot in cooler weather. Nice fragrance. Sadly, it succumbed to the rose rosette virus which can attack any rose.
Honeysweet- This one is on my someday list. It's a lovely blend of rose, pink, coral and yellow that is difficult to photograph. It can black-spot some here but may not for you. It has a lovely fragrance.
Prairie Sunrise- One of my very favorite roses of any kind. It is a blend of sunrise colors, as you might imagine- apricot, peach pink, yellow and orange. The flowers are full, cup-shaped and oh-so-fragrant. The plant is smallish here but tough and forgiving. It is capable of blooming and growing in spite of imperfect conditions.
Winter Sunset- Another name for this rose is 'Fuzzy Navel'. It is a pretty golden apricot yellow with a nice fragrance. Also on my someday list.
I don't spray my roses and don't know how they'd grow if I did. I can live with imperfect leaves now and then but not with sickly or difficult roses. Your standards might be different than mine.
I'm sorry about your dog. I've never lost a pet yet - so I don't know the pain. My eldest dog is 11. I think you have a great idea to plant a rose for your dog. I have no suggestions as I don't live in your zone (zone 3). But I wish you joy as you plant your chosen rose.
CArol
We very seldom get a freeze before the middle of December and have less than 14 days of below freezing all winter. The roses in the beds didn't go completely dormant last year. I had blooms until mid December. Of course we had unusual weather last winter so nothing was normal. We had sleet, snow and a hard freeze the first weekend in March which is VERY late for us.
That's very warm for winter, cold is not an issue there, the heat is........ we have the cold problems here killing the roses, not the heat.......I keep all the potted rose trees in the garage now, the shed is not good enough here, too old. Here is a photo of the winter here, right after I took the photo I got lost in the woods, couldn't keep up with the group snow shoeing, decided to turn around, seeking shortcut to the parking lot with my iphone google maps.......bad idea! We have coyotes in all the forest parks. It's still beautiful to look at, but lost in the wood is not a good feeling, trust me. :-) The temp was around 10-12F......
Update on the rose plant: two of the four plants started to sprout and there are around 60-70 leaves now. Looks it is slowly but steadily recovering. It sits outside and looks happy!
I cannot thank you enough Seil, Patty and Jacqueline. You have just saved my plant!
Hey bon crow. Ive been waiting for Earth Angel and Madame Annisette to become available on their site too. I called the other day and they said they prob won't be available til next spring. You will love Cream Veranda and First Crush. Cream Veranda always seems to have blooms on it. Judy
Mike,
I have a Neptune that is going into its 4th or 5th year, and it has done better for me than any other of the lavender roses I've tried here in N.O. Gets to be about 6 or 7 feet, and blooms even in the heat. Mine gets shaded from the worst of the afternoon sun,though. Here are a few pics.
Where did you get this rose? If you bought it at a nursery you can't limit your search to just what roses they sell. They get their roses from a big supplier and the rose probably came from there already mislabeled.
Seil, I did buy it at a local nursery and I do think you are right, it was labeled wrong on arrival at the nursery. Too terribly many red HTs to make this quest an easy one.