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'Purple Buttons' rose Reviews & Comments
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Available from - heirloom roses
www.heirloomroses.com
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Available from - Heirloom Roses
Heirloomroses.com
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Seems now it's only available overseas? :( It only just occurred to me that there is a whole world of mini roses to explore that I could easily fit in to my smallish garden and this one has stolen my heart! Wherefore art thou, beauty? (preferably via mail order or around Los Angeles!)
I do see it from Rogue Valley but I've heard a few too many less than ideal comments about them to feel comfortable ordering.
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FWIW, I had a trouble-free experience ordering from Rogue Valley Roses last year.
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I was ecstatic upon hearing about Purple Buttons because of its similarity to Cardinal Hume. I fell in love last year with the Cardinal (oh, that gorgeous rich wine-purple!) and planted 3 in my border. This season, I am regretfully digging them up because they have ALREADY outgrown their space after just one year (The nursery had listed it as a 3' by 3' rose, when in actual fact it grows to DOUBLE that in a warm climate. So I am ecstatic to hear about Purple Buttons, which is the pint-sized version of the rose I originally fell in love with. I can't wait to plant it!
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#1 of 7 posted
21 APR 06 by
JanineN
Hi Claire - where do you live? you said "warm climate" - this is with regard to Purple Buttons doubling its stated size of 3 ft x 3 ft. This Purple Buttons rose is not available in Melbourne, that I can see. I am ordering this winter, Cardinal Hume as a stem (feature) rose. They call these "Standard" roses here - grafted on to a 36-42" stem. It should be beautiful and I bet Purple Buttons would also look great as a stem rose (do you call them tree roses?) The comment about Purple Buttons needing to kept away from the hot afternoon sun is now making me wonder if Cardinal Hume is the same, perhaps I will have to re-think its positioning in my garden as if it's anything like my Dainty Bess rose it will definitely have to be shielded from our hot afternoon summer sunshine. P.S. I live in Melbourne Australia (temperate zone - zone 9, also a warmish climate !) |
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#3 of 7 posted
21 APR 06 by
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Yes Janine, Kim is right, the 'doubling in size' comment refers to Cardinal Hume only. This misconception about the Cardinal's size is due to the fact that C.H. was bred by Harkness in England. Well, the latitude (or longitude, I'm not sure!) is England is such that there is much less sun on a daily basis than in the US, especially in the South, West, Midwest, and California. So the 3'x3' well behaved rose in the U.K. becomes a sprawling gangly monster when grown in the above cited areas. I'm not kidding, my first year Cardinal Humes threw out multiple 6' shoots within only months in the grownd in St Louis. If this shrub is given room, it will build itself up into a 5'x7' bush in a warm climate, or even 6'x8'. In sum: this one needs space! Claire, St Louis Missouri
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In the Southern California desert, Cardinal Hume quickly built up to nearly 8' tall by 10' wide! Luckily, I adore the rose, so it got to take all the room it wanted! You might find it interesting that this rose roots EXTREMELY easily, and it makes an excellent root stock! It's accepted every scion I've put on it, and has never displayed chlorosis in my heavily alkaline soil. Try it for tree roses, it doesn't sunburn easily, as is the case with Dr. Huey and others.
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#5 of 7 posted
4 APR 12 by
 Chris
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purple button, first year.
came through 5A n.e. ct. winter very promisingly.
is that a word? chris
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Close enough for me, Chris! Thank you for this important information and congratulations!
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#7 of 7 posted
4 APR 12 by
Chris
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and to winterize it, i just planted it plenty deep.
maybe a shovel of soil around the base, is all.
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Janine, the comment about the rose doubling its size in the heat was in reference to Cardinal Hume. Purple Buttons doesn't double its size with heat. I bred it in the Southern California desert, so it does very well with hot weather. Yes, both my Purple Buttons and Cardinal Hume maintain their flowers better if shielded from the extreme, hot sun. It makes sense, both are very dark colored. Dark colors absorb heat, so they are more prone to sun burn. I can't imagine Cardinal Hume as a standard, or tree rose. It would get to large! I had a patio standard of Purple Buttons which Ralph Moore budded for me some years ago. It was perfect in a pot on my balcony, and would still be there had the building not burned down, taking all the potted roses with it. |
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