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15 MAY 12 by
kona
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I started this rose from a band 2 years ago. It has grown into a 3ft tall upright multi caned bush.
Minimal blackspot...no spray. No mildew or rust noted. Not a fussy rose.
Blooms do not ball.
Almost continuous bloom/proflic. Beautiful very deep pink. 3-4 inch blooms. Some nod. 3 day vase life.
Very strong old rose fragrance to me.
Didn't like dappled shade....loves full sun.
Heavy feeder....did noticably better with manure and fish emulsion than with granular fert for me.
Becoming one of my favorite roses.
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Thanks for the description, very helpful.
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A very, very beautiful and vigorous rose! But be careful if you are looking for a "small moss", suitable for small gardens. I bought and planted it in 2008, expecting a maximum height of about 1 m .....In 2011 it was about 2 m high, with a width of about 1,5 m. A rather beautiful - but definetely no tiny rose!!
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7 SEP 12 by
kona
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I waited several years to get this rose. In Coastal Georgia US, full blistering sun, this thing has turned out to be a monster! Yes, it is the correct rose. 5x5, bushy, arching, and still going even after severe pruning mid summer in it's first year in the ground. Scattered flowers throughout the summer. Only fed it once. 100% disease free for me so it is a keeper for another spot. I expected a nice tidy compact plant also, but it has overtaken it's spot along with that of several other roses. Fragrance is just Heavenly!
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22 SEP 10 by
kona
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I have 2 of these roses own root-one full sun, one 1/2 day sun. Here in Coastal Ga Z8B this rose does nothing but put out a couple 6-8ft+ canes with only an occasional flower at the very tips (when it's cooler). It would be much larger on rootstock. Poor heat and humidity tolorance. Blackspot is a big issue if not sprayed regularly, which I don't. 1/2 of the bush is naked knees and the other not well foliated. My Austins are healthy monsters here...quite disease resistant little-to-no-spray, but not this one for me. I am replacing them.
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Same issues here in East TN mountains. Always defoliates immediatly after producing leaves and doesn't bloom well. Mine is also ownroot and extremely slow grower.
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Great insight to share with the HMF community - thank you for making the time to contribute.
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In California, Central Valley it did not bloom at all, or rather, one or two flowers showed up just in time for the annual rose chafer infestation.
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Maybe its meant to only grow in England or in similar climates :( Such a shame that we all have had bad luck. It looks like the blooms are beautiful, given the right conditions.
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I am sure I wouldn't know. I never saw one. The chafer beetles devoured them before they even opened. Some roses went on to bloom again after the once annual beetle infestation. Some withheld bloom until after the infestation. Not Geoff.
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3 DEC 10 by
kona
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Coastal Z8B...Grafted: this thing is a monster!!! Almost disease-free, always with some blooms, very, very tall & bushy but despite whacking it WAY back to 1ft in spring, and to 2ft twice this summer this thing is now staked at 7ft, 4-5 wide/arching with no signs of stopping! Only blooms at the tips of canes. Give it space if you garden in the heat.
Own root: poor performance for me--poor vigor and lots of blackspot.
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30 JAN 12 by
Tomartyr
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That's an interesting experience you had with this rose. I've just seen two large group plantings of the variety today in the Anderson Rose Garden, Timaru, NZ (the rose is known in NZ as 'City of Timaru'), and all of the plants would have been less than 1 metre in height, with quite a bushy habit.
I like the delicate, lemony colour of the newly opened blooms which then seem to age to pure white. I uploaded two photos today which illustrate this.
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14 MAY 12 by
mtspace
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Mine is also on Dr Huey rootstock. It's growing in poor soil a few feet from where Nicole - after three years - is not yet one foot high. Crocus Rose, by contrast is about six feet in every direction. I find it blooms over much of the length of the canes which is good because it is almost unbranched in my garden. It arrived from DA three years ago with perhaps eight canes. And it's made maybe two more. Mine is nearly evergreen in Zone 7b. Here, where the RH hovers around 20% for much of the summer, not a hint of any fungal disease. Have not pruned it yet. Maybe next spring.
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