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Is it fertile? Does it set hips?
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2 APR 21 by
JJS
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20 OCT 10 by
monica
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Dark night hybrid tea is now being sold @ Edmunds roses.
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20 OCT 10 by
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That's a different rose. You're on the page for Christensen's 'Dark Knight.' Edmunds' Roses is selling 'Dark Night,' a new Meilland rose.
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Yep, Zuzu is correct. The rose that is Dark Night is actually the same rose as Eddy Mitchell in Europe and Garden Director Bartje Miller in California. Edmunds has it now as Dark Night and I think it will be in the Star Roses catalog for 2012 under Dark Night as well.
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Heirloom Roses lists Dark Knight but it's out of stock.
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Heirloom is offering the popular Meilland bicolor, 'Dark Night', for $33. temporarily.
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This pink truly is shocking. Great find, Karen Jefferson.
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In 2005 I saw a HP at Moser House, and noted a sepal was taking on the colour of the flower in the same way the same as ‘Paul Neyron’ can do. Have you noted anything odd about the sepals of "Moser House Hybrid Perpetual"?
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The accolades for this find belong to Bev Vierra and Judy Eitzen. They organized a trip to Moser House, and I was fortunate to be invited. I took the cuttings for the rose and was successful propagating it. In addition to having a striking color of pink, it is incredibly fragrant. So far in Norhtern CA it has been disease free.
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....and the sepals?
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I moved into a renovated 90-year old house in Washington, DC in March. I was delighted to observe burgundy and green rose shoots sprouting up by the backyard fence. I speculate that it was there all along and landscapers tried to get rid of it but didn't get the roots. It's still got tender young foliage, even though its now about three feet tall, with five or six young canes. Not a hint of flower buds, but really strong growth.
I'm thinking it's probably Dr. Huey, but it seems like, even if it had been practically erased, it still should have flowers on it. The foliage and growth really is like that of a hybrid tea climber, with five leaflets and still that matte burgundy and blue-green color. Am I right that it may well be Dr. Huey, even though it's not blooming?
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Yes, it's Dr. Huey. In my zone 5a, there are lots of Dr.Huey take-over from cheap bare-roots (less than $5 each). Most of them don't have blooms, and the only one that blooms in the entire neighborhood of 400 houses: it was pruned short & fertilized well. But the house across the street has a hedge of non-blooming Dr.Huey, very messy for the past decade.
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I keep learning despite advancing age. Am I right that Dr. Huey blooms on old wood? If so, I'm looking forward to seeing blooms next year.
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Once-bloomer like Dr.Huey: They need to be pruned short RIGHT AFTER blooming, and NOT in spring-time. If we have a brutal zone 5a winter that kill them to the ground, then the new growth in spring will have flowers. But folks who don't prune Dr.Huey right after blooming, will get a messy tall bush with zero blooms in spring.
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I'm afraid that ship has sailed. But it didn't bloom this year, anyway. So maybe this year's growth will be next year's bloom. After that, I will do as you recommend. Thank you, Straw Chicago.
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