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Cori Ann - Norcal hot and dry 9b
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Just a note, it is super thorny! I mean THORNY! Like Sombreuil. I have both climbing together actually. They’re quite the menacing pair. You have been warned!
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2 FEB 18 by
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An excellent warning Cori! I'm planning to pillar Florentina with another rose. Definitely going to make sure to choose something low/no thorn!
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Couple of tidbits for those interested: Delbard lists this as a floribunda, not a shrub or hybrid tea. The breeder code is DELpabra. It is VERY fragrant and VERY dry heat tolerant in my yard. Also very fast growing and generous blooming.
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After almost a year, my “Hubner Plot / Rubens” band, bought from the Sacramento Cemetery, got to be about 8 feet tall with several thick canes. Also... it has a habit like a climber. Meaning there’s obvious main canes and laterals, it drapes well, reaches for the sky, is a vigorous grower, and seems to be trainable. I have noticed how fast it’s growing compared to other new bands all year, but after really inspecting it while pruning, I decided I’m definitely going to grow it as a climber.
Curious if anyone else is trying that... and if it is a climber, does that change the ideas about ID?
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It may well do......
Talk to people about tracing back the PROVENANCE of the mother plant from which the Sacramento plants came from.
Jeri has said ..... "I don't honestly know what clone the Sacramento City Cemetery is selling (they had a Rubens, so I don't know if they kept Hubner). But the PLANTS they're selling are vigorous as all getout."
It seems unlikely that that the wind blew the labels out of all the pots, so it gets back to the mother plant.
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Hi Cori Ann,
How large is Homer for you by now? I’m still very interested in getting it and thought maybe by now you might have a little more thoughts on Homere’s eventual size and shape. I know he will love my hot and dry garden, thanks to you. Thanks, Lisa
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Hi Lisa. It has only been in my yard for about a year or so, so I wouldn’t be able to accurately say how big it may get, but mine is about 3-4 feet by 3-4 feet so far. It has been almost constantly in bloom for me. :-)
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According to the Tea Rose book (which quoted the Rose Annual of 1940) in favourable conditions it can grow huge in time.
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There are pictures that Patricia posted of it growing right up the side of Staplefield church, just like a climber.
http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=21.179901
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Thanks, that is quite huge! Larger than what I have space for. Back to the drawing board!
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