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How many mini rose plants for a typical hanging basket would you recommend?
Thanks,
Chris. Spratt
Victoria, BC
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Chris..........
I know this sounds obvious, it depends both on the size of the basket and the size of the rose. Miniature roses are defined by the size of their bloom, not by the size of the plant. There are miniature roses ... not climbers ... that can grow as tall as five feet. There are others that will never grow taller than ten inches.
Some miniature roses have such an upright growth habit that they will never look good in a hanging basket.
If you find a good "trailing rose" for your basket, you would probably only plant one rose in that basket.
What roses were you thinking of putting in your hanging basket ? Maybe we can give you more definite information, if we know which rose you were thinking about using.
Keep in mind that roses do best when they get about six hours of sunlight, so where you "hang" your basket will also impact the performance of the rose.
Smiles,
Lyn
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#2 of 4 posted
22 JUN 08 by
cspratt
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Hi:
Thanks Lyn.
I was considering going with fragrant minis such as:
Kathy (red)
Pandemonium (orange and yellow)
Peachy White (white)
Stacey Sue (pink)
and maybe :
Yellow Jewel (yellow but no fragrance)
Orange Honey (orange blend, no frag.)
Happy Hour (red, no frag.)
The baskets are 14" (I have three).
Chris. Spratt
Victoria, BC
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Sweet Chariot is said to be good in a hanging basket, which allows the fragrance to waft (see its page).
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Hi Chris..........
You have picked some good roses to grow, but some of them will not work in a hanging basket. For example, if you check the rose page for 'Pandemonium' you would find that it can grow from 18" to 32" tall. I doubt if a rose that can grow to a height of more than 2' would look good in a hanging basket. 'Peachy White' has an "upright" growth habit. This should tell you that this is not a rose you want hanging above site level. In other words, you really have to think about how a rose will look hanging above you.
I haven't grown any of the roses on your list, although I do grow a lot of miniatures so I can't give you any information by personal experience on these roses.
You can contact site members who have listed one of these roses in their gardens by clicking the GARDENS tab on the rose page and sending either a PRIVATE MESSAGE or post NEW COMMENT OR QUESTION when you have their garden plant list open to possibly find out more about the growth habit of a rose you are researching.
Re: Sweet Chariot ... this one I have grown as a tree rose. A great rose, but it won't work in a 14" basket. The spread on my rose was 3'.
Smiles,
Lyn
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