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'Golden Showers' rose Reviews & Comments
Discussion id : 71-790
most recent 21 MAY 13 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 21 MAY 13 by Gascogne
When I was first tinkering with roses and going into it blind, I bought this one many years ago...not once, but twice. Fooled me. One of the worst....no, THE worst....of all the roses I have ever tried to grow for vigor. Constant black-spot magnet, wilts in full sun, and struggles in every aspect...and the blooms don't even hold their form well. After the first failed attempt, I thought of course, it is just my mistake...wrong. This is the only rose I have had that keeled on me twice or required digging. Then I discovered thriving hybrids like Autumn Sunset and Gold Medal . Perfect for Kansas climate-schizophrenia....frigid winters and hot droughty summers. Decent luck with Austin's if I am quick to spot and treat instantaneously appearing bug & bs magnet syndrome.
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Discussion id : 60-577
most recent 4 JAN 12 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 4 JAN 12 by Drasaid
I got this at a grocery store as a dormant plant; as an OLD dormant plant with pale etiolated growth coming up desperately. I planted it at a corner; it lived. On the way to the park, it gets Golden Showers every day from passing dogs; it loves that nitrogen. I do water it and give it banana peels underneath its rock now and then. It does NOT die when everything else does-hooray!
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Discussion id : 34-308
most recent 27 FEB 09 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 27 FEB 09 by Blue Zinnia
I love the color of this rose after it opens. The really luscious creamy primrose combined with the garnet-colored stamens and the reddish hue of new growth
make it a sight to see, and the catalogs that retouch the photos to make it look screaming lemonpeel yellow are missing a good bet.
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Discussion id : 29-348
most recent 26 JUL 08 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 26 JUL 08 by Robert L.
I have a Golden Showers and it really did not come impress me until it was three years old. I had bought it as a beginner at Home Depot and first planted it in front of a lemon tree. After a year, I moved it to its present location, between a plum tree and a fence, where my neighbor's trees are just growing out of control. I have to continually prune the branches that hang over into my property.

It is purely by luck that I picked this shade tolerant rose for this location. It continually blooms and is now closing in on 8 feet tall by 6 wide. I has grown into the branches of the plum tree, poking out flowers in between the plums. The first flush of the season is always the largest, because of the more plentiful light, before the leaves on my plum tree and my neighbor's trees appear.

Even though the blooms open more quickly than some other roses, there are always buds ready to begin a new show. The buds are very striking, bright red tips contrasting with the yellow of the rest of the bud. As the blooms open, the red fades to pink and almost disappears as the blooms age. This shrub is never without flowers, which is remarkable because of its difficult location. During the summer, I would say it rarely gets more than three hours of direct light. The rest of the time, it gets dappled light and never over the entire plant. Despite all this, the plant has beautiful foliage and remains disease free. I am looking for another one to train as a climber in my front yard.
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