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'Twilight Zone' rose Reviews & Comments
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I have mixed feelings on Twilight Zone. From what I had read, it should be an all-star. However, I haven't found it to be the case. TZ has been resistant to disease so far, and it has been very healthy. The bush has bloomed a lot, but the coloring of my bush doesn't seem to match what I frequently see photos of. I don't get the dusky, dark purple. Mine always turn out more of a brighter purple. While the blooms smell lovely, they don't seem to last that long on the plant. One day the rose looks nice on the bush, and the next day the ground is littered with petals. I'm hoping I'm happier with TZ when it grows and fills out more, but right now I'm on the fence with it. I may be in the minority on it, however.
August 2016 Update: TZ is not a rose for hot, sunny days in Texas. The blooms fry to a crisp in anything above 90 degrees. That doesn't mean TZ doesn't try to bloom in the heat, but they just don't survive. I've also found the growth habit of TZ to be strange and leggy, flopping over into other bushes nearby. Although, it's been 100% clean and healthy with no disease issues. I don't plan on shovel-pruning it this year, but I don't think I would purchase this rose again hindsight being 20/20.
1/1/19 Update: Terrible, dreadful, awful rose. Find something else. Hates the heat. Not vigorous. Awkward grower. Scent is the most hit or miss in my garden. This one should've been culled before release.
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#1 of 4 posted
28 APR 17 by
 Plazbo
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I'm in the same boat. It doesn't seem to live up to the hype. I don't find it to be a significant improvement over Ebb Tide, it (TZ) has more petals but that's a preference that isn't universal, other than that though I find the fragrance and colour of Ebb Tide to be better.
It's not a bad rose but with Ebb Tide (probably it's main competition given the unusual qualities are mostly shared) being readily available I'd always pick it over TZ.
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Bought Twilight-Zone as OWN-ROOT. Survived three zone 5a winter with 1 foot of green cane. Bush-shape is round & full & less-thorn. Deep-purple in my alkaline clay. Very healthy & strong scent with acidic rain. Blooms well in partial shade with 4 hrs. of morning sun.
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I planted two Twilight Zone bushes here in zone 5a, one in 2015 and one in 2017 that I purchased from a local hardware store. I don't know if they're own root or grafted but they both have done wonderfully through our winters in southern Wisconsin. I mound with mushroom compost and then mulch after the first hard frost. They bloom very well in the spring and scattered blooms throughout the summer, and now in August, another very prolific flush. The color is a deep purple and the fragrance is a wonderful clove. Minimal BS in the fall. This is a rose I would definitely have to have in my garden. It's beautiful right next to Lady of Shalott.
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I have this growing in a pot this year. The fragrance of this rose is wonderful and strong. I can smell one bloom from 10 feet away. The pictures I see of this rose show purple. In my garden it is not, it is more magenta or dark pink. I love the smell, and the blooms last a while. Comparing this rose to Ebb Tide (which I have had in the past), Twilight Zone wins by far in rebloom and vigor. The fragrance is just as strong.
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Thank you for the info. I'm not sure if Ebb tide or Twilight zone would be best for my alkaline clay, zone 5a. Anyone grow Twilight zone as own-root in zone 5? Thanks.
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28 MAR 17 by
Jerilin
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Hi,
I cannot comment on alkaline clay or own root version but I am in zone 5a, neutral-acidic, ultra rich black loam, NE Iowa (surrounded on all sides by 4b) and I have Twilight Zone on Multiflora from Palantine planted last year and it has made it back this spring with about a foot of surviving cane. Our winter temp got to approx -15 at its coldest with wind (though I am on a fairly wind protected property with a northern side of house pine windblock) and this spring we had a nasty 60-70 degree for a week with sun followed by a week of cold down to 5 degrees with a foot of snow and this rose came back just fine. I get my HT's and grandifloras grafted on multiflora but for your alkaline you could try huey. For protection all I did was mound dirt from our property on top about 6 inches. I really love the rose so far but be aware jap beetles love this one (and all HT's haha) and the color on mine is more of a magenta purple than a dark purple. I also have Poseidon and that one has even more surviving cane than this one.
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Thank you !! My zone 5a is colder, -20 below zero, plus our strong wind makes it -30 below zero (windchill factor). Own-roots do great here, but NOT Dr. Huey (doesn't like wet clay).
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16 APR 17 by
Jerilin
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Dr. Huey hates it here too. I am wet wet wet on my property and the difference between multiflora for me and Huey is huge. Multiflora definitely tolerates wet better. What do you use then? Mainly own root? I use mostly own root too but do buy quite a few multiflora as well but I completely missed Palatine this year. They were completely sold out by like March!! For winter temp I just meant negative 15 with wind is what it got this last winter-LOL!! I am VERY close to 4b and some years can get -25 with wind. I was 4b until the new 2012 usda zone redrawal. I live pretty close to you and also live in the wind capital-yikes! My Huey double delights basically died over the winter. Any suggestions-have you gotten yours to live or tried the own root version. About to give up on DD and try Cherry Parfait and Campfire.
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Two of my own-root Double delight died since I didn't dig deep enough for drainage. Decades ago my Double-delight (grafted on Dr. Huey) barely survive winter. So last year, I dug down past 2.5 feet in my heavy clay for drainage, and RIGHT NOW, Double Delight has 6" of green canes. All the canes are green, no dead canes.
When there's tons of freezing rain through the winter, roses need excellent drainage, plus they survive winter better if it's alkaline.
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For purchasing purposes - vendors are selling this under the registration variety name WEKebtidere and not WEKebbtidre
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Thank you Jean Marion
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Does anyone know if this rose is a good pollen parent? How does its pollen ability compare to Ebb Tide?
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