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'Félicité Hardy' rose Reviews & Comments
Discussion id : 156-242
most recent 13 DEC HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 13 DEC by Margaret Furness
I assume this rose would sucker if grown on its own roots?
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Reply #1 of 3 posted 13 DEC by Lee H.
Mine does a bit, but not nearly as much as many OGR’s. After three years, mine still has a very compact footprint, and I never have to dig any long suckers out. Whereas if I were to allow say, Tuscany Superb or Konigin von Danemark their head, they wouldn’t be happy until they had evicted every other rose from the garden.
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Reply #2 of 3 posted 13 DEC by Margaret Furness
Thank you - sounds like it's worth risking.
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Reply #3 of 3 posted 13 DEC by Nastarana
Not at all for me when I had it.
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Discussion id : 135-240
most recent 28 NOV 22 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 27 NOV 22 by pabloo120
Seeing the green button in the flower, I understand that it can't set seeds... But does it have fertile pollen?
This would seem such an interesting rose to breed from! But i have heard of it's sterility.
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Reply #1 of 2 posted 28 NOV 22 by Lee H.
Alas, the button eye comprises all the reproductive parts. There are no anthers or pollen.
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Reply #2 of 2 posted 28 NOV 22 by pabloo120
Such a shame that a glorious rose like this one can't give its genes to a new rose. At least we can enjoy the rose itself!
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Discussion id : 134-646
most recent 6 OCT 22 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 4 OCT 22 by Lee H.
Just an observation from this summer: my 2nd year plant was over 9 ft tall, and I pruned it rather hard after flowering back to approx. 3 ft. It did not like that at all. It dropped almost all its remaining leaves, and perhaps half the canes died. I began watering it profusely and it did slowly respond, but now at the end of the growing season, it has very little new growth, and I’m doubting survival over the winter.

Update August 2023: Madame did survive the 2022 - 23 winter, but emerged late in the spring, and showed no interest in blooming. However, by late June she was growing vigorously, and throwing up new basal canes. So my new “pruning” regimen is pegging the longest canes, and making weekly snips wherever needed to keep her in bounds. Oh, the things we do for love of a rose!
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Reply #1 of 1 posted 6 OCT 22 by HMF Admin
Thank you for sharing your experience - that's what HMF is all about.
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Discussion id : 123-753
most recent 7 NOV 20 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 7 NOV 20 by Viviane SCHUSSELE
Peut-être Félicité, épouse de Julien-Alexandre Hardy 1787 -1876 obtenteur et chef jardinier du jardin du Luxembourg
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