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'Lilian Austin' rose Reviews & Comments
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1 AUG 09 by
Lizzie
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My LA was just not flourishing where it was -probably had too little sun and was planted too close to a large Abraham Darby. I was planning on shovel pruning it to the green waste bucket so I cut all its' scraggly canes to the stump (this is an own-root rose) and dug a trench around the root ball. I was planning on digging it up in a week when I had more time, but when I came back to it about 4 weeks later it had all sorts of new growth on it! I transplanted it to a full sun area about a month ago and it has already had 4 blooms and lots of healthy new foliage. Don't give up on this beauty, it will survive a change of venue!
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1 AUG 09 by
 Cass
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Hi. I've done the same thing more than once. I'm generally a light pruner, but some roses perform much better if they are pruned hard. This is how we learn these little secrets.
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My Lilian Austin blooms almost continually from spring onwards. There is nothing "occasional" about it!
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Thanks for sharing your experience !
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17 AUG 04 by
Anonymous-797
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I love the beautiful and frilly salmon pink flowers. The plant is very vigorous and in my Pacific NW garden, it throws long canes like a climber. I have not observed any blackspot, mildew or any other problem that plague roses on the plant in the 4 year I have grown it. The only problem is that this year most of the canes come out almost flat against the ground instead of upright. I'm not sure if this is due to more shade from a nearby shrub this year. I plan to move it to a more sunny location to see if that takes care of it.
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From what I understand this rose does grow horizontally instead of vertically. In the book 100 English Roses for the American Garden, Clair Martin describes weaving the horizontal canes together and forming a hedge.
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