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'Golden Wings' rose Reviews & Comments
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My clone is almost 20 years old. I like it.
It does blackspot on the lower half, by August. But I dont actually care. It is about 10' x 6' Wide, and it produces loads of blooms throughout the summer, even when it is scorching hot. I NEVER water it. I prune it every third year. It does not sucker, as inquired in another thread. The growth is like a really fat, shrubby grandiflora. And the hips are like orange golf balls. The birds like them. This is a good rose, but only for the right spot.
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If grown on its own roots does Golden Wings sucker?
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I've had this one in the ground nearly 15 years. It's never suckered for me.
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Robert, is yours own-root? If so did you strike it and can you give an account of how easy/difficult it was to strike? I'm curious to know given spin. features in it so prominently and they can be such a pain to strike.
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Simon, my specimen is own-root. I've never tried to strike it from cuttings. However, I've never heard that it's difficult to propagate.
I can add that I've raised several seedlings from it when used as pollen parent. None were commercial enough for introduction. Most are prone to Powdery Mildew.
I'm watching a second generation descendant now that looks promising.
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Have you tried striking its progeny?
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This is really an outstanding cultivar. Blossoms look delicate but they are surprisingly tough even to heat and wind.
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This year (2009) in New Mexico Golden Wings has amazing hips. I don't have one but my neighbor does, and I have harvested them to feed to my goats for treats. They will do anything for them. I'm going to plant two of them in the spring for a food crop.
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Sounds like a win win situation Jan. Lucky goats you have that you are looking out for them.
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It's making me interested in my 100 or so roses again too.
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I gave a presentation to the local Tortoise & Turtle society about growing roses as a food source awhile back. Turns out Tortoises love to eat things that are colorful.
Roses are good source of fresh and nutritious food for reptiles that most people have access to. That's most of the year in my climate.
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This is an excellent cultivar. It is an outstanding performer in the City of Reno rose garden. It has never suckered but has an enormous crown.
On an aside, my goat got out an ate my popcorn rose bush... goats love all portions of a rose bush, especially mini and micro flora bushes where the thorns aren't as nasty.
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