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Rose photo courtesy of JohnoSissinghurst Castle, UK
Uploaded 21 JAN 21 |
May 8, 2016 in San Diego, California. This is under the canopy of the Mermaid in the prior photo, and shows the single trunk of this behemoth. This trunk is the only place this Mermaid touches the ground.
Uploaded 8 MAY 16 |
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This rose is a beast. I have five of them, two in pots. This Blum cluster is part of the second bloom cycle. If you’re interested in bees these guys are perfect for bees. I’m in Northern California mid July
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Uploaded 13 JUL 20 |
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May 8, 2016 in San Diego, California. Be sure you know what you are in for if you plant "Mermaid." This plant was a small, barely rooted cutting in September 2008, and thus is about 8 years old. It was planted to cover up an old decrepit 2-story playhouse, which it does admirably. But it is the most rampant growing rose there is. This one is trained up a single trunk, i.e., with all thorns and attempts to branch out cut off until it got to the height of the playhouse (approx 15 feet up), and it must be pruned at least every month to keep in control. I prune off everything that I can reach up to with my pruners at least once a month. I put the 32 gallon garbage can in the photo for scale.
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Uploaded 8 MAY 16 |
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illustration from Henslow's Rose Encyclopaedia, 1922; scan courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library
Uploaded 1 MAR 20 |
June 2014
Uploaded 10 DEC 15 |
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"From "Roses in Colour and Cultivation", by T. C. Mansfield, 1947, facing p.25
Uploaded 23 NOV 16 |
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Sissinghurst, July 2011
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Uploaded 10 DEC 15 |
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