A simple question. I would have thought someone who grew this rose might have answered. In the absence of any other information, the patent for 'Shockwave' says: The major stems bear some large prickles that are about 0.7 to about 1.0 cm in length. The large prickles are angled slightly downward with a moderately long narrow oval base;…. The major stem bears some small prickles of similar shape and coloration.
At least I know it has thorns, thank you! Does the patent say anything about the number of thorns? Hot Cocoa and Deep Secret had way to many for my liking, and I'd hate to get Shockwave to find out it has the same amount!
Yeah! NP. It's a cute rose. Easy to grow for most places. I am sure its not great in some places, but its a great all-around yellow. I think for last year, it easily had over 100 blooms. It blooms a lot for a compact rose. When it was hot in august, I was lazy and just snapped the dead blooms off by hand, and it bloomed on its old stems easily. Usually I wouldn't do this, but its compact enough to do this and still look nice.
I planted this as a tree rose in a large pot. It has been a stand-out, continually blooming, with color that barely fades. Shockwave is an excellent garden rose.
Died over winter of 2013, basically a zone 4b this time. It wasn't in strong condition before that; NOT a good rose for the Great Plains. None of the Tom Carruth have survived here.
