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'Lady Banks Yellow' rose Reviews & Comments
Discussion id : 71-365
most recent 4 MAY 13 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 4 MAY 13 by AquaEyes
Available from - Rogue Valley Roses
https://www.roguevalleyroses.com/rose/r-banksiae-lutea
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Discussion id : 56-442
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Discussion id : 39-389
most recent 25 SEP 09 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 25 SEP 09 by Jeff Britt
I would just warn anyone thinking of planting any of the banksiae varieties that these roses are house swallowers. They get to be enormous very quickly and pruning them is really futile. You are just better off to let them romp and riot. They will take hard pruning just fine, but just realize that trying to prune any R. banksiae to "keep them within reasonable bounds" is a futile exercise. You must have enough room for them -- at least 30 feet/10 meters in all directions, in my opinion. Where they have the room to grow, they're magnificent.
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Discussion id : 20-994
most recent 27 AUG 07 SHOW ALL
 
Initial post 22 AUG 07 by Michele Thyne
Is Rosa Banksia Lutea evergreen in a climate that goes as low as 20degrees F to 35F in winter? This would be in Umbria and I'd like to use it around my gate to block the view. But if yes, would use ivy or a Laurel hedge instead. But would certainly prefer a rose.
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Reply #1 of 4 posted 23 AUG 07 by Cass
Hi, Michele,
Lady Banks should survive 20 degrees F. It is routinely recommended for USDA hardiness Zone 8, which has average low temperatures of 15 to 20 F in Zone 8B and as low as 10 to 15 in Zone 8A.

Locally, Lady Banks survives Zone 8B winters, which we have once every 10 years in my part of Zone 9a. This part of Northern California is the same latitude as Sicily.
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Reply #2 of 4 posted 25 AUG 07 by Michele Thyne
Dear Cass,

Thank you for replying.. I have never done this before, asked a question on (what? is this a blog?? A total computer illiterate you are dealing with here but I am so grateful that someone is out there and willing to answer a question!).... Anyway, yes, I think survival is assured since I bought this rose from Rose Barni which is maybe 100 miles from here and not too much further north, but what I am concerned with is the area surrounding the gate, which looks into my patio, where I would really like a bit of privacy. I am putting some big pots of cotoneasters directly in front of the gate and that should do there,but I have several meters on either side that look directly into the patio... and my front window, until I pull the drapes.. So I wanted something that would seriously block that space, which is to say, evergreen. I know that Lady Banks, when it gets on a bit in years will certainly form a hedge effect, but if it loses all it's leaves in winter...we are open to view. I guess that will not be true if enough years pass but I don't even know how long it would take to get that thick. In any case, the patio being on view is not exactly a disaster as the road that passes here is full of friendly neighbors, but just less than desireable. I guess in the end if it was not evergreen and, after some years pass, a tangle of Lady Banks is preferable to evergreen ivy which could cover parts of the house that I don't want covered.

So. Given all that, what is your opinion on whether or not it will lose its leaves in this type of winter?. I am from Los Angeles, so know absolutely zip about Winter. Thank God there is someone out there from Northern Califonia (where my cousins also live but. alas, are not gardners) who has cold experience.

Best, Michele
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Reply #3 of 4 posted 26 AUG 07 by Cass
Hi, Michele,
This is a forum, not a blog. The world can read what we write and correct our errors.

If you can be patient, this first winter will tell you what will be evergreen and what will lose its leaves. Lady Banks will grow very large very quickly. In the wild, Lady Banks is an enormous rose grown on its own roots, up to 50 feet into trees. If you leave it unpruned, it will grow into a "haystack," meaning a large fountaining thicket that arches out at the edges.

I know little of Umbria other than what some friends who just bought near Deruta told me, which is there will be the occasional dusting of snow. Evergreen in roses means the rose prefers a climate mild enough that the cold will never force it to drop its leaves. Where it's warm, those leaves will drop but on the schedule preferred by the rose -- usually early in the spring. Lady Banks will survive your winters. I'm afraid, tho, that part of the time it will have no leaves.

There are other roses that will hold their leaves right through the winter. Rosa laevigata is absolutely evergreen up here, although it is viciously thorny. It is a barrier plant. No one will intrude. Eventually, you will need to prune it with hedge trimmer once a year after it blooms. It will form a 12 foot high evergreen hedge. You can see it here:
http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/pics.php?l=2.5335.1&nr=64147

If you cannot handle the prickles, then Jaune Desprez is another option. It is a very large climber and will eat your wall. It is quite evergreen here in Northern California's wine country.

Enjoy your roses and la dolce vida!

Cass
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Reply #4 of 4 posted 27 AUG 07 by Michele Thyne
Cass...
Again, thank you! I will look at the Rosa Laevigata, but since it's on either side of a gate if I got sloppy with the pruining it could be a bit uncomfortable. This gate is a pedestrian gate, not a big car gate and people will walk through.
I should probably wait and see how the Lady Banks I have near that spot does this winter, leaf wise. I guess it would not grow all that much more if I planted it in October when the gate will be, fingers crossed, finished, or in spring. I love the pale yellow. Juane Desperez, which I've never grown, is a bit more on the ocher side isn't it? I will look it up, too. Though It would be great if it would go up onto the house.. But I guess i would have to put in some kind of wires so it would have support. I have a Marechal Niel that is super vigorous, that lovely pale yellow and a killer beautiful rose but I have it near a warm wall as the 'book' says to do, and if I used one by the gate it would be more exposed to wind. Hmmm. Since all of these get so big I guess it wouldn't be very long at all until it really didn't matter if they were in leaf or not, visibility wise.
How are your friends liking Italy? I am supremely happy here, and live about maybe 50 minutes north of them. What a beautiful, peaceful place! Do you have any plans to visit them? If so, I would love to take you to lunch, or make one here at home.
Well, if you have anymore thougthts, I'd love to hear them, meanwhile, off to see the photos!
Best, Michele
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