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"Secret Garden Musk Climber" rose Reviews & Comments
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17 APR 24 by
Orianne Courmes
Under the name « Secret Garden ®️ »
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17 APR 24 by
Orianne Courmes
Available from - Bierkreek https://bierkreek.nl/webwinkel-bestel-roos-online-en-bezorging/secret-garden/
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15 JUL 23 by
Marlorena
This rose starts to bloom from the end of May in England.. about 6 weeks earlier than R. moschata.. Liable to attract swarms of pollen beetles..
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#1 of 6 posted
17 JUL 23 by
scvirginia
I'm glad somebody's looking out for those pollen beetles... :>)
Does SGMC keep blooming until frost for you, or does it bloom in flushes? I seem to recall you've had it for quite a while, so it must be a good performer for you.
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#2 of 6 posted
17 JUL 23 by
Marlorena
Hi Virginia,. yes it was continuously flowering until late autumn, always clusters of flowers, totally ruined by pollen beetles from June to August, after which they disappear. A vigorous climbing rose with lovely foliage. I no longer have it. Here it would be best grown away from areas with Oilseed Rape fields, which attract the beetles.. Difficult to find this rose in Europe now, unfortunately.
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#3 of 6 posted
17 JUL 23 by
scvirginia
So what I hear you saying is that anyone planting fields of rapeseed should also plant this rose as a trap crop? Or maybe anyone wanting to grow SGMC needs to plant sacrificial brassica plants nearby. At any rate, it sounds like a rose with a lot of pollen on offer.
It's a shame your lovely roses were ruined by the critters...are the beetles no longer visiting your garden since SGMC left it?
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#4 of 6 posted
17 JUL 23 by
Marlorena
Oh they're here every summer but not so many these days, some of the fields with those crops have disappeared.. I think it was due to the scent given off, as other single flowered roses were not affected so much.. I used to have a photo of the ruined flowers but seem to have lost that too.. This is an agricultural area so I have to take what comes.. I would try again with it, if I could get one. Never mind.
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#5 of 6 posted
17 JUL 23 by
jedmar
To my experience, the pollen beetles usually go for white, yellow and light pink coloured blooms
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#6 of 6 posted
18 JUL 23 by
scvirginia
I think that's true for June Bugs and Japanese Beetles also. Yellow flowers seem to be their favorites.
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Initial post
8 JUN 23 by
Orianne Courmes
Hello, Secret Garden Musk Climber is sold under the name « Secret Garden ® » at Bierkreek.nl
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