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'Belinda's Dream' rose Reviews & Comments
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29 DEC 17 by
Unregistered Guest
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Available from - Burlington Rose Nursery
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Wasn't all the great for me in the Palm Springs area either.
It was ok, but nothing to rave about.
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Belinda's Dream grows very nicely in San Francisco -- vigorous without elbowing her way into more space than she's been allotted. My only complaint is that flowers can be very slow to open -- never balling, but flirting with it on occasion. Also, the thrips seem to find BD particularly appealing. Can't say I blame them. All those petals must make for some happy snacking.
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I have to agree. I am in zone 6 also and this last winter 'Belinda's Dream' died back to the ground while all her neighbors, among them 'Alfred Colomb', 'Zigeunerblut', 'The Fairy' and 'Marie Pavie', did fine with no die back.
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#4 of 5 posted
20 APR 17 by
Jerilin
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Belinda's Dream doing very poorly as own root bush here as well in zone 4b/5a. Has about an inch of surviving cane after a relatively mild winter. Would only recommend for zones 7 and up based on comments here and my experience.
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#5 of 5 posted
20 APR 17 by
 jedmar
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We changed the hardiness to Zone 7 plus. Thank you.
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Agree with Jerilin, a friend in my zone 5a also reported Belinda Dream dying to the crown after winter. Will put more comments in HMF regarding zone 5a survival for both grafted on Dr.Huey ($5 to $20 each) and own-root roses ($20 to $40 each).
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I'm in San Francisco area, hot Silicon Valley to be exact. The buds wilt as soon as they arrive. Also the last third of the petals come curled and dried up. We have warm weather and are only allowed to water twice a week. I guess I need to mulch it more, or is the problem due to the fact that this is its first year?
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It needs more water. Roses with very double high petal count flowers need more water to keep from wilting. You may still keep the plant alive through water rationing, but flowers will be sacrificed during the warmest days. One option is to grow it in a pot with a water dish underneath the pot to keep the moisture consistent. ~Benaminh
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Thanks for the reply. I put a lot of rose potting soil on it before I watered it a lot yesterday. Hopefully it will keep the roots from frying. I may have put too much compost in the soil when I planted it and that is why it dries out; my other roses are fine.
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I purchased a home in Houston, TX last year and there was already 1 rose planted. After a good bit of digging (thanks HMF!), I've arrived at the conclusion the rose is Belinda's Dream. The main thing that gives it away is that in any type of damp weather, the blooms ball and rot something fierce. I see from comments on here that BD is pretty notorious for doing so. Other than that, after a good bit of pruning (I don't think it had ever been pruned) to shape it up, she's bloomed and grown like crazy despite her previous neglect. The bush itself is pretty, stately, disease-resistant, an unfussy.
I noticed someone mentioned that BD could be why Gene Boerner faded away. I have 2 GB's, and although BD has larger flowers, I still think GB is the winner. It's just an incredible tough rose. I also have Tiffany (which is a BD parent), and I'd rank it 3rd behind GB and BD for roses in this shade of pink. Tiffany smells great, but the blooms flop open loosely and mine has had mildew issues where GB and BD have been clean and green.
2/2017 Update: Frankly, I just really don't like this rose after living with it a year. There's just nothing that special about it and it's more shrubby than anything. It's a bit boring. In Houston, it's also tough to get many decent blooms from it because we need to swing between drought and constantly wet...and since it balls up like crazy in the rain and humidity, it's a bit of a turd.
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