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'Show Your Stripes' rose Reviews & Comments
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21 JAN 22 by
 AndromedaSea
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This rose is really pretty. I garden in compacted clay soil in zone 7a. I don’t really have any negatives about this rose. It’s just solid. I’m in the northeast where black spot is nearly inevitable. This rose for a few spots but that was it. It’s not a particularly vigorous grower, but I like that it didn’t outgrow its spot the first year. I would have liked more fragrance, but the bees liked it fine. It wasn’t a huge target for Japanese beetles, or aphids. It’s just an easy, easy rose.
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21 JAN 22 by
Michael Garhart
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What is the plant architecture like? I almost bought it, but the photos gave me the impression that it was linear and thin. And what do you think relative height will be like?
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23 JAN 22 by
AndromedaSea
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I think it has a really nice habit. It’s not too twiggy, and not at all sparse. Pretty much a typical grandiflora, I think. It’s not especially leggy, and it didn’t throw out octapus canes at all. The leaves are lovely and it’s not an eyesore when it isn’t flowering. The site where I bought it said that it was going to grow to 5’. It’s 3’-3.5’ tall now after the first year, and about 2’ wide. Show Your Stripes was in more shade than my Strike it Rich, and didn’t get as tall the first year, but it has a less scraggly shape. It’s just a very pleasant rose.
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