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'Brown Velvet' rose Reviews & Comments
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Susceptible to blackspot.
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No blackspot on it here (North of San Francisco about 50 miles.
Zone 8b (I think)) in its first year in the ground, no spray.
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#2 of 10 posted
18 SEP 11 by
 Jay-Jay
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Thank You,
Mine is defoliated despite spraying with sulphur, baking soda, algae- and seaweed-extract.
But we had this summer a lot of cloudy weather and a lot of rain. Weather-records were broken this year in our climate zone 6 a/b.
Spring was extremely dry and hot for our climate.
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You are more than welcome. Blackspot is so very variable that I want to make sure that anyone who wants to try this rose knows that it isn't impossible. There is a tendency to hear/read 'blackspot ' and simply remove the rose from consideration, and I think that is a pity.
I may have to revise this information on this particular rose when I have had it for longer, but to date it looks surprisingly robust and healthy.
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#4 of 10 posted
18 SEP 11 by
Jay-Jay
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I wouldn't not throw it away before it's really established and has been able to prove its self in more normal conditions.
There was no info at all about the health of this plant and I wanted to share my experience.
That You reacted and gave Your info about this rose, can help people weighing their choice.
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I can attest to Brown Velvet's extreme ease in rooting. If you have this one and want to practice rooting roses, give it a try. Brown Velvet roots EXTREMELY easily and grows beautifully own root.
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#6 of 10 posted
19 SEP 11 by
Jay-Jay
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Thank You Kim! As a matter of fact it was budded, but the rootstock rejected the graft after one year (delayed incompatability), so I planted that part and it grows own root now!
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#7 of 10 posted
3 AUG 15 by
styrax
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Here, it is clean. Own-root.
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I remember this rose very well growing at the Royal Horticultural Society's garden Wisley when I was a student there in the mid 1980's. It was much admired for its interesting colour which was much closer to the orange/brown shades in some of HMF photographs rather than the redder shades in others. However despite the vigorous and extensive spray programme used on the roses by the R.H.S at that time it was always infested in blackspot and rust and looked really sick with very little foliage. Wisley is just south from London, in Surrey in the south-east of the U.K. The soil was Bagshot sand and very hungry.
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#9 of 10 posted
6 FEB 17 by
styrax
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Im in NYC, on very rich clay
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Oh lucky you! And your rose is on its roots too where as the Wisley plant would have been budded.
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It grew to a good 6' in my So. Cal. garden with moderate pruning.
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Available from - vintage
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First recorded date for rose is 1978 per New Zealand Rose trials...
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