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Well, I have to eat my words that I have previously posted about the disappointment that Outrageous was to me. I finally shovel pruned that first bush of Outrageous as it just never grew and bloomed worth a darned.
I got another bush from Edmund's this year and it has been a complete turnaround from the experience I had with the first one. This new bush is vigorous, healthy, and is blooming it's head off. The blooms are very large and gorgeous color and the fragrance is wonderful. I am so glad that I gave this rose a second chance as it makes a wonderful addition to my bed of orange floribunda's that already has Chihuly, Marmalade Skies, Tuscan Sun, Disneyland Rose, etc...
It not only fits right in, it is a standout that visitors to my garden seems to be attracted to.
This experience really shows that you cannot judge a rose by just having one of them. Sometimes you just get a "dud" bush that doesn't do well while in reality the rose is a very good one most of the time.
John
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13 AUG 10 by
KB
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Oh, gosh, I'm so delighted you tried another bush! Mine seems to get even better every year, still my absolute favorite.
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21 MAY 06 by
KB
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What a lovely plant! The first of the bareroots I planted this season to leap into bloom, vigorous, prolific, wonderful fragrance and gorgeous color. I can't say enough about this rose, at least in Southern California it's an absolute winner.
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Maybe your experience is more the norm than mine and I just got a dud bush--see my post above. I may try getting another to see how it grows for me. I would sure like to hear others experiences with this floribunda.
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24 FEB 09 by
KB
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Your experience is very interesting; I am not sure if the difference is our different regions, different soils or perhaps just as you said, a dud plant? I have noticed my plant can get iron deficient very quickly (more than any other rose I have) and start losing its color; when that happens the blooms get tiny and very faded. Don't give up yet on Outrageous, if moving it around doesn't work you might try replacing it. If moving it or repurchasing works out, it will be worth it, you can get a whole vase of brilliant orange from one day's trimming. It's the one rose my neighbors all remark about, even those who don't know a rose from a geranium! Good luck.
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My blooms do look small and faded so I will try the extra iron treatment to this Outrageous Rose to see if that makes a difference. When I fertilize, I use the fertilizer injector I got from Rosemania and mix up several different items--Response, Superthrive, Acid Loving Plant Supplement, Fish Emulsion, and usually Iron and maybe some other supplement type things, and run all this in the injector and through the drip irrigation system I have hooked up in each rose bed. Every rose has it's own little watering "shrubbler" as DripWorks calls them. The shrubbler can be adjusted individually to control the flow amount and speed at which it is "watered". I really like it. I will however give Outrageous it's own weekly iron treatment for a month or so at least to see if that makes a difference before doing any moving of any kind. Thanks for the tip. This is the kind of valuable info it is good to share on this site!!
GOOD JOB!!
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25 JUL 08 by
KB
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Sixteen Candles is generous in its quantity of blooms and its repeat blooming, and it was quite hardy and disease resistant in my Southern California garden. Unfortunately, the blooms were a disappointment; they had no staying power, opening and blowing their petals almost overnight, and were smallish in size. In fact, a neighboring mini actually rivaled some of the blooms. The color of the blooms of Sixteen Candles was definitely pretty, though. The ultimate drawback for me was the fact that my plant was very rangy, and insisted on sprawling out of the garden into the neighboring sidewalk. All in all, not a keeper.
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18 MAY 04 by
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The large and extremely heavy flower buds on my Auguste Renoir rose never open. I have tried cutting them and bringing them indoors before the buds turn brown and fall off the bush. This does not help. I live in Southern California in the San Gabriel Mountain foothills. The summer days are warm and the nights arecool. Does anyone have suggestions or information about this problem?
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I have the same problem, have read the same comment from someone in Chicago, and I am in the Seattle area. Do we see a pattern here? Is there anything that can be done about balling?
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23 JAN 06 by
KB
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I just dug up my Auguste Renoir because of the same problem. I was sad to see it go because it was a vigorous plant and a prolific bloomer, often carrying 50 blooms at a time, but only a fraction of them would open. I think the cooler climate of Southern California is part of the problem.
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2 MAY 07 by
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I am giving Auguste Renoir one more season to earn his keep. The buds are large and should open in 2 days. Someone suggested thrips may be Auguste Renoirs problem but I will check next week.
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1 MAY 07 by
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When my roses behave that way it is because the blossoms are infested by thrips. The thrips are very tiny (like specks of black pepper). They damage the rosebud so that it does not expand.
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1 MAY 07 by
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That is very helpful to know. I have been struggling with thrips this season, and have hesitated to spray the blooms themselves to keep down the thrips because I am worried about the serious honeybee population decline. Does anyone know if spraying actual buds and blooms with Rose Defense or some such threatens honeybees?
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2 MAY 07 by
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I still have Auguste Renoir and it is full of flower that are not open yet. It is located close to three other rose bushes that have flowers that always open. Do thrips spread to adjacent shrubs? I will keep a close watch as Auguste may finally be replaced this January.
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I have had Auguste Renoir for 3 years and it has usually balled without opening in the hot San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, I first thought that the sprinklers were hitting the roses but it is tall enough not to be wet. The rose will be removed as it is painful to view all those balled rose flowers. Guy de Maupaussant is wonderful as so is Yves Piaget both Romantica roses.
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