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25 FEB 04 by
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Would this be a good bushy plant to act as a small hedge in a patio garden, or is it too sparse?
( L.D. Braithwaite ) Also, I had purchased it once before and brought it back as it did not seem to have any fragrance.
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25 FEB 04 by
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The 3 I have planted in Zone 8b, have fairly long canes and aren't making a compact bush. The fragrance is mild, even in cooler weather. In 2 years, I have not seen any Black Spot on them and I have not sprayed.
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I have one in a corner of my yard and it is always full of red flowers. I never deadhead it as it makes wonderful large orange hips. It will bloom for me from early April all the way until November or December. It has a mild fragrance that I only notice once and a while, but it is very healthy and a tough rose for this tough corner I have.
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#3 of 4 posted
27 MAR 08 by
rosarius
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It's the most robust of all our fifteen varieties, all chosen for solidity, even in the form of a tree-rose it resolutely grows and blows into a bush in the air, with amazing vigor of wod, foliage and blooms, provided the weather isn't too adverse it can go on from around May to November and slowly change from radiant red to lusciously rich velvet purple, accompanied by a perfume as passionate as proud - if you want a deep red rose, this one counts for three at least!
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I had L D Braithwaite in my garden for six years before finally shovel pruning it. It was, in many ways, a wonderful rose. The flowers were quite beautiful in spring and early summer when night temperatures were cool, large and very rich velvety red. The bush rebloomed in 4 or five flushes in a year, so rebloom was excellent. Vigor was excellent on my grafted plant. I had no problems with mildew and only a hint of blackspot.
The problems became increasingly irritating as the years went by. The flower color when the weather warmed at all (and that isn't much in San Francisco) went to a nasty cherry-red and the flower size shrunk. Rust became a problem in damp, foggy summer weather and the plant defoliated a few times. Worst was the cane dieback which seemed totally capricious and left me with a very awkward looking bush. I just figured there were better red roses out there (there are!) and with garden space at a premium, LDB had to go.
Oddly enough, it has been replaced by Dublin Bay, which I am keeping as a large bush. It is everything LDB was not.
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