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Incredible rose. Beautiful glossy burgundy foliage. Resistant to bugs, disease, heat, drought (I water regularly) and humidity. This is an outstanding rose for Texas (in my garden at least).
Austin TX
Zone 8
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"Banshee -- R. amoena grandiflora - Sweden
Low growing half hardy-bush with smooth, flat distinctive leaves. Flowers good size, double, good form, lovely shell pink. Blooms once. unfortunately, its petals are so soft and fine that most of the flowers ball up and refuse to open. At one time I had one growing under the eaves of the porch, where it was protected from sun and rain. It was beautiful!
Walter Schowalter, Alberta Canada notes 1985
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Your comment about its tendency to ball up -- describes my mystery rose to a tee! I have wondered and wondered about my foundling. I have had it for years and last year it was destined to be shovel pruned. I was tired of the flowers balling up and the die back.
Something this spring made me give it another try. I relocated it. Gave it TLC next to my teas. It has subsequently turned into a hedgerow of thorny branches next to my greenhouse. It will receive max. hot sun in the spring, he better like it! This is his last location, he's on notice.
I have also noticed (see above about dieback) that this rose hates to be touched with clippers. So I"m leaving it alone. It also turns bright yellow in the autumn, its still holding forth with bright yellow and some orange foliage out there, and its already January. Where the leaves have dropped, new fat bud eyes are already standing by.
This foundling, which I purchased off of Ebay on 9-10-01 will always have a special place -- I didn't get him until 3 weeks later, he was mostly dead when Fedex finally delivered the wee stick....but he happily perked up over the winter when I potted him up. The seller stated that the mother plant was unknown, but had been climbing on her grandparents' barn since the 1700's at least, and had been identified by rose rustlers in her area (Bucks County, PA) as "Banshee'
I love mystery roses.
Please, oh please, bloom this spring.
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I had no idea that this was an older HT, when I purchased. It was featured a few years ago in J/P's catalog. It has been an oustanding performer in my backyard -- the heat does not bother it. It is very tall, it is taller than me (5ft). It blooms constantly - with large blooms, with huge stems, and a very nice frangrance.
I love that its named for Lady Bird Johnson, and thrives here in my heat of this summer of 2008. One of my favorite roses.
PS - I grow mainly old fashioned roses, so a modern HT has to be a pretty tough cookie - I do not spray for bugs or disease, but do water regularly (and fertilize).
I give LDJ 4 stars! ****.
Patty
Austin, TX
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