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sam w 
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3 OCT 20 by
sam w
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This rose regularly turns up in the springtime stacks of bodybag roses at the local stores. I bought one once and, to my surprise, it thrived in spite of its inauspicious beginnings. The next year I had the same experience and after a year off I bought a third one this way and it also prospers.
All of which leads me to say that while 90% of the roses sold in those awful little plastic bags full of wet bark don't do very well, this instead is one of the handful that is actually worth the gamble.
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It helps to remove the garbage filler they put in those bags. Sometimes they will cause a fungal infection in the root zone. Such as dry rot.
Always inspect the roots and nip off any decay or where they are broken so those body bag roses have a fighting chance.
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If you want a good Red Masterpiece you can get a bareroot from Regan Nursery. I have one and it's thriving. Very underrated rose in that it is rated 6.9 in ARS Handbook. It's much better than that in my garden (Zone 5b, Chicago area). Hardy through two winters now.
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29 FEB by
sam w
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Zones 3a to 3b seems a bit odd!
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It certainly does! It's a sport of 'Heinrich Schultheis', so I've changed the zone ranges to reflect that rose's.
Thanks for letting us know,
Virginia
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10 FEB by
sam w
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It is shade tolerant, but it is only in a sunny position that you get the astonishingly rich range of colors from slate to rosy violet.
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10 DEC by
sam w
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The DA website USA currently lists its as hardy to Z4.
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Unless DA Co. wants to tell us a bit more about the lineage of 'Hyde Hall', I would take that zone 4 designation with a grain of salt. The one available fact that it is apparently a seedling of 'Graham Thomas' does not inspire confidence.
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