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AndromedaSea
most recent 11 MAR HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 11 MAR by AndromedaSea
I live in a humid area, NJ zone 7b, and garden in heavy, alkaline, slow-draining clay. I don’t use sprays in my garden, aside from dormant oil, and I love Earth-Kind roses because they do well without a spray schedule. The Fairy is no exception. This little plant asks for very little but gives loads of blooms in return. I see no black spot on this rose, and Japanese Beetles tend to ignore it. Even the Spotted Lantern Fly nymphs leave this rose alone, for the most part. It’s my favorite kind of rose: easy! The sprays really look gorgeous in vases with hybrid teas or dahlias. The Fairy is definitely one I’ll always want to grow.
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most recent 11 MAR HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 11 MAR by AndromedaSea
I planted Mrs. R.M.Finch in my NJ zone 7B garden two summers ago. Like my other polyanthas, it doesn’t seem at all unhappy in my heavy, slow-draining, alkaline clay. It has healthy leaves, flowers often, and the flushes are very full. In my no-spray garden, Mrs.R.M. Finch shrugs off black spot. It’s growing more wide than tall. I’ve read that it sets hips, but mine has not, yet. I planted this rose near a walkway, and I’m glad I did because it seems to be always in bloom. It’s just a nice workhorse of a rose.
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most recent 8 MAR HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 8 MAR by AndromedaSea
I planted Roemer’s Hip-Happy in my NJ zone 7b alkaline clay garden in fall of 2022. It overwintered like a boss and grew strong a full last summer. The leaves are healthy, the flowers are sweet and plentiful, and it makes *so* many hips. This was my first year trying to grow seedlings, and I had by far the highest germination rate on my Roemer’s seeds. It’s a very cheerful, healthy shrub in the landscape. The bees love it (hence the many many hips!). It copes well with my slow-draining clay and seems immune to black spot, right up until late fall when the leaves start going wonky in preparation for winter. Overall, this is a wonderful rose in the landscape.
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most recent 8 MAR HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 8 MAR by AndromedaSea
I planted this rose, grafted on multiflora roots, in my NJ zone 7b no-spray garden last spring. My garden is a bit challenging for roses-I have heavy clay soil, slightly alkaline, and my drainage is on the slower side. This rose did very well in its less-than-ideal circumstances. It grew to a manageable 2’ tall by 1’ wide its first season, and did not throw out any huge octopus canes. It did get minimal blackspot, which is hard to avoid where I live. It weathered thrips, spotted lantern fly nymphs, and Japanese beetles, and still managed to put out several small flushes of gorgeous flowers. It’s situated in a spot with sun from morning until early afternoon, and then shade. The flowers open a lovely creamy apricot color with deeper shading on the outside of the petals, and then turns darker the more sun it gets (kind of like Rio Samba). The flowers come in clusters, and it’s common to have more than one color in the cluster at a time, which makes for a very interesting look. It’s not a very vigorous grower, but I like that it’s staying on the smaller side. Shape-wise, it’s pretty upright with some nice branching. The leaves are a darker green and not very shiny, but not completely matte either. The blooms are very round and they do open all the way, so the pollinators can get to the centers. The bees really enjoy that!
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