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'Super Star' rose Reviews & Comments
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Couple of things so far with my Tropicana experience in Houston, TX:
1.) After a couple of days of rainy weather, Tropicana exploded into a......giant ball of mildew.
2.) After spraying multiple times, Tropicana has......remained a giant ball of mildew.
3.) I grew Tropicana years ago in Mississippi, and I recall a lovely scent. I know roses scent can be influenced by a variety of factors, but this one I have has not had one bit of scent so far.
4.) Regardless of the mildew issues, the flowers are still lovely and the color as interesting as ever. My friend referred to it as pink, to which I replied it was orange...it's certainly unique!
5.) I find the foliage odd on the plant, as it seems small to my eyes.
Anyone have any good recommendations for other varieties in the coral colored range that may perform better in the hot and humid Houston, TX climate?
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Look up Troika in HMF, KBW in zone 9b grows that. Troika is disease resistant, smells great, less gaudy than Tropicana. I grew Tropicana grafted on Dr. Huey and never smell anything from that rose ... zero scent. Tropicana does well in zone 5a, very winter-hardy & tall and vigorous.
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Remember Me is an EASY orange HT/GR type, and easy to locate.
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20 MAR 13 by
 goncmg
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Be it Chico, CA or Columbus, OH, I cannot grow Tropicana! Just as I have never had success with tulips or african violets despite my otherwise green thumb. Every time I try Tropicana, the plant is so slow to start!!Then once started it barely blooms, gets mildew, has small blooms, lots of die-back. I adore this color, have hungrily stared at gorgeous plants of Tropicana growing untended/unloved around old rental houses on OSU campus, have had friends tell me they HATE the color and wish their plant would die but it is "just too healthy." Maybe Tropicana responds to tough love and I coddle too much. Or maybe Tropicana and I are simply not meant to be.....maybe will try again this year..........
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Tropicana is infamous for its own "brand of mildew". In micro climates where mildew isn't an issue, it can be stupendous. I wonder if your failure with it has been due to dried out bare roots? It honestly doesn't like being stored as a packaged plant for very long. Perhaps if you either purchased a canned plant in bud and bloom which appeared healthy and vigorous and kept it dis budded until it puts out some really vigorous growth, or propagated your own from a particularly vigorous plant and dis budded it until it was vigorously growing, you might succeed?
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#2 of 6 posted
21 MAR 13 by
goncmg
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Hey Kim.....I think I will try Tropicana again this year since I will have Hawaii, Futura, Comanche., Polynesian Sunset, Command Performance, Miss Hillcrest, Fragrant Cloud, Bienvenu, and sort of not having Tropicana is funny. YES---all the times I tried it in Ohio it has been either packaged (I love saving those poor things and just saved 4 yesterday, still totally asleep and rather healthy and I have had some amazing successes with those poor beings if bought early and taken care of well).....or it has been in tight dormancy but in a pot at a garden center and it is tough to tell how it was handled at that point.....if I find a good, out of dormancy one this year I will get it, or I will have Singer in Wisconsin bud me a few maidens from a healthy plant in my friends yard (she can't grow anything, hates the color, ran over it with a lawn mower on purpose one spring only to have to come back stronger, sigh)....I love orange and coral roses as you know.....as always great to get a comment from you!
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#4 of 6 posted
30 MAR 13 by
goncmg
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Well, Kim, game on with me and Tropicana. Found one at Meijer's (think Wal-Mart), not waxed but potted and bagged. Looks to be Tropicana----all those little thorns and the olive green cane. The Kordes Perfecta, Miss AAB, Oregold and First Prize all looked true to variety so I am pretty certain..........the plant was pushing some notable, strong growth in a very early stage.........soaked it for 18 hours in a gentle root stimulator solution, potted it up, hoping for the best...........
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lol it is funny. I see it growing in abandoned homes, random farm ditches, the side of old homes... everywhere. It isalways 6-8' T, huge, only blooming at the top. It has bad foliage and prickles galore. But it is always blooming away at the top of the plant, even in 100 degree weather. It has to be the ugliest orange tone ever, but the plant is made out of iron and mildew, LOL!
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#6 of 6 posted
23 OCT 15 by
goncmg
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I see it growing all those places as well, very often on the sides of trashy student housing in OSU campus or near gas stations.....yes, the plant I described ended up being Tropicana. I had "almost" success with it. I mean, it bloomed. But as I type this, the plant is gone. Tossed. Along with 2 others. I do not speak "Tropicana" and it just hit me----is that why I actually LOVE the color? And favor those coral-to-orange tones? IRON AND MILDEW, Michael! Hysterical and so true.
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A mildew trap. Color throws off everything else unless its in a rose garden with graded colors. Even mildews in West Texas. Two inches of rain a year.
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The color is wonderful in a vase. I consider this strictly a cutting rose.
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Oregon, zone 8a, warm summers with some humidity and relatively mild winters. Many years ago I took care of a Tropicana bush for a few years. I was very inexperienced with rose care. It was a neglected bush in fairly bad shape. Careful spring pruning and some basic fertilizer brought much renewed vigor and made a beautiful bush - nice, plentiful foliage and lots of stunning roses. However, with the same care in following years, the bush declined significantly until it was in bad shape again. Since then I've learned through research and experience the mistakes I made in caring for the rose. I also found out that, on top of the problems 'Tropicana' can typically have, that particular bush had mosaic virus. For those who are unaware, it's a bad virus that significantly diminishes the vigor, health, blooms and life span of roses. The disease is not as prevalent as it used to be. However the virus is bred into them so I highly recommend buying only from very reputable rose growers.
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