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'Tabasco Cat' rose Reviews & Comments
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Love the way the blooms fade to a grayish-orange when they are ready to fall off the plant. It's like having two roses in one. As they fade, the petal edges do not burn, roll, turn crispy, or get deformed in any manner. Spent blooms can be cleaned from the plant simply by nudging them with your finger. Just in love with this rose so far.
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21 AUG 10 by
Karen
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How does this plant fair with disease resistance. Do you spray on a regular basis? I am looking for roses with disease resistance. Thanks for your comments.
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Pretty good on diseases here: it gets only light mildew here in mildew heaven. I do spray, however.
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Karen, it's impossible to grow any roses in Illinois without blackspot unless we spray a little. I've sprayed 3 times this year & will be going out tomorrow morning to spray new growth. So far, this rose is clean. It may do even better in Nebraska than here in Illinois as far as BS resistance; I think you're quite a bit less humid than we are, especially if you're on the Western side of your state. Humidity approaches 90% in the evenings here as soon as the sun goes down, and temps range from 68 to 80 at night. Daytime humidity is around 45 - 55%. Right now I have no yellowing or black flecks anywhere on it.
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So far, wow. Plant arrived from Rosemania around the 2nd week of May. After hardening off for a couple of weeks, it was finally in the ground at the end of May. Started growing like gangbusters in June, and now I have its first show. In a little over a month, it grew from a spindly 3 inch band into approx 18" wide and about 10" high. Seems to want to spread outward instead of upward at the moment. The color of the blooms reminds me of the shiny skin on a tomato. It's a very deep and clear red-orange. Very impressed with both the color and the bloom form. Anxious to see how she looks in September. Just---wow.
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