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'Dr. Huey' rose Reviews & Comments
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26 JUN 13 by
 goncmg
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It will defoliate from blackspot in humidity but a well-established plant, fresh and green in the spring, is capable of punching out such lush bloom it is breathtaking. Knocks out Knock-Out in the spring and has similar form and equally garish magenta (albeit deeper) color. Insanely hardy. Has gotten a bad reputation as "just an understock" when it is a decent, colorful, hardy, spring blooming rambler quite worthy of a place in a casual/cottage garden.................
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18 JAN 15 by
styrax
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So I am not the only one who has this strange attraction to Huey! It can be beautiful. It's practically naturalized here (NYC)
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It is very common to find Dr. Huey growing in older Carolina gardens. My guess is that it has survived and grown from root stock in many cases. It is a very lovely rose in its own right. I've only seen occasional powdery mildew issues but here in the south, every untended example I have ever seen is at least partially if not significantly affected by black spot.
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21 MAY 10 by
kev
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my Dr Huey's and i have some 40 odd plants, have good spring flush then scattered blooms followed by a good autmn flush.
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15 JAN 08 by
mex
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I recently bought a place which has what looks like Dr Huey in half a dozen places around the garden. Thing is, it has flowered without really stopping since early Spring and it is now mid-Summer. I live in a zone 9/10 in south east Australia. Is it possible that a Dr Huey could flower that long in my kind of climate?
The biggest specimen has new growth going vertically about 12' up the garage wall. It has clusters of 15 petalled deep crimson flowers with a white centre, about 2" across. The leaves are fairly small, soft and lightish green.
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2 FEB 08 by
Unregistered Guest
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Hi there, I don,t doubt it as my Dr. Huey starts with the gallicas and continues through the late blooming wichuriana ramblers. The blooms do not drop their petals, some even dry on the end of the stems but do not lose their color.
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