Does Tennessee have a nearly lost wild rose?
anntn6b
18 years ago
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Hmmmmm....Nearly Wild, Carefree Wonder, Bonica or Knockout? z5
Comments (23)I have about 15 of these knock out's in my yard and I absolutely love them! They will thrive an thrive and the best thing is you can keep cutting them back to your liking and they will just keep popping out those flowers like crazy. I have the (rad raz) with is the dark hot pink and they are mixed in with boxwoods. The deep rich color (rad razz)looks very nice mixed in with and kind of dark evergreen shrub. I have a Care Free wonder and really dont think it grows well. I planted a Bonica for my Mom one year and I thought it was just ok. I would say your best bet is to go with the knock outs and maybe mix a few bonca's in there for color variation if you are having a hard time deciding....See MoreWANTED: Wild Irish Rose & Sunkissed Rose
Comments (14)Hello, I believe I got the AV called Ann last year from either Jo's Violets, Fancy Bloomers or the Violet Barn. I think it may have been Violet Barn. However, I checked, none of them seem to have it right now. Mine did not look as good as that photo. However, I have been using a water agent for a long time that seems to have caused my plants to not grow and develop tiny crowns. The Ann did not have a lot of blooms, as the one in the photo just has a few blooms. Although they were nice. It might be because of the water conditioner I was using. Many of my plants are convalescing now, so I am not removing leaves until they get back to normal. I paid a normal price for it. I saw on EBay that someone was selling a plant or leaves for $45. That is crazy! I would suggest that if you can't find Ann, any of the Apache series are equally pretty. They grow well, have lovely edge variegation, and grow symmetrically. Their leaves are also slightly spooned or wavy like those in the photo above. They are easier to find. Lyon's has a good selection of Apache leaves. I was on a quest last year to find edge variegated plants with double pink blooms that grew symmetrically. Of the various plants I tried, the Apache series seemed to be the most consistent performers. Joanne...See MoreYour favorite thornless or nearly so rose?
Comments (17)I add my vote for 'Mrs. Dudley Cross' as my favorite smooth stemmed rose.. Really rapid re-bloom. Mrs. D. has a similar wide bloom to Marie van Houtte and where I live Mrs. Dudely Cross is more prettily colored most of the year, she shows a creamy center with blush pink to rose-red edges depending on hot or cool weather. We rarely ever see the yellow in M.van Houtte which usually only comes out in the cooler days of Autumn. Mrs. D. is a smaller plant than Marie Van Houtte which a.r.e. says is like " Mrs. Dudley Cross on Steroids", but M.van H. has masses of big red thorns and can grow easily to be 8 feet in all directions, ready to snag and scratch the skin of an unwary gardener, so not suitable for a small garden, while Mrs. Dudley Cross can be espaliered against a house and kept at c. 5 feet tall by 3 and 1/2 feet from wall to pathway making a very pretty "wall of roses" affect. 'Mme. Berkeley' hasn't a great number of prickles and so I have her growing near a pathway too, she is my favorite pink blend Tea. I wish I hadn't been impatient and bought two 'Blossomtime' for a front arbor because they were on rootstock and would cover the arbor rapidly compared to an own root Tea-Noisette. I hope to never settle again on, what would turn out to be for me, an inconvenient rose. I've heard that Aimee Vibert' is thornless and if that is true I'm thinking of buying one to hide a big stack of meters on the back of my house, and plant the rosebush on the corner of a tall fence and allowed to grow over a swing-out lattice built like a doorway to cover an ugly display of 4 meters. If I remember right her foliage is very beautiful, which is another great plus for me. Luxrosa...See MoreNearly lost this one: Most fragrant votes 2005-06
Comments (7)What fun to see all these! Of the new introductions, I think the hybrid rugosa 'Wild Spice' rates a mention! I once had a hedge of Rosarie de l'Hay, one of my earliest to bloom, and it also had a glorious clove-spiked fragrance. Most rugosas share a unique quality to their scent. Glad to see 'Parole' on the list--a Kordes also sold as Buxom Beauty, a rose which leaped onto my wish list the first I heard of it!...See Moreanntn6b
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