Anyone grow Tradescant?
bart bart
2 years ago
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Comments (7)I grow Tradescant in my yard just north of Houston, Texas. Here it will grow quite large - I think it is one of those that have what people call octopus like growth. Mine is an own root plant, and after the first year when it had gained some size, I have cut it back quite hard after each bloom cycle. This controls the growth for me. It grows in only about 4 hours of full sun daily, and the rest dappled shade. Because I live so far south, this much sun is sufficient. In the spring after pruning, it is about 4.5' tall and 5' wide. I would imagine that further north it would not be as vigorous. I don't currently grow Graham Thomas, but I did grow it when I lived in Dallas, Texas (zone 8). Mine was also an own root plant there and grew in full all day sun. It grew more upright, with lighter canes. It stayed about 5-6 feet tall for me, and probably about 4-5 foot wide. I did cut it back slightly after each bloom cycle. I have heard people say that an own root Graham Thomas will not grow as large as a grafted plant. I also grew The Prince when I lived in Dallas. It grew in full sun and was own root. It stayed much shorter, being more narrow and upright. It probably was about 3-4 foot tall. If my memory is right, I think that The Prince has more of a purple tone than Tradescant does. Both are very fragrant, but since it has been 9 years since I grew The Prince, I couldn't really say which was the most fragrant....See MoreMunstead Wood, Tradescant, Wm S. 2000?
Comments (4)If you are looking for something "sprawling", then WS2000 definitely fits the bill. It grows in an awkward manner and it's difficult to get his growth in a "mannerly" habit. WS2000 tends to want to throw out a lot of lateral canes that are long as it's vigor increased then shoots up vertical canes from those horizontals...think of training a climber on the ground. Now it doesn't do this all the time. You will gets some upright ones that might even climb a bit in your area. I had an upright one that got up to 4.5ft tall once. I had WS2000 in a less than desirable area but he still did well. It will grow wider than tall at around 3-4'x4-5'. I'm actually ordering Munstead Wood this year, but from what I can tell, Munstead Wood has a darker bloom more along the color lines of The Prince and has a more compact growth habit with more manners. Tradescant seems like it has similar coloring to WS2000 except maybe slightly darker and grows in a larger manner and sometimes as a climber....See MoreStunted Roses on New D.A Tradescant?
Comments (8)Hi Amberroses! I want to know EVERY rose you are growing *grin Well really can you just tell me one you have that is doing fantastic!? Oh and BTW, I grew up in St. Pete. I have the Tradescant in a place (along the side of my house) where it gets sun from early AM until approx. 2pm and then shade.. I also have Abraham Darby in the same place (a year older) and they both have beautiful foliage and the A.D. is blooming very well. I ALSO have a Golden Celebration in a large pot in the same area and the foliage looks great but only one bloom so far (not even a year old for me yet).. it's going in the ground soon. Lastly I have a Glamis Castle in a pot and it loves it.. it is on it's second year and is covered in blooms and seems to like it so much in the pot I am keeping it there for now.....See MoreThe last Tradescant
Comments (51)@mjmello52, Palatine, is the name of the place. I wrote them and they will have it in the fall. However. I was reading on their site and they require a minimum purchase of three roses. That isnt so bad, but the shipping (to Texas) for those three roses, according to their site, is @ $150.00 +. I love Tradescant so much that if I have to, I will find a way to pay it... but I sure cant to afford to, lol. @ shopshop. I dont know if you read the thread I posted on the antique side, but that was how I lost all of my roses... in a home sale. I had no idea that I wouldnt be able to dig them up and put regular bushes back in. When I found out after I had a contract, I practically begged the young man who bought it to please let me take them, but he wouldnt. He didnt want them, but he wanted to choose his own bushes, at a time when he was ready to do it. I cant blame him for that. 100% my fault. Now I know. But.. 120 old garden roses, with quite a few Austins thrown in here and there. All mature, all big and beautiful. That was 10 years ago. I never grew another rose until I bought this house recently. And, they are in containers for now, lol. I still cant believe Tradescant is gone. It's such a great rose that I cannot understand why they got rid of it. Especially as there is nothing even like it now....See Morebart bart
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