'Mary Magdalene'
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Comments (13)I love MM, she stays small even in Florida which is quite a feat. She does fine in a pot. This week she is showing a lovely coral pink which happens sometimes. It looks like Lilian Austin. But mostly she is a creamy apricot. It is one of the few roses of any color that is clean in my thrip invested garden: She's lovely in a vase too, here with Classy Carol:...See Morenew to rose gardening
Comments (17)Use hardware cloth or chickenwire cylinders to protect from rabbits. Animals will start eating young rose bushes when it gets cold. I just use 12-12-12 (or 10-10-10 or 13-13-13), whatever is on sale. Milorganite has iron and nitrogen. I bought own root Jude from Roses Unlimited a few years ago. It was a slow starter but survived the winter without protection and is now a good medium sized rose bush. Louise Odier can handle part shade. Not much repeat. Long canes....See MoreAnyone grow DA Mary Magdalene? Is Boscobel available on own root
Comments (2)Mustb, I have grown one plant of MM in two locations in Northern CA, and I am very fond of it. It is a good grower and a great bloomer. (Perhaps I should also say that I am not a DA fan in general.) I cannot really address the fading question because I always cut the blooms for vases. (Consider, though, that it fades to white, which is usually acceptable.) It is a fine vase rose, and I value in particular the darker colored buds. The flower colors, pink with yellow highlights, mix well with yellows, pinks, and whites. (I like it with Gruss an Aachen.) It does have that intense anise/licorice scent, which is officially called myrrh, I believe, and which I happen really to like. Larry...See MoreBest roses of the year - please post your pics.
Comments (13)Thank you, Victoria and Eahamel for more beauties. I have been fantasizing about apple scent in yellow, and Victoria gave the answer, Alberic Barbier. Hansa is great in deep pink. Eahamel, I always love Carefree Beauty here in Chicagoland - it's more stunning than the boring Knock-outs. I'll check out Old Blush and Blush Noisette. My sister in her 60's, who is never married said to me, "I want to give you this advance ... because when I die, I want to leave something beautiful behind." That speaks well for gardeners: the least we can do is to leave behind something beautiful that grace the planet earth after we die. The house at the corner is in foreclosure, abandoned for years. There's a mighty ugly climbing rose that went wild. It's a real eye-sore for the neighborhood. I will NEVER plant climbing rose in my zone 5a, and neither does the rose park nearby. In contrast, I remember the house with a big garden of hybrid teas in front. It was the highlight of my long walk home during my junior high years in Michigan. Someone mentioned Rose de Rescht thrived while abandoned in Illinois. Another mentioned Louis Odier thrived with beauty when no one watered him. That's the type of beauty I'm after. Something that grace the earth, rather than being an eyesore....See Morenoseometer...(7A, SZ10, Albuquerque)
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