"Best" pink rose for the low desert
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Low maintenance pink rose suggestion?
Comments (31)I was going to suggest Bonica too, I don't grow it but I like it and it's easy to find. There is a mass planting of Bonica at my office park which surely get very little maintenance and always looks good. I love that it is covered in big hips for fall & winter. Not sure if there is much scent My two cents for own root vs budded in zone 5-6 NH/MA: I have some own root old garden roses that did really well this winter, better than most of my modern roses, but I can't call them low maintenance. I have one own root floribunda that did surprisingly well, Blueberry Hill. As for Distant Drums though, I think that is a zone pusher for Z5 and I'd say you want grafted. My Mom who lives further south (North-shore MA) put in two own root bands of Distant Drums last year and they grew very slowly. One didn't survive the winter, the other is a little twig. Mine was budded and even though it had considerable die back it's got surviving base canes the size of my thumb. Uncanoonuc has some roses by Ping Lim this year. I think they are part of the Easy Elegance collection. I got Kashmir & Champagne Wishes and I see they have a pink one called Grandma's Blessing. They are all own root, but of course they are fairly mature plants, not bands. What I read suggests excellent winter hardiness....See MoreWarning! Rose sale at EuroDesert Roses
Comments (17)Argh!!!! Enabling is sooooo true. I bought gertrude jeckyll, abraham darby, happy child, crown princ margaretta, ebb tide, golden celebration,ambridge and portlandia from heirloom roses and was surfing about trying to find more information on roses that can handle a shadier area.... when I found your post.... I live close to wrightwood in california. On the sunny side of the same mountain. Nice weather here. 1 hour from euro desert roses so I looked and looked and looked.. logged back on and re looked... why did I see that post... I ended up ordering lady overtoun, souv of wooton, surpassing beauty of woolverstone, gipsey boy, louise odier maybe I ordered that from heirloom... marie dermar, daniel and asta von parpart.... argh.. Hope I love them as much as I hope I will.... Fragrance and charm is a goal of my garden....See MoreBest unfading pink rose and yellow rose
Comments (22)Hi Sue I'm trying to think of a pink that doesn't fade in Melbourne, but there are few. Probably Flamingo and Queen Elizabeth are closest, but both grow very tall in my garden. The Childrens Rose is a pale pink to begin with, but doesn't fade. Gertrude Jeckyll doesn't fade and has a great perfume, but she''s not to everyone's taste. Gold Bunny and Friesia are very popular yellows here, but I can't vouch for their colourfastness. All those are readily available in Eastern Australia. Isn't our limited range of roses a pain? Sue...See MoreEnglish roses in the low desert?
Comments (7)I have an Austin bed, and Golden Celebration is one of the roses grown there. This area only receives sun from morning till about 2 p.m., and all of the roses are performing well. I grew Golden Celebration about 12 years ago in a western exposure, however it was in close proximity to a tree that filtered the sun and created some degree of shading. I second Pretty Jessica and Munstead Wood. I had a Munstead Wood growing in full sun throughout the past summer. It did not do much, but it did not die either. Another rose that handles heat well is Carding Mill. My climate is in between yours and Phoenix in terms of heat. As written above, mulch and drip irrigation set to water deeply is a must. Good Luck!! Lynn...See MoreHU-8442925
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