Re: Re: roses

Marge - that 'Knockout' rose flourishes in just 3 hours sun at my place.
Blooms nicely too. It actually lived up to its billing, I was impressed.

It doesn't laugh at blackspot however.  It will get some just like the others.

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Marge Talt" <mtalt@hort.net>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Mon, 24 Mar 2003 22:40:28 -0500

>Thanks, Kitty...I'm always on the lookout for roses that might take
>some shade:-)  Your original post inspired me to do some looking last
>night and it appears that Hybrid musks will do well in some
>shade...found several I would like to have and am fantasizing about
>actually having a rose garden of note:-)  Currently have a couple of
>Rugosas and many more multiflora wildings than I really want - would
>much prefer having something like your guy growing up shrubs and
>trees!
>
>Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
>mtalt@hort.net
>Editor:  Gardening in Shade
>-----------------------------------------------
>Current Article: Wild, Wonderful Aroids Part 4 - Arisaema
>http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/shade_gardening
>------------------------------------------------
>Complete Index of Articles by Category and Date
>http://mtalt.hort.net/article-index.html
>------------------------------------------------
>All Suite101.com garden topics :
>http://www.suite101.com/topics.cfm/635
>
>----------
>> From: Kitty <kmrsy@earthlink.net>
>> 
>> It is planted on the south side of the well-limbed-up tree where it
>> could get some good sun when it was young. It traveled up the tree
>and
>> out onto the southern branches to reach the light and then cascades
>out
>> over the Maple leaves, blooming only once. Part of it has also gone
>to
>> the east and the cascades come down under the tree's canopy, but
>still
>> do bloom. So, yes, I guess it can take some shade. However, here in
>Zone
>> 5, there's a certain amount of dieback as with any rose and
>trimming it
>> up in the tree can be difficult. That's one of the reasons I bought
>the
>> telescoping pruner. Training it was sticky as the canes would
>rather
>> lean south toward the sun rather than north to the tree.
>
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
>message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
>
>

--
Pam Evans
Kemp TX/zone 8A



--

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index