Re: new Drift roses?
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  • Subject: Re: new Drift roses?
  • From: &* <k*@comcast.net>
  • Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 11:46:03 -0500
I can't help but...
that picture makes them appear long-shooted scraggly IMO. And they always use their best photos for these things. I take it you want to do little pruning for height? These look like they wouldn't get tall, that they're more inclined to grow laterally or that the stems/branches are soft/weak so they stay short but go wide. One site said: "Grows to 1'H to 2'H in one year with fuller growth in second year, with a 2'W to 3'W spread". If you prune for control and to encourage branching, I wonder if that would make the stems thicker at the base and thus stand taller. Can't win for losin'. 
Just some thoughts.

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- From: <TeichFauna@aol.com> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 8:46 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] new Drift roses?
They've been out for a couple years now, put out by the same growers as the 
Knock Out roses.  The Drift are a cross between a miniature and oh
crikey...don't get old....can't remember a thing from one moment to
another.....a
hedge perhaps?  I dont' know, I'll look up the link and send  it.
N
P.S. here it is, with info.  Says they get only 1-2 foot.  But my
experience is that usually things tend to grow bigger than expected in warmer climates....thus was wondering if anyone had grown these. They sound great, but I need a rose that gets to 3-4 max. is everblooming, disease resistent, etc. These would work if they grew larger. South Tx. is not an easy place 
to grow Roses, but the Knock Out do exceptionally well.
_DriftB.  Ground Cover Roses b The Next Big Thing for Small Gardens_
(http://www.conard-pyle.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/srhome.showpage/pageID/72/in
dex.htm
)

In a message dated 5/1/2010 4:15:22 PM Central Daylight Time,
cathycrc@comcast.net writes:

Are they  similar to those "carpet roses"?
Cathy, west central IL,  z5b

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