Re: new Drift roses?
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  • Subject: Re: new Drift roses?
  • From: T*@aol.com
  • Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 21:34:25 EDT
I purchased a couple, they don't appear to be scraggly or weak at all, and  
already over a foot tall.  So I'm hoping that you are correct.  I  really 
need them to be taller.  I could not resist buying them after seeing  them 
though.  They are a lot more robust than the regular miniature roses  that I 
have.  We'll see...guess I'll find out.
Thanks Cathy and Kitty...
Noreen
zone 9
Texas Gulf Coast
 
In a message dated 5/2/2010 10:51:08 AM Central Daylight Time,  
kmrsy@comcast.net writes:

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.

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