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Simplicity Roses





Valerie Lowery@ZEON
03/12/98 08:32 AM

Hi to everyone!

I'm thinking about purchasing six pink Jackson & Perkins' Simplicity Roses
to put along a five foot high chain link fence to cover it up and give me
some privacy from the street traffic.  Supposedly they will bloom all
summer and will need no extra care.  I live in zone 6a, Louisville, KY.
The hybrid teas don't do well for me due to blackspot, but I have no
problem with rugosas and some shrubs.  An English rose I have (Fair Bianca)
does OK for me, too.

Questions:  has anyone grown these before?  Any problems?  Do they grow
fast and how long does it take to get to five foot (or does it?).  And just
what is the classification for this rose, i.e., is it a shrub, floribunda,
or what?  Any cultivation hints you can give me for it?

Much, much thanks to anyone who can help me out.  I want to place an order
soon for this rose, or if anyone has a suggestion as to a better bushy rose
to screen out a 5' fence, let me know.  I saw the list of disease-resistant
roses...anything on that list fit this bill?

Valerie
Zone 6a (where it is colder than kraut at 12 degrees)
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