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Re: Simplicity Roses

lowery@teamzeon.com wrote:
> 
> 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)
Dear Valerie,
Pink Simplicity will get blackspot. This a very dry 6a, and I managed it
in late season. They do grow to that size in a couple of years. They are
a shrub and only like light pruning. They do bloom all summer, and make
for a lovely hedge. Treat them as you would a tea: mulch in winter and
you'll be fine.
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