Re: [Rose-list] Re: Hopeless Gardener-holic

**"* R* F* <a*@erols.com>**

rosenlund wrote:
> 
> Wow... so Tradescant is a big rose?  I've been looking for a nice
> dark red rose. I have William Shakespeare and it gets terrible
> blackspot.  Mother just gave me L.D Braitwaite, so I'm not sure about
> him yet. I don't think either is quite as dark Tradescant (least in
> the catalog).

Funny thing about this rose: the American nurseries (the J&P catalog for
one) say it's a three-footer, just right for the front of a bed. The
David Austin catalog I bought somewhere, "100 English roses for the
American garden", says it could get to 8 ft, with 6 ft in breadth. When
it arrived, I thought "Hmmmm" as I looked at the incredibly sturdy and
lusty-looking root stock.

So I planted it by itself at one end, with room for either possibility.
So far, it's spread quite happily, in spite of being dug up in a theft
attempt (Grand theft, Roses--but that's another story) and I've had to
move all the other plants I put in around it. Looks like the height will
come. Bloomed the first year, too: gorgeous, dark red, with a glorious
rose fragrance. I pegged it, by the way. The *blooms* I don't mind
people having. I just objected to someone trying to make off with the
whole plant! 

Anthony Franks
Takoma Park, Md.

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