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Re: Duchesse de Brabant

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> From: Keith Romanczyk <berlin@wycol.com>

> > Duchesse de Brabant is my favorite OGR (so far)..
> > 
> > Patty
> > zone 8b
> > Louisiana
>  
> Nice photo, lovely flower.

Thanks!  : )
> 
> It's on my list of "must haves" for next Spring.  My favorite this year
was
> Jacques Cartier.  This was it's first year and the thing looked awful for
> the longest time.  I was getting ready to yank and relocate it when it
took
> off, surpassing everything near it.  Good performer, excellent fragrance
> and a beautiful, large flower.  My only Portland rose so far; will get
more
> as they're hardy to zone 4.  This rose also has great "shrub"
> characteristics.  And, I never saw blackspot on it!

Hmm..I saw Jaques Cartier this past spring at, of all places, Kmart while
picking up my summer annuals!  This is a rose I've been wanting for a long
time.  I wonder how it would perform here in the "Bayou State"...
> 
> BTW, calling a rose "my favorite" is a relative term.  You'll hear me say
> that a lot, to the point of contradiction.

I know exactly what you mean!  : p
> 
> I'll be contributing to the blackspot topic as I get more organized.  I'm
> getting picky about what I'll tolerate for the sake of a bloom.  With
over
> a hundred bushes, and 30-40 in the works, I need as few problems as
> possible.

Wow.  You really have your hands full then.  What is your fertilizing
regimen?  I have about 50 roses, all total... a mixture of HT's,
Floribundas, OGR's, etc.  Black spot is a challenge, but I find if I spray
consistently in the spring, it's usually just a matter of picking off the
rare infested leaf during the summer.  Also, I try to "visit" the roses
daily, though this year, I must admit, I've been a bit lax.

Patty
Louisiana
> 
> 
> keith, zone 5, WNY
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