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Does anyone grow R.
persica? I have never seen it for sale.
I have a miserable record as a rose grower.
That said, there are a few that have performed well for me--Little Mermaid, Buff
Beauty, and an Austin rose, Sir Rennie McIntosh. The first two I grew from
cuttings, the latter my husband bought for me. It's a weird lavender pink
color, very twiggy, not very fragrant, but I have to admire its persistent
flowering and general unfussiness.
What I would really like is something
that performs as well as these, is very fragrant, and good for
cutting.
The summer heat here tends to sunburn
or cook the flowers of many roses, and high shade is at a premium at my place
(i.e. it's already full of other plants).
-----Original Message-----
From:
grant <g*@ebold.com>
To:
m*@ucdavis.edu
<m*@ucdavis.edu>
Date:
Friday, February 02, 2001 11:50 PM
Subject: Med
roses
There are a number of roses that are native to the
Mediterranean area, and as Mr. Seals said, some of them are really only for
the collectors. Here is the list that I have compiled on those that are from
that region:
R. pimpinellifolia R.
hemisphaerica R. gallica R. villosa R.
tomentosa
R. rubiginosa R. inodora R.
sicula R. glutinosa R. micrantha R.
agrestis
R. serafinii R.
corymbifera R. pendulina R. sempervirens
For California, we have the following:
R. californica (one bush on the road here just
finished blooming again)
R. spithamea R.
gymnocarpa R. minutifolia
Some go under several names and there has always been
the problem of the lumpers creating scores of roses that have slight
differences.
There are several roses from the Med region that are
hybrids that do extremely well in the warmer regions of
California: 'La Mortola' , which can reach 80 ft, is from
R. gigantea and originated in the Med garden with that name.
'La Follette' is another one. Both are very healthy but need
room.
Of the 50-60 species roses I grow, all are healthy, never
need any care, rarely get any fertilizer, and I rely on the rain mostly to
water them, though on drought years I do supplement the
water. So many have beautiful hips and sometimes
nice foliage in the autumn. They give so much for so little
care.
Bill Grant, central coast
California
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