Re: summer roses
> "William A. Grant" wrote:
>
> Many kinds of roses do well in hot summer weather (not so well in
> humid hot summer weather). It is important to mulch heavily and water
> regularly to get the best results. Chinas and Teas do exceptionally
> well and are mostly disease free. A few HTs that are virus-free do
> well. HyMusks are good candidates. Own-root roses always do better for
> me than the budded ones. I do not buy roses at garden centers or
> nurseries because most of them are virused. And these are the ones
> that suffer in the heat/stress. grant@cruzio.com
>
We here up in the hills have a very mild summer climate with temps
rarely going over 25C (77F). However even at this temperature I find
most summer roses are less brighly coloured and do not last so well as
those which grow when the weather is cooler, particularly the autumn
crop.
Interestingly though, China roses do seem to find my climate too cool
for their liking with a lot of balling, so much so I have stopped
growing them and given away the ones I had to a gardener in a much
hotter district right on the coast.
Hybrid musks I have found very good for warm weather flowering, not
least because, unlike most roses, they are happy to grow in moderately
shady situations.
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand. (on the "Ring of Fire" in the SW Pacific).
Lat. 41:16S Long. 174:58E. Climate: Mediterranean/Temperate
