RE: Rose Suckers (the pun is just too much!)
- To: "'perennials@mallorn.com'"
- Subject: RE: Rose Suckers (the pun is just too much!)
- From: S* S*
- Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 10:03:39 -0700
Therese Bugnet is really beautiful and usually one of the first roses to
bloom in my garden. I love the purple winter stems too and last year
planted an early blooming clematis, (macropetala - a pink variety) that will
bloom well in advance of the rose on those bare purple stems. The clematis
is only about 1' tall this year, but it's blooming and I think it will be a
nice combination.
Susan Saxton, zone 6b
For mine is just a little old fashioned garden where the
flowers come together to praise the Lord and teach all
who look upon them to do likewise.
Celia Thaxter
I AM in shape. ROUND is a shape!
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> From: lowery@teamzeon.com [l*@teamzeon.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 19, 1999 9:28 AM
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Rose Suckers (the pun is just too much!)
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> Valerie Lowery@ZEON
> 04/19/99 12:28 PM
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> Actually, the rose I was referring to is an own-root rugosa, which are
> known to sucker quite extensively in gardens it likes. It is
> a 'Therese
> Bugnet'. Beautiful red canes in the winter and a main flush
> of soft pink
> fragrant blooms in spring, with sporatic re-bloom if
> conditions are right
> for it. I have several more rugosas, but none have spread
> like this one.
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> Unfortunately a lot of hybrid tea roses are grafted onto much
> hardier stock
> (thus Nan's warning!). I dislike these roses because they
> require so much
> time to fool with (i.e., spraying for blackspot, bugs,
> mildew, etc) that
> I've reverted to roses that require little care. Rugosas are
> so hardy and
> care-free that they are almost always sold own-root. I've never seen
> otherwise, but I suppose some nursery out there may be the exception.
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> Val in KY
> zone 6a
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