Re: species roses-shade
If it's possible, "The Fairy" (at least the pink one) blooms TOO much! :)
It also sort of stops blooming in the dog days of summer and blooms much
better in the cooler days of May/June and September/October. Mine bloomed,
this year, 'til AFTER the first freeze!
Rosemary in the mountains of Eastern, KY
zone 6a
At 02:55 PM 12/30/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Marilyn, I've heard so many great things about "The Fairy" that I'm not
>surprised it's a shade-lover too. Is there any flaw at all in this
>rose?! BTW, it's been on my "give up and buy" list for a while now,
>although not for shade purposes.
>Alicia, zone 4
>
>> Alicia, I have a polyantha that blooms very well with only about 2
hours of
>> afternoon sun. It is the 'The Fairy', masses of nickel sized candy pink
>> roses from June until frost. Disease free and requires little pruning.
>> Mine is 20+ years old and about 4'x 6'. I'm surprized they don't list
it as
>> a shade rose.
>> Marilyn Dube'
>> NATURAL DESIGN PLANTS
>> Hardy Perennials, Choice Tropicals
>> Portland, Oregon, Zone 8b
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