Re: off to roses
- Subject: Re: off to roses
- From: E*@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 01:31:57 EDT
In a message dated 7/2/02 11:19:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
justme@prairieinet.net writes:
<< William Baffin Rose-- heard about it somewhere (maybe here) but could
not find it locally. Is it a specialty rose or ? >>
It is sold locally here, in nurseries that have very extensive collections or
very good quality plants. Otherwise, it is in any rose catalog under the
category usually called Canadian Explorers or roses named for explorers in
Canada and developed there.
It is a semi-double dark pink which will grow into a very large shrub and
bloom all summer with a second heavy flush in fall or it can be trained as a
climber over an arch. It can grow very large, not a little bush at all.
The main attraction of William Baffin is that it does not lose wood in the
winter regardless of the cold or in our case cold wind conditions. It is
also easy to root and new cutting can be made all summer.
There are more beautiful and refined roses but none hardier or more reliable
than William Baffin for zone 3 and 4 climates. I believe there is a rating
system for roses, 1 through 10. There may not be many 10's, I do not recall,
however Baffin is a #9. We have had several of these for years and never
lose any canes right through to the tips.
I can report that found the first JB's here today. We still have a lot of
rose bloom. Usually it is on the wane when they arrive and we cut the roses
back severely. This has been a strange year. We have 94 degrees today and
that did it. Looking at the weather map, the whole country is very hot
(sigh).
Claire Peplowski
NYS z4
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