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Re: Roses

After trying a bunch of roses in Z5 I have decided that
(per my tastes) the following are the only ones worth
growing (I know at least one of these has been discussed
but wanted to add my 2 cents).

    Rosa glauca - I particularly like this in lightly shaded
        woodland where the leaves take on a beautiful
        bluish color.  In the woodland, it still flowers well
        and the flowers seem to fit in there. Mine have
        been completely trouble free.

    Rosa hugonis - The most beautiful shade of yellow.
        I'm not good with color descriptions but I think
        this is called primrose yellow.  Mine is paired with
        2 huge rhubarbs which bloom concurrently in a
        creamy color.  The combo is stunning.  I did have
        some winter damage in one of the ten years I have
        grown it.

Other roses I continue to grow:

    Rosa "Climbing Blaze Improved" - Grows 15' into a
        Gleditsia and blooms reliably after the hardest
        winters.  Never any trouble with it, but I am not
        fond of the bright red color.  But I keep it because
        climbing roses that are hardy here are hard to find.

    Rosa "Altissimo" - Another hardy quasi-climber one that 
        emerge out of the weeds with showy deep pink/yellow
        blooms in late summer.  I like this rose but haven't
        found the right place for it.

    There is some species rose I grow that has big red showy
        thorns but I can't remember the name.  It's grown for the
        thorns.

    'Paul's Himalayan Musk" stays small for me.  I think it's a
        little out of it's hardiness range.  The flowers are reliable
        but are sort of  dull so I wouldn't recommend it in this zone.

I have given up on Rugosa roses because of the Japanese
beetles.  They devour the buds and I never get good
flowers as a result.  I have discussed this with others
who do no seem to have this problem.  Interestingly,
they never bother my R. glauca.

My wife grows some others but none have impressed me much.

         

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