This is a public-interest archive. Personal data is pseudonymized and retained under GDPR Article 89.

Re: Roses

I was always under the impression that Double Blanc De Courbert (sp?) was
a recurrent/repeat bloomer.  Not true?  Pls advise Tia 

    Steve  graf@aldus.northnet.org
    usda zone 4b/5a in the beautiful Champlain Valley of NY 
                 ---------------------------------------

       A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.
                                       Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
                         ----------------------
      
       Minds are like parachutes.  They both work best when open.                    
       
                    --------------------------------     
          Remember!  Child rearing does not end in conception. 

On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Marge Talt wrote:

> Well, I have been growing Rosa rugosa 'Belle Poitevine' (pink flowers) and
> Rosa rugosa 'Blanc Double de Coubert' (white flowers) as well as Rosa
> damascena bifera (light pink flowers) for probably nearly 15 years and
> never have any of them shown any blackspot or other problems bar the few
> aphids in spring.  All are highly fragrant; bloom once (I know R. d. bifera
> is *supposed* to rebloom in fall, but hasn't) and are not good for cutting,
> but decorative in the garden.  I don't get the decorative hips on the
> rugosas, either....but I'm not complaining.
> 
> They put up with partial shade, sporadic feeding and my hot, muggy summers
> which are probably a lot like yours, if not worse.  They have been bone
> hardy for me...I'm quite fond of these guys.  The two rugosas want to be
> pretty tall plants.  My only complaint with the damascena is that I need to
> stake it - but this could be due to its being grown in partial shade at the
> foot of a greedy yew hedge.
> 
> I also grow R. glauca, primarily for the foliage, although the single dark
> rose flowers are attractive in a quiet way.  Never any blackspot, but the
> few Japanese Beetles I do get seem to hone in on her.  She does produce
> hips and seeds around pretty freely.
> 
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> mtalt@clark.net
> Editor:  Gardening in Shade
> http://www.suite101.com/frontpage/frontpage.cfm?topicID=222
> Gardening Topic Index for Suite101:
> http://www.suite101.com/userfiles/79/gardening.html
> 
> ----------
> > From: LONDE@aol.com
> > Date: Friday, June 12, 1998 1:13 PM
> > 
> > Well I finally did it -- pulled out my "disease-resistant" Bourbon roses
> which
> > were covered with black spot for the third year in a row.   I refuse to
> grow
> > wretched weaklings that must be pampered and sprayed to survive.  There
> are
> > just too many wonderful plants that one can grow without having to poison
> the
> > environment to do so.  
> > 
> > Can anyone suggest truly disease-resistant roses to replace them?  Here
> in St.
> > Louis (zone 6) with our hot, humid summers, I have had wonderful luck
> with my
> > priaire rose, Rosa setigea, and other wild species roses.  Rosa setigera
> is
> > native to Missouri.  I don't feed it, prune it or even water it and it
> > thrives!  They are great, but, alas, have a short blooming season.
> > 
> > 'The Fairy' is covered with blooms from May to hard frost in my garden
> and is
> > disease and trouble free.  What a joy!  
> > 
> > Michael Dirr has high praise for R. rugosa 'Frau Dagmar Hastrup'.  Is
> anyone
> > growing that one, and if so, is it really disease-resistant?  
> > 
> > Any other suggestions?  
> > 
> > --Janis
> > 
> > 
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
> > message text UNSUBSCRIBE WOODYPLANTS
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
> message text UNSUBSCRIBE WOODYPLANTS
> 

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE WOODYPLANTS
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index