Rose Report.
Nov. 26th, 2011 11:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tsubasahomeIt's a nice, warm day, so the potted roses are spending the day outside. Nothing wants to go dormant, not even the roses planted in our yard.
Right now I have three roses in pots, a Sunny Kordana mini rose, Prairie Harvest, and Silver Shadows. Prairie Harvest will eventually go in the ground but I got it in the last week of October, so I figured it would be better to overwinter it in our unheated foyer. I'm planning on keeping Silver Shadows in a pot permanently, since its cold-hardiness is questionable(and our foyer reaches temperatures in the mid-thirties during a "normal" winter, which I'm hoping will keep the buggies at bay. I have to say, I've heard all sorts of bad things about Silver Shadows(though it has the highest RIR rating of all the lavender hybrid teas...7.2, which is kind of sad), but mine has grown 4 inches and popped a flower bud in the month I've had it! I don't get it...Northland Rosarium refers to it as bushy and vigorous, apparently Chamblee's has recommended to to people who go to their nursery in person...but a lot of rose-growers on message boards say it's a weak grower. I guess the heat of summer will be the best time to evaluate it...but right now it seems bushy and vigorous.
Julia Child was pretty battered by the pre-Halloween storm, but seems to have recovered from its stint with black spot. Simon Estes seems really tough, as does Aptos. Prairie Sunrise is puny but has sparkling green leaves growing out the base that weren't there before(and it's not a grafted rose). Crested Moss seemed to want to go dormant before all the other roses, but it's very much alive...all the canes turned purple and there's a new bud at the top...
Also, what is it with rabbits and Gallicas? They won't touch the other roses, but almost completely defoliated James Mason.
Right now I have three roses in pots, a Sunny Kordana mini rose, Prairie Harvest, and Silver Shadows. Prairie Harvest will eventually go in the ground but I got it in the last week of October, so I figured it would be better to overwinter it in our unheated foyer. I'm planning on keeping Silver Shadows in a pot permanently, since its cold-hardiness is questionable(and our foyer reaches temperatures in the mid-thirties during a "normal" winter, which I'm hoping will keep the buggies at bay. I have to say, I've heard all sorts of bad things about Silver Shadows(though it has the highest RIR rating of all the lavender hybrid teas...7.2, which is kind of sad), but mine has grown 4 inches and popped a flower bud in the month I've had it! I don't get it...Northland Rosarium refers to it as bushy and vigorous, apparently Chamblee's has recommended to to people who go to their nursery in person...but a lot of rose-growers on message boards say it's a weak grower. I guess the heat of summer will be the best time to evaluate it...but right now it seems bushy and vigorous.
Julia Child was pretty battered by the pre-Halloween storm, but seems to have recovered from its stint with black spot. Simon Estes seems really tough, as does Aptos. Prairie Sunrise is puny but has sparkling green leaves growing out the base that weren't there before(and it's not a grafted rose). Crested Moss seemed to want to go dormant before all the other roses, but it's very much alive...all the canes turned purple and there's a new bud at the top...
Also, what is it with rabbits and Gallicas? They won't touch the other roses, but almost completely defoliated James Mason.
