Peony pop!
May. 18th, 2012 06:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tsubasahomeIt was too sunny to take pictures, but Coral Supreme and Buckeye Belle both popped today. Buckeye Belle is the most amazing color...dark blackish-red without a single hint of purple. I've never seen a red like that on a peony before. Maybe on some Chinese tree peonies, but on herbaceous peonies what they pass off as red is more like red-violet. I guess Paula Fay would be most aptly described as "cerise".
As far as the roses go, I planted Evelyn and Margo Koster today. I've heard Evelyn is finicky but at least I'm starting off with a good plant. I made sure to keep it out of the hot sun because I hear it doesn't like it. Funny...on the label it says Evelyn is not vigorous and prefers warmer climates, but from what I've heard from rose gardeners, it does better in colder climates! Maybe that's why it has a bad reputation? Northland Rosarium has it listed as cold hardy to Zone 2!
It makes me wonder if some of the harder to grow David Austin roses would do better in cooler than warmer climates. I've heard some are susceptible to rust but we don't get that here...we just get blackspot and powdery mildew. I'm very attracted to Glamis Castle but I've heard it's a horrible rose. I'd love a rose with white cuppy flowers...but I do NOT want a grafted David Austin rose. Especially not from the DA website. They've been sending people roses with RRD, for God's sake!
Heirloom, it seems, only has a fragrance in the morning.
As far as the roses go, I planted Evelyn and Margo Koster today. I've heard Evelyn is finicky but at least I'm starting off with a good plant. I made sure to keep it out of the hot sun because I hear it doesn't like it. Funny...on the label it says Evelyn is not vigorous and prefers warmer climates, but from what I've heard from rose gardeners, it does better in colder climates! Maybe that's why it has a bad reputation? Northland Rosarium has it listed as cold hardy to Zone 2!
It makes me wonder if some of the harder to grow David Austin roses would do better in cooler than warmer climates. I've heard some are susceptible to rust but we don't get that here...we just get blackspot and powdery mildew. I'm very attracted to Glamis Castle but I've heard it's a horrible rose. I'd love a rose with white cuppy flowers...but I do NOT want a grafted David Austin rose. Especially not from the DA website. They've been sending people roses with RRD, for God's sake!
Heirloom, it seems, only has a fragrance in the morning.
