Comments on: Why grow a rose?

By: nancy

nancy — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:02:50 +0000

if anyone here lives in bc, you absolutely MUST visit select roses!!! it’s a paradise of cascading rose bushes and clematises, and by far the best rose nursery i’ve ever seen! the roses to chose from are the healthiest, sturdiest, big plants with clean leaves and huge healthy root systems…and brad jalbert is very knowledgeable and a pleasure to talk to. i will never buy another spindly wimpy overpriced rose from a big box garden store again, there is just no comparison. oh and go in the afternoon when the sun doesn’t wash out the colors too much and bring your camera! <3

By: Dee/reddirtramblings

Dee/reddirtramblings — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:35:08 +0000

Andrea, I’m so glad you’ve found it in your heart to consider a rose for your garden. If you want some help, let me know. I’m here and ready. My Mom’s name is Rose by the way . . . .~~~Dee

By: germi

germi — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:00:31 +0000

I am excited to see which rose you choose! Maybe you’ll want Rosa ‘Tipsy Imperial Concubine’ – the name ALONE! Or maybe Rosa glauca, with the most amazing bluish gray foliage. There are so many! Let us know which one wins the prize of being included in the Heavy Petal Garden!

XOXO

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:01:54 +0000

I agree that you just need to find the right one.

Of the four I planted when I moved in only one is the right one. The rest I’m going to replace.

The right one is a rugosa robusta. Fantasic rose. I do nothing but chop it back a bit in the spring and it grows big and fast and blooms all season. When they were all attacked by aphids only the rugosa laughed them off.

I’m in love with it.

By: nancy

nancy — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:42:53 +0000

awwwwww, thank you again and again andrea…!!!
i’m glad i convinced you – roses can be very misunderstood, but times change and plants are very adaptable to modern needs.

i can’t wait to attend the rose show and i am absolutely ecstatic about picking out a few new roses for my patio! they will replace the ones that last winter killed and i’ve learned my lesson not to ever leave them out uncovered in their containers – they saturate with water and then freeze, like all other things, no matter how hardy. so cover up during the cold months and refrain from watering.

anyway, you made my day, and then years of blooms to come! heehee! :-D

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:30:06 +0000

I just bought my first rose this year. I always felt they required too much work, pruning and were risky in a cold winter area. I decided that I wanted a climbing rose on one of the original trellises on my house and bought one from a nursery in my area that only sells roses grown on their own root stock (not grafted). So I can cut it back to the ground with out worrying that it will come back wild and it doesn't need to be mulched in the winter. Easy maintenance rose.