Northeast Gardening: It's SPRING!!!!! Yippee!, 1 by kdcon

kdcon wrote:
Victor, I keep the Mackenzie's pruned to about 6' x 6' so I can still see out the window. The One down below is growing up a trellis toward the deck. That one was 18" tall 3 yrs. ago and now has reached 9ft.. They only die back a few inches on the tips every winter as they are very "cane hardy". Most of the Austins die back to 6"/8" of the ground but come back quick to between 3 ft. to 5ft. depending on which one. This winter they have had a steady 18"/24" minimum snow cover ( a great mulch ) so I would expect a lot less dieback. A good rock solid rose for this zone. Here is the one in front of the window just before bloom. kdcon