HELP. I discovered last evening that I have a beautiful Confederate Rose - double flower and they are pink. Recently I saw on some thread - I'm forever touring the forums and lurking - about Confederate Roses and one in particular was about a CR that didn't go thru the white stage. As this was strange, I naturally remembered it. Now I can't find the forum or thread. The birds seem to have planted this CR of mine as it is behind a big loquot and some oleanders under a high wire in the back yard and I never would have seen it had it not been so vivid that it shown thru that foliage. We have recently moved into this house and I am still discovering treasures such as this flower. One part of the plant is about 10-12' high and has flowers and the lower branch is about 6' high w/flowers. The flowers last night were a lovely dark pink. I really want to know how to keep this flower, propagate it so that I can have one out in the open where it can be seen - just everything. I checked on PlantFiles and there wasnt' anything about double CRs. They just showed single ones. Maybe I have the wrong flower but I don't think so. I have seen too many of them growing altho I have not had the pleasure of having one myself. Any help you can be would be so appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Ann
I'm in a quandry again and need your
no expert here but how about taking cuttings from the branches that [produced the flower you want to keep??
What I know about cuttings would go over a small freckle and leave room. There are a few things I know about taking cuttings from but not from that. I guess I'll wait until it stops blooming, tho. Thanks for the advice.
Ann
I grow several CF each year. I do it either of 2 ways. After the bloom cycle, I let the blooms dry up and collect the seeds then plant them when it warms up. The seeds come up within 10 days. Next way is to take cuttings about March. This way it trims the tree the way I want it to look. I just plant the cuttings (about 6") in soil or lay them sideways in soil. They always come up for me. Another way to get new trees is to let them self sow. I have small trees coming up all over my flower beds all year long. You should not have any problem with any way you decide as you are not that far from me.....good luck
Susie
Ann... I have one of the double Confederate rose in pink. It starts pink and turns a darker pink. Very pretty. I am not good at cuttings either. The gal that gave me mine years ago always takes cuttings in the fall and puts them in a large jar or pail full of water. She places them in a cool, dim area and ignores them. Only checks occasionally to make sure the water hasn't evaporated. They will sprout roots and tiny leaves. When they start rooting, she moves them to a moist potting soil so the roots will get stronger before planting in ground. I love them. It would take very little effort to try rooting in this manner. You might well be successful. Mine is 8 - 10 feet tall and for some reason rarely makes seed.
Pod, that picture of the CR looks just like mine. It's really beautiful and stands out in an all green landscape. We had another coming up in the front flower bed and I was so thrilled but our gardener saw it and thought it was a weed so we no longer have it. Geeeeeezz!! I have had to forbid him to clean out the flower beds telling him that I want the pine straw left in there for mulch and I don't want the bushes trimmed every month: the blooms from the lorapetulum (sp) and the azalea are being diminished because of the thoroughness of the crew in doing our yard. I told him that I would tell him when I wanted things pruned and trimmed. Hope that works.
Ann
Good luck with the gardeners. Their intentions are good but these days, I think they lean more toward lawn maintenance and are not truly knowledgeable gardeners. When the Confederate roses are done blooming, ask your gardener to take a few cuttings and give rooting them a try. And do let us know how it does.
Last fall I bought a small single white blooming Confederate rose and this fall it has bloomed well although it is only 3-4 feet tall.
