This rose is quite( zone 3 ) hardy however it seems to suffer terribly from botrytis .The buds do not open when even the slightest amount...Read More of water contacts them .This one is going in the trash . We have alkaline soil ph 7.7 and the flowers are red rather than orange .
This is a quite hardy shrub rose. It survives a NE Wisconsin Zone 5 winter with only leaf-mulch protection. In general, what is buried b...Read Morey the mulch survives, while what is above the mulch dies.
I have had one for many years and it keeps on growing and blooming. But my rose has a problem. According to the catalog where I bought it, it is supposed to be blaze orange. Mine is... pink. It seems as if every time I have a rose that is not true to color, it ends up pink. The pink is tinted toward red and is not all that attractive, but I keep the rose because it is hardy.
Positive rating for toughness and survival; negative rating for the actual flowers. I've had this shrub rose in my garden for the last 6...Read More years or so, and I don't think I've ever had a bloom that actually opened. The petals stick together and do not open, eventually turning into little brown buds and then falling off the plant. I will be replacing this with a variety as soon as I can.
This rose is quite( zone 3 ) hardy however it seems to suffer terribly from botrytis .The buds do not open when even the slightest amount...Read More
This is a quite hardy shrub rose. It survives a NE Wisconsin Zone 5 winter with only leaf-mulch protection. In general, what is buried b...Read More
Positive rating for toughness and survival; negative rating for the actual flowers. I've had this shrub rose in my garden for the last 6...Read More
Canadian-bred Parkland series rose.