This is the best rose I have ever grown. The heat/humidity/bugs/disease can make growing roses in Atlanta Georgia tough! But this rose wa...Read Mores resistant to all those things. Has grown to a very large plant for me that stays constantly in bloom from April to Nov/Dec. blooms are very fragrant. I have it on a fence and it is 6ft by 8ft. I do not trim it. I have three of these roses and my experience has been the same with all of them. I also recommend Westerland and Autumn Sunset as these are very similar roses that have grown with the same vigor as Lemon Meringue. I don’t believe this rose is being produced any longer.
I have this rose growing in full sun of the most part. I've had it for about 4 years with sparse blooms here and there. This year it is ...Read Moreblooming like crazy. I pruned it back pretty severely last year and this Spring, I have so many blooms and buds on it. Not sure what I did b/c I don't fertilize it or anything other than trimmed it up. I love it!
Although 'Lemon Meringue' has not been a fast climber for me in zone 6a, it has weathered 3 very harsh winters with little dieback. It i...Read Mores a lovely, but not profuse, bloom.
Long Beach, CA (Zone 10a) | January 2009 | neutral
I chose this rose for a metal arbor because it was reportedly a heavy bloomer and covered quickly. It did cover quickly, but it sends ou...Read Moret the enormously long canes and has taken over the arbor it's growing on. "Pruning after bloom" only makes it send out even MORE of these huge canes which only produce blooms on the ends of the canes.
I keep experimenting on ways to control it and make it bloom more heavily, but so far, no luck. It has become the Beast that ate Cleveland !
This is the best rose I have ever grown. The heat/humidity/bugs/disease can make growing roses in Atlanta Georgia tough! But this rose wa...Read More
This is a lemon yellow sport of the popular Kordes rose "Westerland", and is very similar except for flower color.
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I have this rose growing in full sun of the most part. I've had it for about 4 years with sparse blooms here and there. This year it is ...Read More
Although 'Lemon Meringue' has not been a fast climber for me in zone 6a, it has weathered 3 very harsh winters with little dieback. It i...Read More
I chose this rose for a metal arbor because it was reportedly a heavy bloomer and covered quickly. It did cover quickly, but it sends ou...Read More