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  • From: "Marge Talt" <mtalt@hort.net>
  • To: "gardenwriters-on-gardening" <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [gwl-g] In need of a rose
  • Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 02:13:37 -0400

I'd suggest one of the Rugosas - hardy, disease free, highly fragrant
and my herd of deer never touched mine while they consumed a damask
nearby - also never have had any insect damage of any kind -
including Jap. beetle. I've had 'Belle Poitevine' for over 20 years
- it, however, is more pink than red. I know there are some reds out
there; just don't have the names available - Google image Rosa
rugosa and see if they appeal to you. Rugosas require no pruning
except removal of dead wood and my plants have been lucky to get a
bit of manure once every 3-4 years...low maintenance in the rose
dept. 'B P' is about 8' tall - more a vertical plant than horizontal
although branches bow out a bit when weighed down with flowers.
Other clones have different shapes.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
Shadyside Garden Designs


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From: Hamptongar@aol.com
I haven't intentionally grown any roses in at least 20 years.
Between the
deer browsing them down to nothing and the chemicals needed to keep
anything
that survives bambi and company...they've just been to much trouble.
In their
place we now have zillions of peonies. BUT, there's a spot at my
place in
upstate NY (zone 5 where I still have some daffodils just opening up)
where
I'd like to plant a large shrub rose that will eventually fill a
space about
five feet or more in diameter. Prerequisites: I'll feed as
necessary, prune
annually if needed but it's got to be disease resistant...oh and of
course red
to reddish and somewhat fragrant.

Deer are not an issue at this location and neither are Japanese
beetles.
Had one deer in the past year...a fawn that fell asleep on my back
porch.
Haven't seen a Japanese beetle in the area in the three years I've
had the
property.

Is this baby out there? Open to any and all suggestions.



Andrew Messinger
The Hampton Gardener is a registered trade mark and is published
every
Thursday in The Southampton Press and The Press.
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