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Lessons learned buying some rare roses
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Posted by Fran_C Vic. Aust (My Page) on Sat, Mar 26, 05 at 2:28
I have learned much to my cost, that trawling some nurseries that stock REAL treasures in pots is the need to be careful if disappointment is to be avoided.
I pounced gleefully on some very unobtainable roses at different times, tap danced home and planted, only to find to my cost, that possiblt because these roses names are not instantly recognised by the "ordinary people" (no offence)
that unless someone looking for this particular rose comes along it sits in it's pot... for maybe two or three years.
Unless it's lifted and re potted each season while it wait for you to discover it - when you take it home and carefully plant it, instead of roaring into life and flowering like billyo... it's sits there in it's wheelchair, coughing asthmatically, and only avoiods being shovel pruned by throwing up one, just one, glorious bloom from it's stunted little form each year, just as you arrive with the spade..
I've been caught SO many times.. is it too much just to re-pot a non sold rose.. if it's one that makes the rare rose lover's eyes light up... surely.. but then - I suppose they know suckers like me will one day walk in and buy it.. and carry it's dwarfed little body away at considerable cost.. *sigh* |
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RE: Lessons learned buying some rare roses
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I know how you feel I have done the same with a Vibernam that I just had to have it was all rootbound no matter what I did it failed to grow after lots of encouragement & 3 years I tossed it I think we let these nurserys get away with it when we don;t complain
Jan. |
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Yeah Fran-always a letdown situation.
I have been caught with many plants-not just roses.
They rarely take off-even with a good root prune or tease out.
regards
sandie |
RE: Lessons learned buying some rare roses
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If only they just croaked it wouldn't be so bad.. but they just SIT THERE.. tempting you to keep going and lavishing them with all sorts of goodies.. (even more expence) and when you decide to kill them off.. one glorious bloom to remind you why you bought the &$%&#& thing in the first place.
I honestly think any plant unsold each year should be re-potted and root pruned...but they don't - there's suckers like me born every day... |
RE: Lessons learned buying some rare roses
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I have heard of this before. I don't have any experience but have wondered if taking the bush back to bare-root shape and size would make any difference? Any experienced rosies wish to comment on the idea?
Cheers
Judy |
RE: Lessons learned buying some rare roses
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- Posted by Karen_4 Cent Tablelands (My Page) on
Tue, Mar 29, 05 at 19:51
| Hi Fran. I had a idea that maybe if there was enough stem on the stunted roses you talk about, you could try to grow cuttings from them. Perhaps then they would have the young vigour to grow again. I remember Susan Irvine writting about taking cuttings off a very ancient rose bush and how well they grew. Maybe the rose would grow better on its own roots. |
RE: Lessons learned buying some rare roses
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| Cuttings or even grafting. |
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