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Is Bonica acting strangely ???
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Posted by ashmeri Cent. Qld.Aust. (My Page) on Fri, Sep 23, 05 at 1:11
I have been wondering if this growth is a sign of how big Bonica can grow or is it just a bit of enthusiasm after a good feed of fertiliser.
It comes from above some of the other shoots above the graft and has a bunch of flower buds at the top, nearly five and a half feet long.
This is one of the mini roses I bought, Sunset.
Marion |
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RE: Is Bonica acting strangely ???
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| Maybe you have a climbing sport? It would be interesting to see if it continues to go up. You would have plenty of people wanting cuttings :-) |
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| Bonica can get quite tall here, I've seen a shrub of it reach close to 2 metres tall by about 1.5 metres wide. I think it would make an excellent hedge if left to grow tall. It does tend to throw out long canes - which I'm finding with a standard Bonica I won at a fete a couple of years ago. Good thing you had a tall stake ready! Von. |
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Marion how wonderful. I wish my two Bonica's would grow like that.
Mine are four year old Patio standards but they would be the smallest out of all my roses.
Your mini Sunset is very pretty, and sure looks like its name..Cheers..MM. |
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| I had the same experience as Yvonne with long canes shooting out of my Bonicas quite regularly. Problem was, I found that if I left them on, they got a huge cluster of flowers at the end but the rest of the bush got thin and straggly. Once I started cutting the long canes back regularly, the plants bushed up again and performed better overall. |
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- Posted by lozza Vic. Oz. (My Page) on
Fri, Sep 23, 05 at 18:30
| Well, I would have to suspect from the information given that you have a Hybrid Musk for Bonica. Perpetuation of misnamed roses is not unknown in this world. Personally I have never known it to behave like this. I suggest that you post a pic of the bloom. A detectable fragrance will prove that it is not Bonica, which is scentless, and possibly confirm Hybrid Musk, if any perceptible muskiness is present. |
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- Posted by ashmeri Cent. Qld.Aust. (My Page) on
Sat, Sep 24, 05 at 3:27
Thank you all, this rose growing is quite exciting and interesting isn't it ?
Lozza I went and had a smell and there is no perfume at all, which is sad really as I am hoping to get perfumed roses.
This is the rose that is on it now, quite and old on and ready to be taken off.
and these are the flowers on it when I bought the plant.
Marion |
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| That just has to be Bonica with those flowers... |
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- Posted by lozza Vic. Oz. (My Page) on
Sat, Sep 24, 05 at 4:14
RE: Is Bonica acting strangely ???
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| Marion At Treloar's display garden in Portland there is an old Bonica which covers a shed. It's vast. I couldn't really reconcile that with the photos I've seen of Bonica, but maybe yours is like that one. Got a shed handy? |
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- Posted by ashmeri Cent. Qld.Aust. (My Page) on
Sat, Sep 24, 05 at 7:45
Oh dear, looks as though I cut it back or let it go.
Trust me to get a bit of a rogue to start with.
And to think the plant is still in a large pot just waiting for me to let it out into the ground.
I will keep you posted .LOL
Marion |
RE: Is Bonica acting strangely ???
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Woah,I vote we get this monster mutation cranking.
Plant the sucker in the paddock next to a leaky tap,throw fertiliser at it every time you walk past, and hold on baby! |
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