I am giving 22 of them the "Rev Recommends" designation. These are roses that I have grown and have proven themselves over time as offering beauty, disease resistance, and are not real fussy. If your growing conditions are more extreme please do your research to make sure they are fitting for you. I have linked each name to the helpmefind.com page to make this easier. Others on my list may be too new to me to really recommend or they may have some flaws that I am willing to deal with that keep them from reaching to top of my list. So here it is.
Tattooed Lady, click on the image and take a closer look at what's hiding in there. |
Miniature Roses
- Autumn Splendor Rev Recommends
- Green Ice Rev Recommends
- Lavender Crystal *Too young for evaluation
- Raindow's End, Cl. Rev Recommends
- Tattooed Lady Rev Recommends
- Twister Rev Recommends
- Winsome Rev Recommends
Polyanthas
- The Fairy Rev Recommends
Moss
- Treasure Trail Rev Recommends
- Unconditional Love Rev Recommends
Floribunda
- Ebb Tide Rev Recommends
- Scentimental *Too young for evaluation
Climber
Hybrid Tea
Hybrid Bracteata
- Golden Buddha Rev Recommends
- Precious Dream Rev Recommends
Hybrid Perpetual
Hybrid Rugosa
- Linda Campbell *Too young for evaluation
- Moore's Striped Rugosa *Too young for evaluation
Hybrid Musk
- Buff Beauty Rev Recommends
- Jeri Jennings *Too young for evaluation
- Lavender Lassie Rev Recommends
English Roses
- Abraham Darby Rev Recommends
- Charles Rennie Mackintosh *Too young for evaluation
- Heritage Rev Recommends
- Jude the Obscure *Too young for evaluation
- Pat Austin *Too young for evaluation
- St. Swithun Rev Recommends
- Tradescant Rev Recommends
Shrub
- Braveheart *Too young for evaluation
- DayDream Rev Recommends
- Rhapsody in Blue Rev Recommends
- Siren's Keep *Too young for evaluation
- Vineyard Song Rev Recommends
What zone are you in?
ReplyDeleteWe are on the edge of zones 6/7. How about you?
ReplyDeleteI'm 7a. I suppose it is dry there? The reason you have success with Austins. They are extremely difficult here. BS magnets.
ReplyDeleteYour zone would be perfect for HP's.
Are you total organic, or do you spray?
Yeah, we are pretty dry here, especially this year. Gertrude Jekyll, Fair Bianca, and Vi's Violet are my blackspot problems. I'm somewhat organic. I will spray my BS offenders once or twice a year or to kill thrips and I use organic soil supplements with occassional MiracleGrow on the end of a hose a couple of times a year. Back to the BS, I began spraying my rose with the water hose a couple of times a week (leaves and all) and believe it or not it keeps the BS down. Something Paul Zimmermann mentioned last year but I have been doing it for a while and it works.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting list. I love the Austin's. Like Jim, they suffer from BS something bad in my 7b garden. As they age, it seems to get better. Great post.
ReplyDeleteYou guys got me curious about our rain totals compared to your areas. Our area of Oklahoma has an average rain fall of 36". How does that compare to your areas? When it rains, it rains and when it doesn't the skies are clear. We don't have many cloudy days.
ReplyDeleteThis was lovely to reaad
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