![]() I’d already shovel pruned several non-performers, like ‘Aromatherapy,’ ‘La France’ and ‘Hot Cocoa’ earlier in the season and replaced them with more disease resistant varieties.In years past, nothing could hurt her, not even me.Ī couple of other notations should be made: In all fairness to the Beast (as I lovingly call her), I pruned ‘New Dawn’ heavily earlier in spring, and she had just sprouted abundant, new growth, which is the most susceptible. ‘Rio Samba’ truly is a warm weather girl. ‘Rio Samba,’ both shrubs which are located on the East side of the house, but not next to it, suffered a lot of leaf burn even with total covering to the ground. Under the inauspicious title of “ Most Damaged” are: ‘Sophy’s Rose,’ a minimal amount of leaf burn (East border, south end 1st tier next to the house) Freeze dried 'Rio Samba' foliage ‘Heritage’ had some new leaf damage (East border, 2nd tier) ![]() ‘Abraham Darby’ had a small amount of leaf damage (East border 1st tier next to the house) Older leaves were untouched (East flower border 1st tier) ‘Graham Thomas’ had a lot of new leaf damage. ‘Teasing Georgia’ had only the most minor burning (East flower border 2nd tier) However, she was covered because of poor performance last year. It took her three years to establish, but she did not burn a leaf. This particular Gertrude is not grafted and is grown on its own roots. Most of the English roses, with the exception of ‘Gertrude Jekyll,’ are on the very sheltered East side of the house. Also, the two Pink Knockouts in raised beds had more damage than those in the lower garden. Double Knockout did have a bit more damage than the others. The Knockout ® family of roses: Double Knockout, Knockout, Pink Knockout, Blushing Knockout, Rainbow Knockout and Carefree Sunshine, a/k/a ‘Radsun’ (all patented plants) only had burned foliage on the newest leaf tips. ‘Frontier Twirl,’ a Griffith Buck shrub rose, suffered very little damage, but it was covered due to an extreme amount of damage last spring. I believe this is because she was putting on so many new blooms right before the freeze. Griffith Buck’s most famous rose and one of my all-time favorites, had some leaf tip and new foliage burn. They are both nearly carefree.įiled under damaged foliage, but not yet flat on the mat, we have: Both 'The Fairy' and 'Carefree Wonder' are shown in this image. The mystery roses: yellow, pink and red all suffered minimal damage. Radler (Knockout ® rose family hybridizer) Winner’s Circle ™, a climber hybridized by William J. ‘Country Dancer,’ a Griffith Buck shrub rose ‘Betty Prior,’ an old Floribunda from 1935 Under the category of “Best weathered” we have: Which suffered nearly total and complete setbacks?. ![]()
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