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Roses in the U.P.

May 21st, 2004 by Alice Nelson · 1 Comment 

This is in the “what’s up” category. Out of eleven rose bushes planted (eight last year) all but one made it through our U.P. winter - zone 4 - and are leafing out nicely. John Cabot and William Baffin are climbers that can be left on the trellis, White Meidiland and Fire Meidiland are ground cover roses. All came from Jung. I have to replace one that didn’t look good last year, but Jung is good at replacement My method is to pot them up as soon as I get them and grow them on awhile before planting out. Can baby them a bit that way.

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USDA Hardiness Zone: work in 3-5 Location: Home:small urban: work:homes and businesses Geographic type: hills, rocky outcroppings Soil type: gravelly soil - sand - sandy loam - silt - clay Experience level: professional 16 years Particular interests: design using perennials, annuals, shrubs and rock.

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  • 1 rosemarie Hanson // Jun 10, 2004 at 10:04 pm

    I have Alba Semi-Plena, Konigen von Danemark, Salet, Fantin Latour, Hansa, Roserie de lHay?, Henri Martin, Aloha, wow, can’t remember the names of all these roses I shopped for, but I wanted to say, they are all in bud and ready to go, and I have gotten all my roses from Hortico and Pickering, with great success - check out the website. Most of them bloom only once, but have great fragrance. Had horrible die back this year, but every thing is flowering great.