Julie Child is a good one for sure!
I planted one 2 years ago and it's been loaded with flowers. Nice scent, and also produces tons of rose hips at the end of the season.
Rose propagation
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I planted one 2 years ago and it's been loaded with flowers. Nice scent, and also produces tons of rose hips at the end of the season.
ktrain
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It is one of my favorites, I keep telling my wife she needs to open up the center a bit but she doesn't want to prune it. lol
It's growing out nicely right now in a pot, but needs to be in ground.
I've done it a few times. It's pretty simple.
There's lots of youtube videos on propagation.
It's worked best for me by using 6" cuttings from a branch that has just flowered. I use a small pot, and keep it covered with a plastic bag to create a humidity dome. The small pots allow for me to pick them up and check the bottom holes for root growth. Make sure to plant several cuttings to increase your odds of getting one or two to root. Not all of them will make it.
I've attached a pic of one that I rooted 2 years ago from one of my Mom's roses. The other pics are of cuttings that I just took 2 weeks ago that are showing positive growth. I'm pretty sure at least one of those cuttings will make it.
Give it a try!
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It's a hard one for me to prune. Tea roses are typically vertical growers and much easier for me to prune to open center.
Julia Child is a floribunda, and has a different growth pattern. It's more bushy, and loaded with branches
ktrain
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You aren't kidding...it is loaded with branches in every direction.
They had it pruned quite a bit when I purchased it, for shipping.
I'm hoping to get it in ground soon if she will select a good spot for it.
It will be much happier in the ground.
bushdoctor82
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I started watching his channel recently. He has informative monthly to-do videos - fertilizing, pruning, propagating, spraying, etc. I’ve neglected a rose bush I got from my Grandmother since I planted it, and this year I’m finally going to take care of it. It’s pruned, fertilized and sprayed with Sulfur and just now budding out and raring to go.
I also like his channel.
Greatlakemay
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I successfully rooted a red and a pink rose, now they are tall bushes compare to when I plant them in front yard. The rest attempts all failed. Now I have 5roses total in my yard, more than enough. Need room for other flowers
SpiritFarmVa
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I did 10 hardwood cuttings from our Mr. Lincoln rose, two look like they are going to make it. Which is a start.
Speaking of Mr. Lincoln, what is its growth habit like for you?
I've read that they tend to grow tall, with about a 2-3' spread. Can you confirm?
SpiritFarmVa
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Ours are in pots still. But they do grow vertically pretty vigorously. I keep them short through the season with pruning. They are about 3 ft right now. Maybe 18” wide.
SpiritFarmVa
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They smell absolutely incredible too.
OK. The reason I ask is that I just started one in a pot and still debating where to plant it.
Thanks!
SpiritFarmVa
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To keep it shorter when a bloom is done I prune the stem back to one new node and let it regrow from there. Other wise it would be tall.
That's what I read. I have a Chrysler Imperial and an Oklahoma, and got the Mr. Lincoln to complete my trio of red roses.
SpiritFarmVa
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In your climate they probably grow year round. The fragrant roses are the only ones that interest us. The scent is so heady.