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'Bolero 2004' rose Reviews & Comments
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Available from - Antique Rose Emporium
weareroses.com
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Bolero floribunda has large blooms, but short stem. The leaves are dark green, glossy and healthy. At the rose park, Bolero is one of the best scents, nice compact bush. The blooms smell like an expensive perfume in cool weather, and waterlily scent in warm weather. Vase life is 3 to 4 days. It's always blooming, healthy - highly recommended.
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#1 of 4 posted
30 JUL 16 by
kysusan
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Strawchicago, did you winter-protect Bolero? Both mine died in 6b, sadly. They were potted, grafted plants.
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I had Bolero as own-root for 4 years in the ground in my zone 5a, and put a thin layer of dirt every year before winter. Roots of tree were invading that, so I moved to a new spot, it barely survive winter, so I moved it the 2nd time and killed it with too much Tomato-Tone (with chicken-manure) in the planting hole. Bolero is winter-hardy, but as glossy-foliage it's sensitive to salty fertilizer.
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#3 of 4 posted
28 MAY 17 by
 Plazbo
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Sounds more like you burnt the root system with chicken manure, too much nitrogen in a root system that isn't established tends to kill most things.
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Yes, FRESH chicken-manure would kill TINY own-root. But my Bolero was 4th year own-root, and the root was HUGE, many times bigger than Dr. Huey. Looking back, it died before I moved it. Many trees died that winter due to tons freezing rain & poor drainage, rather than snow. The woody & chunky root like trees & Bolero-own-root and Dr.Huey-rootstock need excellent drainage. A friend has two Bolero (grafted on Dr.Huey) and they died this past winter due to tons of rain in January & poor drainage. My maple tree also died this past mild & but wet winter.
Bought Bolero again as tiny own-root this May, I mixed 1 cup of Tomato-Tone (with COMPOSTED chicken manure), plus gypsum in the pot. No problems whatsoever.
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