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'Etain' rose Reviews & Comments
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25 FEB 04 by
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I own this rose in Connecticut. It has lived for many years on a hot dry stone wall next to the highway with minimal dieback. I doubt it would do as well if not in this hot location. I purchased it from Will Tillotson's "Roses of Today and Yesteryear." Why it is not sold more widely is a mystery. It is not even in Peter Beale's "Classic Roses". Why? This is a mystery. Last winter was very hard on roses, but Etain came through smiling and while there was some dieback, it was easy to prune out and now it has bloomed and is filled with new reddish shoots. I sing the praises of this rose!!!
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#1 of 4 posted
10 AUG 05 by
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Hello, I live in Guiford Ct. zone 5 and would like to grow Etain on an arbor. Could you tell me when it blooms because I am looking for a climber that blooms in early June. Also, any other info on Etain would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Liz
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Many gardeners wonder why a certain really good rose gets lost in the mists of time. There are so many roses introduced each year it gets very confusing. However there are three other ramblers which are very similiar to Etain and because they came out in the early 1900'sand Etain in the early 1950's, would be better known.
Ashdown Roses carries Etain.
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#3 of 4 posted
4 MAR 17 by
cakemiks
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Which other ramblers are like Etain? Since you mentioned three, it sounded like you knew some specific ones.
I'm also curious if Etain can stand up to some rain, and if it hangs on to its petals or drops them cleanly. I just dug up and threw out Paul Noel for those reasons...the blooms turned brown after one rain and then hung on for a long time (over a month) looking pathetic. It would probably be a great rose in a drier climate.
Our weather (Asheville, NC) is not too hard on roses, but I avoid any that are likely to ball or melt in rain due to our occasional thunderstorms.
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'Albertine' is quite like 'Etain'. In the south-west of the U.K. it is blackspot resistant but I have seen it in warmer areas with rust. The blooms stand up well to rain, however, its main fault is that the flowers don't fall off cleanly after they are over. Otherwise a very pretty easy rose.
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I am falling hard for Etain though it's only in its second year in my hot, humid south Louisiana garden. It's HUGE already (I planted it only a year ago and it was barely a foot tall) and has collapsed the apparently too puny arbor I put it on. It's now in a large mass on the ground but doesn't seem to care. I love the flowers and although it only had a few blooms last year - the first year I planted it - it literally is covered in hundreds of buds at the moment. Cane's are shooting out everywhere and the foliage is beautiful. I didn't notice any signs of disease last year; I'm hopeful it will continue to be resistant to blackspot. I don't know how I'm going to get another arbor under it ... but it will have to wait until after this year's bloom b/c I won't risk destroying what is promissing to be a beautiful display.
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Does this rose get fall hips? It is one I'm going to put on some rose arches I'm installing this spring and I was just wondering if I should expect hips. Not that it matters on a once bloomer where you do not have to worry about it inhibiting rebloom , but just curious.
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