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'Aotearoa' rose Reviews & Comments
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Well, I finally got mine to ball. All it needs is a good summer la Nina: temperatures up around 30 C for weeks, rain on and off for weeks, humidity near 100% for weeks, and planted at the bottom of the block so everything can get nice and soggy. Hey presto: it will produce soggy lumps for you.
I must say it does seem to be pretty resistant to balling though, at least in my area.
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The colour and fragrance of this are amazing, and it doesn't get mildew or rust; but it seems to be very susceptible to black spot in my garden, which disappoints me, since I bought it supposing it to be highly disease resistant.
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Although this rose is supposed to be vulnerable to balling, I'm finding that it is actually more resistant than several other roses which are supposed to be less vulnerable. For example, Mrs. Dudley Cross has been showing a strong tendency to run into soggy lumps under conditions when Aotearoa is fine. I have no idea why this is.
The other odd thing I've found is that the multiflora rootstock under Aotearoa has been very keen to sucker, which hasn't been happening with other roses on the same rootstock. Again, I have no idea why this is. I am thinking that it would be well worth trying this rose on its own roots. It's generally a strong cultivar, so should do well without a rootstock.
Would like to try the same with its sport "Full Sail".
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Mine are own-root and haven't shown any tendency to ball here either in high humidity or rain. The color is very bright neon coral in my soil though!
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Interesting. It's a nice colour in my soil. Seems to be a very heavy feeder, much more so than Teas, which I suppose isn't surprising.
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Mine have calmed down in the color department and now are a gorgeous shade of very soft salmon pink, almost silvery sometimes.
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That sounds about right.
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3 NOV 17 by
ksinGA
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What a great rose. On fortuniana rootstock, New Zealand is a beast. 12 feet tall by the end of October. Armloads of old fashioned blooms with an amazing fragrance. Highly recommend this one!
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