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Oh Margaret! Why? because it's a beast?
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The property at Renmark (Ruston's) was on the market for 4 years, with prospective (but not eventual) buyers promising to sign the contract "next week", so it was neglected in that time. You should have seen how the bracteata in the photo spread along the cut-flower rose beds, following the irrigation lines.
You can't kill it with glyphos or blackberry spray, even when there's no risk of off-target damage.
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20 JAN by
 Usami
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Margaret, may I ask for a comment on the "unpleasant fragrance", just wondering what it would be akin to. Call it morbid curiosity.
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I haven't grown it for over 30 years. There's one I can check in a few days' time.
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11 MAY 13 by
Tessie
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Great! A rose mountain. Just what I want!
Melissa
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Yeah ... A rose mountain that flowers non-stop but never puts on a good display; that eats herbicides including blackberry-killer; that roots down (layers itself), and also suckers to pop up a large distance away; and bites.
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11 MAY 13 by
Tessie
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Perfect!:) :) :) I have just the spot or rather AREA where it can't sucker enough. An impenetrable thicket is what I've been searching for. The flowering habit would blend well with my many California natives. They flower all right, but the look is often more subtle.
Btw I already have 3 Mermaids. Love 'em! But they don't sucker enough...... Not a common complaint I know.
Melissa
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Aaaargh! I wouldn't, I really wouldn't. You'll never get rid of it, and your neighbours will complain. If you want a lower impenetrable hedge, I'd suggest Stanwell Perpetual, budded.
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It was originally planted on a trellis.
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