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'Devoniensis' rose Reviews & Comments
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I think the description for 'Devoniensis' has been copied verbatim from the one for 'Climbing Devoniensis'. In my experience, the bush form grows to about 80cm high and 60cm wide. The climbing form also has slightly larger flowers.
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Yes. My bushes are about that height too. Fixed. Thank you Charles.
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You would have seen the plant at Carlsruhe churchyard, Patricia? See Billy's comment. Given plenty of time, in a climate warmer than where it was bred, it can get big.
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Sorry, I can't remember the height.
I, and probably Charles too, are gardening in cooler climates. What would you say is the approx max height and width. The Tea book says "low growing" and "medium height".
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I have added a couple of photos of the two 'Devoniensis' plants growing at Carlsruhe Cemetery in the Mid North of South Australia. These photos were taken a few years ago. When I first saw these plants they were way over my head (I am just a smidge less than 5ft) but these photos show the bushes after they were severely pruned one year. It is definitely 'Devoniensis' the bush as it has never thrown climbing canes.The two graves have burials in 1888 and 1893 only.
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Thank you Pat. They are superb photos. I know Leo was a fairly tall man so I have increased the maximum height and width to 2m x 2m. If my bushes ever got anything near as healthy as the Carlesruhe bush, I'll have to dispense with the path. Leaning out over the path, that spray of white behind the orange on the left, is one of my two bushes. (I planted another one right alongside to a named 'Devoniensis' so I could confirm the identity).
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Apologies for the delay in responding. In my experience the shrub form of 'Devoniensis' is one of the slower growing Teas but given time, it will become quite large in warmer climates. The 20 year-old plant in our garden was a modest, sparse plant for about 10 years and then began growing more strongly. It is now about 2 metres tall and this is a pattern reported by others who grow it here. (The climbing form doesn't seem to have the same long childhood - it grew prodigiously from the start.)
Very old plants of the shrub form of 'Devoniensis' seen in this country have been 1½ - 2 metres tall, depending on the harshness of the conditions and the severity of pruning. The big old 'Devoniensis' plants at Carlesruhe cemetery were clipped back quite hard when we last visited, and were dense mounds of about 2 metres.
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