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This has been my first season with this rose, and I'm so disappointed. Almost every flower (and it has produced quite a few) has turned brown and rotted, either before or after opening. And it's not even a particularly damp year. Further, in the very few flowers which were not spoiled I have not been able to detect too much fragrance. I wanted to try Hawkeye Belle because it is supposed to withstand cold winters such as we have, but it seems it would only be suitable in a dry, rainless climate like California.
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24 AUG 09 by
TLMKozak
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I have loved the delicate beauty of Hawkeye Belle in my zone 5 (borderline zone 4) garden. I have done very well with Buck roses and Explorers in my area. I would definitely recommend it. I have also found that fragrance can vary from rose to rose on the same plant and during the same season. Hope that helps someone.
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24 AUG 09 by
Karen
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This has been a near perfect rose for me. It does get thrips in the first flush which you can either sacrifice the first round of blooms or treat. I have grown it in less than six hours of sun and it still had flushes every six weeks. The flowers are a blush color and last long on the bush and the vase. Even in the shade the plant had no blackspot.
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Thanks for the info. on shade & and vase life.
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Same experience here in southern Ohio. Almost all the time the blossoms would ball or brown quickly. Probably too humid here. Rarely, one would have decent blooms if they were quickly cut. This one was shovel pruned.
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I have grown Henry Kelsey for four years. It has grown very well and makes a great show on the front wall which passers-by comment on. It has a pleasant moderate fragrance. However, it only blooms once. Last autumn, for the very first time, we had one late cluster of blossoms. This rose is very worthwhile even with only one longish bloom period. But since it is always written up as a repeat-bloomer, I wonder what other growers' experiences are? Does anyone who grows Henry Kelsey in a cold climate (zone 5? with about five months of snow cover) get repeat bloom?
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Hello, I have been growing Henry Kelsey for coming up 4 years. This rose has a magnificent extended spring bloom, but then essentially rests for the duration of the growing season until a very light flowering in the fall. I would not classify it as a repeat bloomer in the way that many roses throw up flush after flush. It is a bit annoying that every single garden catalog (or book) lists Henry Kelsey as a repeat bloomer--this can be somewhat deceiving! Still, it is a wonderful rose that I am very happy to have in my garden.
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12 APR 09 by
Karen
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I have grown Henry Kelsey in zone 5b where there is little snow cover (Lincoln, NE). It filled the trellis beautifully, did not have winter dieback, and had very little disease in a no spray garden. It had a large spring bloom followed by a light fall bloom. I eventually tore it out much to my friends chagrin, but I wanted to search for a climbing rose that had a longer season of bloom and could be used for cutting. So far I have tested Dublin Bay, Crimson Glory, Illusion, Cadenza and Crimson Sky. The results are not in yet but Dublin Bay has been ruled out.
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12 APR 09 by
CarolynB
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What was your reason for ruling out Dublin Bay?
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13 APR 09 by
Karen
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Dublin Bay was a beautiful rose for me, it had great form and color, but it was a shy bloomer. Also the shrub did not have a lot of basal breaks . The shrub never filled out nor did it ever climb in my zone 5b garden. It did have very limited disease - a small amount of black spot at the end of the season. My garden is part sun which usually is favorable for roses as we have such hot summers. Perhaps it would work in another situation, it is a wonderful rose.
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Overnight Scentsation has magnificently fragrant blooms that make great boutonnieres and is well worth growing, but it is not winter hardy. I lost four of my original five plants over two winters while they were lying down under thick snow cover (perhaps Zone 5 on the US scale). Now I bring mine in the house as a pot plant over winter.
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10 JUN 08 by
Cavallo
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As with most of my minis here in Central New York, mine dies back to the ground every year. This ordinarily wouldn't be a problem - most of them just pop right back up. O.S., however, has proven to be an absolute blackspot magnet for me - moreso than any rose I've ever grown, period. It almost completely defoliated last year. I'm amazed it survived the winter at all. It's a wonderful plant when it's healthy, and the fragrance really is on a par with my old damasks, but if it repeats this behavior this year, it's bound for the shovel.
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What about fragrance? Gloire de Dijon is usually described as strongly fragrant, but mine has very little scent. Please comment, anyone who grows this.
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13 NOV 06 by
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i have two plants of this rose, the sent is very simlar to souvenir de la malmaison ( as one would expect ) only not as spicy but sweeter, very strong.
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4 DEC 06 by
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Gwen, Are you sure you have it? Hortico sells a rose they call Gloire de Dijon but that is not Gloire de Dijon. The one I have also mirrors dominic's description. |
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3 MAY 07 by
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fragrance "strength" is often a very subjective matter. My "Gloire de Dijon" flowers never exhibit what I can call a strong fragrance but a very impressive and delicate one. I can say strong and unique in quality if not very strong in smelling quantity.
Dominique
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