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I found a large bushy rose growing in a ditch by a parking lot (near some other unkempt cultivated plants (cannas, tree aloe, bush aster). The rose bush was about 5x5x5 ft, maybe taller, with small canes with few to no thorns and small serrated leaves in sets of seven. Flowers were about 1.5 in diameter, in bunches of 10 or so, double, maybe 40 petals each, large yellow stamens. When I first noticed the flowers on May 19, they were all white. When I saw them again today, June 29, the flowers had partially turned pink. Any ideas what this might be? Location is Marin County, CA
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Possibly 'Iceberg'? I seem to recall reading that 'Iceberg' is widely planted in CA in commercial settings.
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I think we'd be struggling without photos. It will help if you can take a photo of the whole bush, one of flower/s, a side view of a bud, side view of prickles, photo of leaves, hips if any. Is it still flowering now?
When you go back in to your post, it will have developed a button to Add Photos.
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I tried to add photos, not sure if it worked. I’m on mobile, I’ll try again later from laptop. Thanks
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It does look similar to Iceberg, but I see no mention of the distinct pink fade.
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I don't grow 'Iceberg', but perhaps someone who does grow it in Northern CA or elsewhere can speak to whether it sometimes ages to pink.
I know that 'Iceberg' can sport sometimes, but that doesn't sound like what you're describing.
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Hi all,
I recently cut back a couple of climbers (white mama cochet, not sure of the rest) and buried the branches at the bottom of a hugelkultur bed to fill space. A few months later I'm finding many healthy rose shoots coming out of the soil! I'm wondering if anyone has propagation techniques that involve completely burying a cutting? The closest thing I can find is the "layering" technique of stripping part of an intact branch and burying the end. It surprised me to see so many shoots as most of my (intentional) attempts previously have failed using the technique of burying one node of a semi hardwood cutting below soil and keeping the top leaf node damp. Perhaps burying the entire cutting helps maintain even moisture?
Thanks for any insight.
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I had to look up a hugelkultur bed and found it most interesting - I gather it is basically a compost heap using lots of rotted wood. So I wonder if it was the extremely fertile hugelkultur bed you buried them in, and not the technique of burying the cutting that gave you success. Were your previous attempts putting the cuttings in a hugelkultur bed, or other soil? I would think that you may have needed more than one node below and one above.
Does wood have the magic touch, or was it the acidity?
I recall an article by Ralph Morris in the Australian Rose Annual 1997, p103 wherein he related the success at last “one factor which years ago boosted the strike rate of Fortuniana cuttings was the use of fresh Jarrah (eucalyptus marginata) sawdust as a striking medium. The sawdust has a pH of 4.5 to 5.0).”
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