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'Lauren' rose Reviews & Comments
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23 MAY
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Is Lauren really Z2a hardy? Anyone know?
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Absolutely one of my favorites. Love the color, the bloom form and the robust vigor of the plant. Lauren has a definite character that I would describe as "elfin cheerfulness", lol. For me she blooms nearly continually, especially if I can keep up with dead heading her, but it's not necessary in order for her to keep pumping out blooms. She is rapidly approaching 5'x3' as a third year plant. Bone hardy in zone 7 (two winters down to 0 degree F. By the way, she spent her first winter forgotten in a pot, sitting in a frozen puddle most of the winter. Sorry Kim!). Supposedly she's hardy to Z2. Lauren would be worth trying anywhere. I'd love to see a hedge of Lauren. It would be spectacular, and she's well suited to it.
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John, is your 'Lauren' still about 5' X 3', or is she larger by now? I'm trying to figure out how large my plants might get. I read that it can get quite large in California, but am guessing your conditions are more like mine.
Thanks,
Virginia
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Hi Virginia,
Sorry to take so long to answer. The debacle over at Houzz/GardenWeb has kept me busy answering emails, lol.
Lauren has actually shrunk a bit, with some mysterious die back this Spring. I would suspect downy mildew, but the symptoms didn't quite match. She lost a LOT of twiggy growth. I had a few other roses suffering the same fate, but they're all putting out new growth now. I'm hoping Lauren returns to her full glory. She's a sight to see in full flush.
Last year she was finally beginning to bulk up, not necessarily getting broader, but more full. Right now, she's probably 4'x3.5', and if not for the die back would probably be larger in both directions. She's a wonderful rose, but I do have to spray her for BS in the Spring. Once it really heats up (like now....sheesh! 95F in June????) she does just fine without spray.
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Initial post
30 OCT 13 by
 Danty
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LAUREN is a new plant for me this year.
It took many months to fill up its 9 inch pot.
Then I transplanted it in late summer into a fourteen inch pot.
It took off.
What a beauty!
Glowing cerise-violet blooms appear all over the plant.
And it is completely bullet-proof to disease here.
There hasn't been a trace of the powdery mildew that has hit so many of my polyanthas.
Great breeding work, Kim!
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