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'AM210' rose Reviews & Comments
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I have three, third-year, own root Canyon Road bushes all planted close together to maximize the color impact. What a show these bushes put on! But I have to confess to a problem.
Canyon Road is ARS registered as a floribunda. I am here to tell you not to believe that - it is a modern shrub and an excellent one at that. If you want to call it a floribunda, then it is a floribunda on steroids. Spectacular growth up, around, and all about. Little did I know when I planned my garden that 3 Canyon Road bushes planted together would be extreme overkill as I (wrongly) assumed this was just another floribunda. I find myself having to chop them down some here in late July as it is overwhelming its neighbors - Peace, Love & Peace and Marlon's Day - and blocking the sun from getting to those three. My Canyon Road bushes reach 4 feet tall and wide - there's no need to cluster them as I have done. One bush will do the trick. It's winter-hardy in zone 5b (with protection). No blackspot but did develop some powdery mildew in September that first year when conditions were right (and I sprayed only the lower half of the bushes since I was much more concerned about blackspot). It probably has more blooms per plant than anything else I grow (runners up would include Sexy Rexy and Mandarin Ice).
Canyon Road is rated 8.7 in ARS Handbook - and I concur. But don't tell me it's a floribunda!
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Available from - High Country Roses
highcountryroses.com
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Cannot say enough good things about Canyon Road (Chicagoland zone 5b). Great grower with glossy foliage and always in bloom. Japanese Beetles leave this one alone for the most part. I have three bushes planted about 15 inches apart and it's making a great display. I tend to agree with Michael Garhart below that Canyon Road is more like a shrub than floribunda. I have been deadheading it but I'm going to leave the next blooms on to see if it's self-cleaning. Disease free for me (I spray regularly) and no discernible fragrance. Well-deserving of its lofty rating (a (9.0)) in Roses in Review. Get this rose!
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This rose had a great year with me. A lot of blooms. Easy to care for. I like that the red isn't a typical red color. Its has character.
However, its not really a floribunda. It may be registered as one, but its a shrub. This rose has more in common with a rose like 'Summer Wind' (Buck) or 'Pink Cupcake' than it does a typical commercial floribunda like 'Showbiz'.
Which is fine, really, its a good rose, but don't expect a typical floribunda.
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Scarlet Bonica is bright red! Summer Wind and Pink Cupcake don't look like it at all. I am confused!!!!!
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I'm talking about plant habit.
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