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'Brilliant Pink Iceberg' rose Reviews & Comments
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This cultivar is listed as triploid in the paper 'Pollen diameter and guard cell length as predictors of ploidy in diverse rose cultivars, species, and breeding lines'
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This rose was a standout in my first year garden (zone 5/6). It was a one gallon own root planting, and it took off as soon as it settled in, blooming all through the summer and fall through extended periods of heat. The blooms are lovely--really special to someone used to only solid color roses. The rose's disease resistance was excellent as well. I am so pleased with this rose I am ordering another one to plant opposite it in the border. A winner!
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Claire, you'll find Iceberg and BP Iceberg will be far happier and less disease prone if you allow them to do their thing. If they are allowed to grow larger, you'll experience some mildew on the new growth when conditions are right for it. If you prune them hard every year to dwarf them, you'll likely encounter black spot problems. Again, if you have the proper conditions to generate the disease.
In my climate, both roses want to be at least five by five foot shrubs. If allowed to attain that size, there is NOTHING that will out bloom them in quantity, nor duration of bloom. I've heard Iceberg called the best white floribunda. Personally, even encountering literally thousands of them planted literally everywhere, for sheer color and ease of maintenance, in my opinion, it's the best floribunda, period.
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In Germany we are experiencing a very hot and dry summer, and judging from what I can see in people's gardens, almost all roses are suffering a lot. All specimens - literally all - of Iceberg I see are heavily blackspotted, even the huge bushy ones. Burgundy Iceberg in my garden partly sported back to Brilliant Pink Iceberg and is also blackspotting (as are most of my roses this year). In my garden, Penny Lane, Aprikola, Arthur Bell and Christine Helene are the only healthy ones of 40+ roses. Blackspot infection levels in my garden vary from catastrophic (Paul's Himalayan Musk Rambler - I would hack it down, however the blackbirds have a nest in it, so I wait....) to very mild (Gloriana, Climbing Bonica), but of all the roses I've seen in the city, the only ones unaffected by blackspot are Dortmund and Westerland, even those standing next to an infested Iceberg.
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That's too bad. I hope your drought and heat end soon!
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The blossoms last a long time cut.
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25 FEB 04 by
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I just bought this rose from Wayside and I'm a little confused about the zones it will grow in! Here it's listed as 6 and above, but Wayside lists it as a rose that is hardy all the way Zone 4! Anyone have any experience growing this rose in colder climates? I'm in Zone 5.
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25 JUN 03 by
Anonymous-1936
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I'm in zone five, and my Brillant Pink is doing just fine. Plant the bud union 2 inches below ground and mulch two thirds of the height this fall and she should do just fine.
If she's planted too shallow, shovel some soil over her bud union then mulch.
Good luck
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This came back after record snowfall (a good thing for plant protection) and minus 20 temperatures (it came after lots of snow was already on the ground). BPI came back from the root and quickly grew to 3' and is loaded with blooms and still growing. I've never seen such a wide range of a single color on a blossom. The reverse is nearly white but the face has pinks that range from very pale up to periwinkle, almost lavender. The cool summer improves the color intensity but hasn't bothered the plant's vigor. No BS so far. Rain does not spoil or weaken the blooms either.
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