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'Anneliese Rothenberger' rose Reviews & Comments
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It just occurred to me that this rose was named after my state, and Ive NEVER seen it here. But I see Arizona quite often.... lol.
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30 JUN 14 by
 goncmg
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Guess this is an "update" : my earlier impressions of this one are correct-------------AWFUL rose. Yes (see my other comments) it is VIGOROUS and loves to throw basals, but otherwise a total trainwreck. It has been raining endlessly in Columbus this June. Blackspot. For sure. BUT I SPRAY! I grow them in pots and place the pots in heavily, freshly mulched beds..............Soleil d'Or is "clean".............out of my 100+, ALL are "more than fine/just a touch" other than.............Oregold. DEFOLIATED. And the open blooms fade quickly and the petals curl back into a spikey ball. Like Countess Vandal. From 1932. Only CV has far more interesting color. And is, albeit a pertnetiana, HEALTHIER.................absolutely no idea how Oregold scored an AARS here in the states. Horrible, horrible rose. The trash comes in the morning and Oregold is IN the bin, ready for the landfill. My optimism in prior posts was misplaced. Otherwise my recollection of this one was spot-on. If you see this one in the wax bag bin or as a $25 band-----PASS. Save something else as a wax body bag. Invest in a better one. Summer Sunshine? King's Ransom? If you are shopping bands? This one is awful. Just awful.
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Keep Smiling has been great, if you can get it.
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I loved reading this review because I grew Oregold for the first time this year and it actually was a pretty solid plant. I think it's because all of the reviews I'd read were that it was so terrible...expectations were very low. It did get blackspot, but literally everything I had did this year (was traveling a lot, not spraying much...BOOM blackspot).
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We have two of these. The older plant is in part shade and seems to take well to it. While not a bloom machine, the ones it does put out can be gorgeous. The newer plant gets more sun and is a bit cramped for space but does alright. The blooms in full sun tend to be a purer deep golden yellow.
Seems like a good dependable garden yellow and keeper unless you need mass of bloom.
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20 MAY 13 by
goncmg
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I echo the most recent comments on here albeit with "caution" because ALL "modern" roses CAN be true "wild cards" but this one really owns that description. IT CAN produce amazing, exhibition blooms. It CAN live through a winter like no other yellow other than Sunsprite. It CAN give you healthy, glossy, juicy foliage and a tight plant and it CAN get to 8 or 10 feet in a warm climate for really no reason and NOT being a climbing "sport"...............a wildcard yellow WAS an odd choice for AARS 1975...............it had already been released in Europe for a few years prior and the idiosyncrasies were "known"....................was Tantau owed a favor by the ARS? And odd that Tantau almost NEVER disclosed his breeding but with this one he disclosed BOTH parents (allegedly, ahem)?? With some winter protection, in my experiences, King's Ransom is a little more staid albeit a little more tender, and rather similar and Golden Showers has the same gorgeous, glossy leaves and is KNOWN to be a reliable pillar and a much "easier" rose to grow..................all are blackspot magnets in Ohio and all are now relics so maybe the discussion is moot......
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I just planted Anneliese Rothenberger, to use the correct name for this rose. It came in a body bag at Aldis, grafted onto the good Dr., I presume, and was a substantial plant, for a body bagged offering, with four large, stout canes. It is leafing out now. I do seem to have acquired a shipment of rose midge with the body bags, Grrr. We shall see. I am finding that the Tantau yellows, in particular, do fall victim to BS. Puzzta, on the other hand, shows hardly any untill very late in the season.
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23 MAY 13 by
goncmg
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Nastarana! Admission? MY Oregold/Anneliese is ALSO a Body Bag Baby! And she is doing soooooo well! I was running errands in mid-March and thought "lets check the body bags" and I did and at Lowe's, Home Depot and Meijers they were all weirdly big, fat and lusty looking. So, being the rose addict I am, I bought Oregold, Pinata, Joseph's Coat, Garden Party and John F. Kennedy, TROPICANA...........this was mid-March and they JUST hit the stores. But they all looked so good and they are doing so well! Ironically (see my comments under Tropicana), I have bought Tropicana Grade 1 and can never get it to perform. The body bag? Shooting basals right and left, great bloom buds about to open, looks like a #1 mail order. So does Oregold. So do they all.
I have found, as I think so have you, that if you GET a Body Bag Wax rose EARLY.....like REALLLLLLYYYYY early....and cut it down to brass tacks to match the barely existant roots, they will do fine. I like the SMALL ones better, the 1 1/2 or 2 grade because usually these are BETTER as the top in the bag from the get go matches the roots more (my Oregold, Garden Party and Tropicana were all $4.99 at Lowe's, in the 2nd grade BINNNNN)..............better???? All the ones I listed ARE the right variety (again, the body bags can be ANYTHING) with the exception of Garden Party which I think is PRISTINE (fine with me!).......
Don't you find yourself digging through those bins and seeing some esoteric varieties and not sure if they are the "real deal" or not so you grab for the 'First Prize' or the 'Granda' which you can TELL what it is if it is dormant??? And go ahead and buy the esoteric one if the ones you know look legit? I scored OLDTIMER 3 years ago this way and it is doing great......................
I remember being like 8 and buying body bags at SEARS! In the hardware department! Contrast, Fashion, Carrousel, Showgirl, Lowell Thomas, and somehow SWEET AFTON! LOL.....I love a body bag rose. I do. :-)
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As the number of specialty rose nurseries dwindles, I think we may all be scouring body bag bins for those rare roses we can't stand to see become extinct. My climate seems to be favorable for body bagged roses. Lots of moisture so they never dry out and temps rarely get above 95F, I have not tried cutting the stems back; thank you for the tip. I have learned to bury the bud union deep and to mound straw or other mulch over the new planting until leaves break through the mulch. This year I found a very rare floribunda from 1954 called 'Redcap', Tropicana, Annaliese, Oklahoma and Love. I agree about buying early, although body bags were showing up at Big Lots while snow was still on the ground and the ground itself was frozen.
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