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'Showbiz' rose Reviews & Comments
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See my prior comments. WOW NOT A ROSE FOR COASTAL FLORIDA. I have 2 plants this year, one Grade 1 from Regan and one body bag. Both did fine until April here in NE Coastal Florida. Got great performance until heat and humidity set in. Both plants performed the same which is, in a nutshell, great spring blooms yet both have been defoliated and dormant since late June with zero signs of reactivating. They aren’t dying! They just totally shut down. Very disappointed. Just not a heat and humidity variety.
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20 JUN 12 by
 goncmg
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LOVE this rose. Long ago was the parent of a little hybrid I let go, read my profile for more info................I treat this one as a shrub. It, for me, strongly resents any sort of pruning. Simply dead-head it, take the huge basal break bloom sprays down to the closest node, do nothing else. 2 years ago I thought I was doing it a "favor" by pruning it hard and it took a year to recover. Mine is in its 5th year in a pot, sleeps in the garage, barely sleeps as it is doing those red bedders so popular in Northern Europe well: it is always the first to break, always............a solid rose, but again, I recommed this one be planted and TREATED as a "SHRUB" not only per pruing but also as it seems to always be in bloom. Disease? Here in hot/humid 6a this one is all over the board. In some years, NOTHING. I some years, blackspot is an isssue. THIS year it has mildew but no matter what, it keeps on going and the plant may look at times a little denuded of foliage but like good ol' Mme. Isaac Perriere the Bourbon Queen of Blackspot, somehow, Showbiz can just keep on sprouting basal breaks and keep on blooming plagued or not plagued or half plagued..............without a doubt I recommend this one.
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Hi! I was wondering if you could give a pronouncement on the mature height and spread of this bush. The description lists it as only 2', however I was wondering if it gets larger over time, or in climates with a longer growing season? Where is your location? Thanks much in advance, Claire aka ParisRoseLady, Zone 7B, Albuquerque NM.
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8 APR 21 by
goncmg
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Hi there. I grew it for years in Columbus, Ohio. The growing season there probably isn’t much shorter than where you are. For sure much wetter. It is not a big rose, I would say 3 x 3 with modest pruning. I kept mine about 2 x 2. It won’t be smaller than that. It is a great variety and can throw some spectacular panicles of bloom.
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Thank you so much for the reply, our growing season here in NM starts in February, with many 60-70 degree days, and increasing thereafter, with periods of spring cold and then settling into 70-80's now in April. I've read on this forum of folks who have long seasons of hot temps making their roses bigger, compared to the 'regulation' size, ie the one put out by the breeder, also roses hybridized in Europe like Kordes, Meilland and the UK breeders will have shorter growing seasons and longitude/latitude sun differences, making the bushes up to 2' taller here in the US, such as in places like AZ, TX, FL, etc. Seeing as Showbiz is a Tantau rose out of Germany and the size issued as 'German-size', (if that makes sense), I thought Showbiz might be more on the taller/wider size in these longer hotter gowing climes in these parts of the US. My current Showbiz is grown in a container, so it's hard to know the 'true' size. I'm going to be planting it into a landscape, along with many other container roses in the near future, so was wondering what to expect. PS: I always enjoy your posts, you have a lot to say about roses, very interesting and insightful, I've bookmarked you as a friend on this site, if that's ok...
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'Showbiz' is being sold in bodybags at Walmart this spring. Here's hoping it is true to name. Mine is growing vigorously; so much so that I am guardedly optimistic that it might be a virus free clone.
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The Montreal Botanical Garden recommends this rose as resistant to blackspot, powdery mildew, and rust:
http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/jardin/en/info_verte/roses/cultivars.htm
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