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I have this growing in a pot this year. The fragrance of this rose is wonderful and strong. I can smell one bloom from 10 feet away. The pictures I see of this rose show purple. In my garden it is not, it is more magenta or dark pink. I love the smell, and the blooms last a while. Comparing this rose to Ebb Tide (which I have had in the past), Twilight Zone wins by far in rebloom and vigor. The fragrance is just as strong.
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Thank you for the info. I'm not sure if Ebb tide or Twilight zone would be best for my alkaline clay, zone 5a. Anyone grow Twilight zone as own-root in zone 5? Thanks.
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28 MAR 17 by
Jerilin
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Hi,
I cannot comment on alkaline clay or own root version but I am in zone 5a, neutral-acidic, ultra rich black loam, NE Iowa (surrounded on all sides by 4b) and I have Twilight Zone on Multiflora from Palantine planted last year and it has made it back this spring with about a foot of surviving cane. Our winter temp got to approx -15 at its coldest with wind (though I am on a fairly wind protected property with a northern side of house pine windblock) and this spring we had a nasty 60-70 degree for a week with sun followed by a week of cold down to 5 degrees with a foot of snow and this rose came back just fine. I get my HT's and grandifloras grafted on multiflora but for your alkaline you could try huey. For protection all I did was mound dirt from our property on top about 6 inches. I really love the rose so far but be aware jap beetles love this one (and all HT's haha) and the color on mine is more of a magenta purple than a dark purple. I also have Poseidon and that one has even more surviving cane than this one.
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Thank you !! My zone 5a is colder, -20 below zero, plus our strong wind makes it -30 below zero (windchill factor). Own-roots do great here, but NOT Dr. Huey (doesn't like wet clay).
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16 APR 17 by
Jerilin
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Dr. Huey hates it here too. I am wet wet wet on my property and the difference between multiflora for me and Huey is huge. Multiflora definitely tolerates wet better. What do you use then? Mainly own root? I use mostly own root too but do buy quite a few multiflora as well but I completely missed Palatine this year. They were completely sold out by like March!! For winter temp I just meant negative 15 with wind is what it got this last winter-LOL!! I am VERY close to 4b and some years can get -25 with wind. I was 4b until the new 2012 usda zone redrawal. I live pretty close to you and also live in the wind capital-yikes! My Huey double delights basically died over the winter. Any suggestions-have you gotten yours to live or tried the own root version. About to give up on DD and try Cherry Parfait and Campfire.
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Two of my own-root Double delight died since I didn't dig deep enough for drainage. Decades ago my Double-delight (grafted on Dr. Huey) barely survive winter. So last year, I dug down past 2.5 feet in my heavy clay for drainage, and RIGHT NOW, Double Delight has 6" of green canes. All the canes are green, no dead canes.
When there's tons of freezing rain through the winter, roses need excellent drainage, plus they survive winter better if it's alkaline.
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In its first year in my pot garden, Neptune has given about 3 blooms total. I am desperately wishing for more next year because the fragrance, color and overall bloom shape are absolutely wonderful.
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In my garden, America produces beautiful coral colored blooms. I detect no fragrance. I bought it in a 2 gallon pot. After 2 years it was shooting up nice 6+ foot canes. This rose gets a lot of attention by passer-by's. Got black spot its first year, but then was fine in the following years.
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My humble comments here are just intended for organics growers who do not spray at all and who live in the BS black belt.... Climbing America gets moderate blackspot, but there are a few times when it looks pretty good and the BS is negligible. I looove this rose so much that I now have 2 in my garden-- I agree with NorthTexas that America is so photogenic! It is a prolific bloomer and the flowers get HUGE! It keeps its spiral very well.Fragrance will increase as the plant ages IMHO. In my locale, age of plant, it has good fragrance, though in its first year it wasn't as pronounced as it is now....
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Hi, i am a registered member, and am able to rate roses. However it won't let me upload photos or make comments while I am logged in. i have tried this with rose 'America'. Do I have to be a premium member?
Also, if i click on 'Report Error' to email you all, It give me the same message that I can not post messages. But, when I go to 'MY HMF ACCOUNT' and click no 'Report Error', then it lets me message you. Strange. I would like to post pictures and comments of my roses. thanks!!!
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You membership was inactive for an extended period of time so it's status was changed to inactive and pending deletion. We have updated your status.
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