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9 OCT 21 by
Issy
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Beautiful leathery leaves, beautiful flowers.
Dispute whether it's a climber or shrub, I think it's more of a small climber. Gives longer canes that when trained bloom really well in its sides
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25 APR 23 by
 Huyustus
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I lead it like a climber on an arch, because its flowers are large and bend its very thin branches.
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Does anyone with Nahema in Australia notice it blooming before November? For 3 years running, her first blooms for spring arrive in November. Country QLD, hot and dry most of the time. Receives water and fertilizer regularly. And is it true that pegging down is pointless because of no axial buds on the canes? (Edit October 2021: Last years two long canes that were tied down and only produced on the end of the canes, have sprouted all along the canes this year)
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25 DEC 21 by
Issy
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This rose does seem to flower quite late, I only got one flower in November and now in December about 10. While the flowers smell heavenly they only last a day in my my hot dry johannesburg climate. I think this rose will appreciate afternoon shade.
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28 DEC 21 by
Duchesse
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Since my last post, Nahema has continued her November commencement of the season (southern hemisphere for anyone reading who is saying ?huh? right now), but she has also 'grown up' at 5 years old finally putting out huge laterals from main canes and bunches of flowers at the end of each lateral. She is also proving to be a superb hip producer, but we will have to wait and see if any seed are viable. Luckily I have afternoon shade for her and the bloom last more than one day.
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9 OCT 21 by
Issy
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I'm an ver impressed with her performance, I have afternoon shade but morning sun in rich soil and she blooms ceaselessly from November to May, always in bloom.
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15 FEB 15 by
Bet
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I bought this rose when I first started growing roses and knew nothing. It was a 'body bag' at Home Depot. I planted it on the corner of my front porch. Since there is some shade there, it took awhile for it to reach some height, but when the canes got into sunlight, they took off. Yes, it's a blackspot magnet, but so are many others in my yard. It always seems to be the first in bloom and always has some flowers. When there are many blooms my porch is filled with the honey-like scent. Mine is now 14 years old with big thick canes, but they put out 4 new canes last year. And it's still going strong.
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23 SEP 21 by
Issy
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Oh well looks like this rose won't do well in my south african climate, we gets a lot of dew at night and rain in Jan Feb.
My local nursery only had few varieties so I had little choice. I bought, cocktail, nehema, blossom magic and this is the only thing left.
Would keeping it on the smaller side help, maybe a harsh prune.
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