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'CLEzap-Portlandia' rose Reviews & Comments
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Wasn't sure if I was going to like this much initially. Portlandia threw slighty undersized (imho, for single flowers) blooms with week necks atop very tall (8+ ft) canes in it's first year. As it matures, it is proving itself a reliable trooper, forming blossoms further along its height. I love the color blend, and the fragrance has a hint of luscious sweet olive blossoms in its fragrance profile.
Health is definitely above average for me
A keeper, in my estimation currently. It appears to be outperforming Kordes' Quicksilver, next to which it is planted.
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Anyone have Portlandia in Zone 5-ish (I'm in mid-MI on a sunny open hilltop with fast draining loam)? I want to plant her on the other side of our entrance gate across from Zepherine and wondered how tall she would get here and if there are any cautionary tales about her thorny-ness! I'd like to both 'match' and contrast with ZD, and P looks like a nice pink color match with the extra peachy yellow contrast and petal differential. Thoughts from any Portlandia owners? I'm also considering Westerland as the other climber. Thanks!
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28 JUN 07 by
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PORTLANDIA climber is not easily found in nurseries but if you do, buy it!
It is a wonderful rose! This is its second year in Western NC (Zone 6B) and it is growing very well and hasn't stopped blooming. The blossoms are smaller than most roses but the coloring (hard to describe pink/peach/apricot with a glowing yellow center), number of petals, fragrance make them a pure delight. It is growing on a trellis along with clematis: Texensis Princess Diana and together what a show they produce! When I enjoy a combination like this I tend to want to reproduce it in another location in the garden so will be buying more. Our drought brought out the spider mites but that is all....no black spot or mildew.
Enjoy!
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21 FEB 17 by
cakemiks
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We are trying out Portlandia on a SW facing trellis, in a very dry bed with hot afternoon sun. I already have a Niobe clematis on the same trellis.
I hope the combo works out as well for us as you say it did for you. We are also in Western NC, in Asheville and it would be great to hear about other roses that have done well in your garden. We grow over a hundred varieties of roses mixed with lots of other plants in our ~1/2 acre garden. (I hope HMF gets this message to you even though you commented as an unregistered guest.)
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I'm in Zone 5; Great Lakes area. I reeceived two Portlandia climbers in May 2007, from company in Oregon. They were stressed upon arrival. Still (July 31) small and sickly: less than 18-inches high, yellow leaves and still losing over half of them. I have the own-root variety and will only go that route. Has anyone found such from other sources. I've seen sport (grafted) versions in retail nurseries, but I believe the own-root variety is still only available via Oregon. Received other varieties from same source (in May) and replacements (mid-June): all still very small and sickly. The problem is not my location or soil; other roses in same location, received from SC company, is doing super (four-feet high and healthy).
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12 FEB 11 by
 Torachan
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I know it is 4 years later but Roses Unlimited carries some Clements roses .
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14 FEB 11 by
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Yuppers - the do. I found them (Roses Unlimited) a couple-years-ago. Very happy with the health, size, and longevity of the own-root roses they ship. I just bought five more climbers from them last spring (2 Harlekin, 1 Iceberg, 1 Don Juan, and 1 - oops - "mystery rose" that was supposed to be a Red Eden but ended up being a tea-type). They are all well over 6-feet tall in the FIRST YEAR (well, the iceberg is a bit smaller - about 4-feet tall -- and the "mystery rose" is so big at 9 feet, that I had to move it to another location in my yard in late October. All of them are continual bloomers in the locations that I have them. Granted, these are planted in the sunniest part of my yard. I moved the "mystery rose" to a more-shady area -- where the American was not doing well. I moved my American to where my - other - Red Eden was doing poorly - and I moved my Red Eden to the sunny location. Since the "mystery rose" is so hardy and growing like mad -- we'll see how it does next year in the new location.
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