Canadian Climber (2 Comments)
Now that I have talked about how difficult it is to grow trees and other things here, I thought I would highlight something that seems to be thriving. These pictures were taken just a few hours before the storm came through.
Our Canadian Hardy Climber that we got from Heirloom Roses, who specialize in roses grown on their own root stock, is doing wonderfully. .
It’s past its prime here but you can see how tall it is! Unfortunately it lost most of these remaining petals in the wind.
It’s over the roof!
I found pictures from last year so you could see the beautiful flowers.
It blooms copiously in the spring.
The other roses aren’t doing too bad, either. It seemed an extra hard winter on them but they seem to have shrugged it off. Although, the storm broke some branches, they should be fine. Here’s two:
The Graham Thomas:
The Chicago Peace:
They are pretty much safe from swathers so close to the house but the deer still like to eat on them, and obviously the wind can cause damage. We are extra careful with trimmers and mowers. The Murdered by Mower Rhubarb story is a post for another time.
I love the yellow. Yellow roses are my favorite. I might have to check into this type of rose. I am typically not a rose person because of the maintenance but that is so beautiful and vigorous (which helps, lol). Does it require dead heading or do you just let nature do it’s thing with the dead buds?
Comment by Lindsey — July 2, 2008 @ 9:46 pm
I linked the names of the Graham Thomas and the Chicago Peace to their Heirloom pages. But I can’t guarantee that is where we purchased them. Some of the ones we’ve gotten haven’t done well here. When it’s so iffy we hate paying the higher price but they are good roses….. such a dilemma.
We don’t dead head. If my Dad is here and bored (which he usually is) then he does some. In fact as it gets closer to winter you are supposed to let them become hips because that helps them prepare for winter. Also the Canadian Hardy is once blooming so we don’t need to dead head to keep it blooming. We (I use this term lightly- it really means The Col.) put fertilizer with insecticide in it on them once in awhile. And prune them in Feb/March (or whenever we get around to it). Pruning helps the shape as well as encourages them to grow.
So that’s the tutorial from someone who really doesn’t know a whole lot about what she is talking about.
Comment by JustMe — July 3, 2008 @ 8:58 am