My Earth Song Hedge :)

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Posted by lovemysheltie 5/6 Chicago (My Page) on

Tue, May 29, 12 at 11:48

OMG I love my Earth Songs! They were planted last year and they're a sea of bright pink right now. Incredibly heat-tolerant too... We hit record temps of 95/96 here in Chicago and the Earth Songs just kept blooming despite being in full sun all day long. Not one bloom has crisped :D Dr Griffith Buck was a GENIUS! I am so proud...my neighbors stop and stare all the time!

This is how it looked last Summer, right after being planted :)

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Posted by paul_zone5ct 5 (My Page) on
Tue, May 29, 12 at 13:52

Great pix of a great rose. You picked perhaps the perfect rose for a hedge. I have two Earth Song growing in the same place for twenty years now. They just get bigger and better every year. Blooms continuously if fertilized every month with RoseTone. It is usually still blooming in late October here in CT.

In very severe winters, like 20 below zero, there is topkill, but it is very crown hardy so I just prune back to about 6" and it takes off like gangbusters. As disease-free as a rose can be. And the perfect name too!!!

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Posted by serenasyh 5 Kansas (My Page) on
Tue, May 29, 12 at 13:58

How delightful, Lovemysheltie! Lookin' fantastic!

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Posted by lovemysheltie 5/6 Chicago (My Page) on
Tue, May 29, 12 at 14:23

Thanks Paul- I gave it RoseTone when it started leafing out and will give it another dose once this flush is over :) Also will give it some Alaskan fishy stuff!

Thanks Serena :D

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Posted by jim1961 5/6 Central Pa (My Page) on
Tue, May 29, 12 at 15:14

Fantastic!

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Posted by seil z6b MI (My Page) on
Tue, May 29, 12 at 19:33

It's beautiful!

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Posted by krista_4 NY (My Page) on
Wed, May 30, 12 at 21:19

What a beautiful color and hedge!

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Posted by lovemysheltie 5/6 Chicago (My Page) on
Wed, May 30, 12 at 21:46

Thanks jim, seil and krista :)

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Posted by dublinbay z6 KS (My Page) on
Thu, May 31, 12 at 11:14

Love your Earth Song hedge. As heavily as Earth Song can bloom, do passerbys ever stop and ask you if those are pink Knock Outs? I have one strong-blooming older rose with flowers almost exactly the color of the red Knock Out--people are always asking me if that is "one of those Knock Outs"? Drives me nuts. I would think your Earth Songs might provoke some similar remarks.

Kate

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Posted by ingrid_vc Z10 SoCal (My Page) on
Thu, May 31, 12 at 13:13

I love the color and agree that this seems to be a perfect rose for a hedge. I wish I had some place I could try this. I hope you keep posting as your roses mature and fill out even more. It's going to be gorgeous!

Ingrid

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Posted by lovemysheltie 5/6 Chicago (My Page) on
Thu, May 31, 12 at 16:24

Thanks dublinbay. No, nobody has asked me yet. They just compliment the roses, that's it. If they asked me what they were, I would actually push Dr Buck roses as I am a huge fan and I think it would be great for Chicagoans to grow his roses! My husband did compliment a neighbor's Knock Out bushes though- he said "Those are really nice too." Made me roll my eyes ;-)

Ingrid: Thanks! I am really excited to see them mature! So far, they have put on some height and girth but they'll be great when they get a bit taller.

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Posted by ingrid_vc Z10 SoCal (My Page) on
Sat, Jun 2, 12 at 12:07

Well, lovemysheltie, you've "enabled" me into ordering this rose even though I have no place to put it. I love its appearance but the other consideration is that it seems to do well in the heat which I have plenty of. I'm now going to have to consider which rose to remove so I can put this one in its place!

Ingrid

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Posted by TNY78 7a-East TN (My Page) on
Sat, Jun 2, 12 at 12:40

Really love that! I'm slowing adding a driveway hedge too...mine is all David Austins.
Tammy

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Posted by lovemysheltie 5/6 Chicago (My Page) on
Sat, Jun 2, 12 at 14:59

Yay, Ingrid! I think you'll be very happy with it! It's an EarthKind rose for a reason :)

Tammy, thanks. Aren't driveway hedges fun?

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