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Posted by damon zone 6 (My Page) on Tue, Aug 23, 05 at 12:39
| I live in zone 6 (Long Island, NY) and would love to start growing roses like I've seen in some beautiful hedges in the Hamptons. Are these simplicity roses? or some other variety? These hedges are quite high and thick with branches and a variety of colors from white to red. Any information given (variety, when to plant, where to purchase, etc.) will be appreciated. |
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RE: Rose Hedges
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| You may want look into Meiland landscape roses. They have quite a few varieties, and the ones I grow are Fuchsia Meidiland, Scarlet Meidiland, and Alba Meidiland. These would be hardy in your zone, and have excellent disease resistance (no-spray). Simplicity roses, I heard, may need to be sprayed. Sources: Rosesunlimitedownroot.com, Heirloomroses.com, Wayside gardens, Vintage roses, Lowes or Home Depot may carry some in early summer. Potted roses can be planted anytime, bare root roses are planted in the early spring. Some pics below. Fuchsia Meidiland
 Alba Meidiland
 Scarlet Meidiland
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RE: Rose Hedges
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| Knock Out also does well as a hedge (there is a large hedge of Knock Out at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, as we have a couple of mass-plantings down this way). It comes in cherry red (Knock Out), hot pink (Pink Knock Out) and light pink (Blushing Knock Out). It is pretty much a "carefree" rose, definitely no-spray. Kncok Out was available potted at many garden centers this past season. There are also the rugosas, R. Rugosa, R. Rugosa Alba, which grow very well near and on shore areas. There are several mass-plantings in Bradley Beach of R. Rugosa. In your area, the garden centers should have plenty of potted rugosas starting in May. |
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