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Posted by marcie_new z8 (My Page) on Sun, Nov 8, 09 at 20:37
| I was nicely surprised!! My confederate Rose put out 2 blooms! A white one and a pink one.Tomorrow I am getting a cutting for a single deep pink- hot pink- confederate rose? leaves look same as my dble one. wish me luck with this new cutting. |
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RE: Confederate Rose
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| They root easily, marcie, so good luck with this one. Mine are blooming, and are well worth the wait. All of mine are pink. |
RE: Confederate Rose
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I do wish you luck. They are so pretty, mine didn't bloom at all this year, but I saw one in Elgin that was a beautiful tree about 10 - 15'
I don't believe I have ever seen one that big before |
RE: Confederate Rose
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| Jolana, would you root me a cutting for the swap next spring, please? |
RE: Confederate Rose
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| Donna, I would be happy to do that |
RE: Confederate Rose
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| How do you root one? I believe one of my neighbors has one and I would love to have one and train it as a bush... Can they train to be bushed about 4 feet tall and wide? |
RE: Confederate Rose
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| Hi Phantom, these are the instructions I went by but the *green thumbers* might have a better method, lol Cut a few branches off an existing plant during the fall before the freeze hits. Cut branches that are green but do not have any blooms; they should be approximately 12 to 15 inches long. Fall is the preferred time to cut, but if you must cut in the spring, cut a branch that is approximately 5 to 6 inches long and composed of strong, new growth. Cut off the lower leaves before rooting.
Root your cuttings. In the fall, place your cuttings in a bucket of water and store them in a warm, sunny spot for approximately two months. Then put them in a pot and move them indoors for the winter, in a cool (but not freezing) spot.
In the springtime, place your cuttings in a mixture that is three parts sand to one part peat moss. Keep them moist and they will root in approximately one month. Wait until the plant's dormancy period and then transplant the bush into the ground. Plant the new growth. Planting works best in early spring (for fall cuttings) or in the plant's dormancy period in the winter (for spring cuttings). The Confederate Rose likes warm climates and moist (not soaking wet) soil. It will grow and blossom on its own with very little intervention from you; you do not need to prune it at all. It will bloom in the summer and go dormant for winter |
RE: Confederate Rose
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| Sister Green Thumb, those sound like excellent directions to me. |
RE: Confederate Rose
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Jolana, mine blooms only in the Fall ..... wonder why???
I thought with the mild winter we had last year, I would have a "tree" this season, but that last freeze got it ... drat !!! |
RE: Confederate Rose
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| I heard somewhere that to insure your cutting you should try for a cutting that is about to bloom and as or before you plant it remove the buds so that the plant will start rooting right away something about hormones in the plant. Not sure if its true. |
RE: Confederate Rose
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| Are all confederate roses late bloomers? Mine just bloomed last week for the first time this year. I don't think it bloomed last year, but I thought it bloomed in the summer the year before. It's also much smaller this year than it has been in past years. |
RE: Confederate Rose
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| I loved my Confederate Rose, it's a beautiful flower! It might be the weather that made it bloom late this year for you Marti. It seems we didn't get spring until after summer this year because of the insta-heat-no-rain we had. Someone gave me my CF at one of the swaps and it grew to at least 5 ft in that first year. Of course that winter we had a few hard freezes and it didn't survive. I'm hoping to get another sometime and see if I can't find a more protected place in my garden, it was the only thing I lost that year to the freeze. An absolute tragedy. |
RE: Confederate Rose
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| Michelle, when you get another, cut it back before the first freeze and mulch. Mine have survived some pretty cold winters and always returned. I have a couple that I need to move as the tree has become too large for them to get enough sunshine. BTW, mine always bloom in the Fall. |
RE: Confederate Rose
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| I was given one last year in July, a 4' stick with two branches. Ike up-rooted it and we had to re-plant. Then it took off, I believe because of all the rain. It didn't bloom until October but by then it was over 8' tall. We had about 100 blooms last year. When the blooms started last year I watched to see how long it took them to open. Well the first one took most of the day to open. [dry weather then] I went outside to water and the next bloom opened in a few minutes. This spring it put on a couple blooms and I was in hopes it would continue but stopped until last month. With this cooler weather the blooms have slowed down again. It will put on seed later, the pods you can tell by the difference in their shape. One thing I did learn is if it grows too fast the branches won't be thick enough to hold those large leaves and blooms. They bloom at the end of the branches so I don't expect to lose any flowers and in fact may have more because of the pruning as well as being able to keep it within a manageable size for my yard. I did lose one branch to a rain storm this summer and had to prune it back. Put the cuttings in the soil with some root tone to see how well they would do. Ended up with 6 with leaves. Gave two to my neighbor, but when I removed them from the soil found that the roots were only little white straight roots about one inch long. The rest I have left in the soil in hopes they will root better over the winter months. I will have to try the water method as I need to prune those long slender branches back. They have spread out so much that there are other branches starting to grow up in between. My wife wants me to prune it back so we will be able to enjoy those blooms by just looking out our dinning room window. I read somewhere that some put on white blooms which turn to light pink then darker before falling off. |
RE: Confederate Rose
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Can any one tell me where i can purchase the Confederate Rose Tree. from any reliable nursery near Houston?
Thanks'
meadowbrier |
Here is a link that might be useful: gardenweb
RE: Confederate Rose
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| Well I would think that the garden centers, in Houston would have them the ones with the canopy colors red and yellow I have seen some off HWY290 and some other places off the Main hiways.They even advertise in the newspapers, if you like I could get some cuttings next year and send them to you. I have a friend that cuts her C.Rose every year but now is too late she already cut hers around november and I was not in town when she did this so I didn't get any cuttings, but as soon as they start budding out I can try and get some cuttings.Marcie |
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