This thread is in reply to a blog post by Sharon entitled "Superman Roses".
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Sep 9, 2011 3:06 PM CST
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Name: Vicki
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Rolling on the floor laughing Rolling on the floor laughing Oh that's funny Sharon...

I have one and six that aren't Big Grin BUT, the one I have does in fact get eaten by Japanese beetles. Maybe your neighbor has some kind of super strain or something??

All your roses are beautiful. I love roses - their scent, their beauty.

One rose I don't have and would love to have is David Austin. But then sometimes it's more fun to dream about, huh?

You'll think I'm crazy but we got 2 1/2 inches of rain from TS Lee and my garden is still bone dry. All that rain up in the NE needs to slide SW!
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Sep 9, 2011 3:11 PM CST
Name: Sharon
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I miss the rain, Vic. I really need to smell the rain.
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Sep 9, 2011 3:46 PM CST
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Name: Vicki
North Carolina
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I get that...I really do Lovey dubby
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Sep 9, 2011 10:04 PM CST
Name: Horseshoe Griffin
Efland, NC (Zone 7a)
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I like Knock Out roses. But I like your ranting about them better!

Beautiful pics, by the way. Love 'em all!

I think my favorite roses are some Rugosa's I planted 20 plus years ago...low-maintenance (like a Knock Out), bloom forever, gives nice-sized rose hips, and never need spraying. Even Jap Beetles don't tear them down like the other roses I 'used' to have. (Carefree comes to mind, a Jap beetle magnet.)

Hang in there, Sharon...we'll send rain this fall.

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Sep 9, 2011 10:20 PM CST
Name: Sharon
Calvert City, KY (Zone 7a)
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Thanks Shoe. I like roses too. I just get aggravated when they are picture perfect day after day after day. Yup, I like rugrosas, teas, I love roses. Mostly I like those that are old and have memories with them. I haven't made a good memory yet with Superman roses!!
Maybe tomorrow.

And yes, I'd love love love to have some rain.
A few drops would be so good.
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Sep 10, 2011 7:42 AM CST
Name: Lee Anne Stark
Brockville, Ontario, Canada (Zone 5a)
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It pains me to say this...but I just might have to get me some Superman roses. Wonder if they're hardy up here?

You see, I've been trying for years to grow a rose....any rose...I've killed so many I should be put away!

Maybe the Superman are the way to go?
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Sep 10, 2011 8:31 AM CST
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Name: Vicki
North Carolina
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In the first box at the top of this link is info on roses for your zone Lee Anne Thumbs up

http://www.midwestgardentips.c...
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Sep 10, 2011 9:07 AM CST
Name: Sharon
Calvert City, KY (Zone 7a)
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Now that might be reason enough to get one, Lee Anne, your inability to have them there. See, maybe then it would be challenging and you could talk to it, beg it, feed it, all those things that they don't require here. Those things that make life interesting.

In your instance, I'd say go for it.
But only one, just to see how it would do. Big Grin
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Sep 16, 2011 6:39 AM CST
Name: Mary
The dry side of Oregon
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My rose blooms are long gone, but the bushy little roses in the bank parking lot's little inferno strips along the street are still doing their thing. I should get some of whatever they are. They'd add some color, and maybe the deer would eat them instead of taking bites of my tomatoes, squash, plums, apples, etc.
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Sep 16, 2011 9:27 AM CST
Name: Sharon
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Hi Mary.
It's for sure those Superman roses need little or no care.
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Sep 16, 2011 2:00 PM CST
Name: Mary
The dry side of Oregon
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I did a google search and found this page from the breeder of Knockout roses.

http://www.conard-pyle.com/ind...

Just in case you (like me) want some of them. There is even a place to type in your zip code and find someplace close to you that sells them. (Close is a relative term, in my case the "close" source is 100 miles!)
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Sep 16, 2011 3:22 PM CST
Name: Horseshoe Griffin
Efland, NC (Zone 7a)
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I grow and sell them every year. Although I still like the old-fashioned types I like the Knock Outs also. I started growing the "Drift Series" about four years ago, also long blooming and a product of Conard Pyle.

My absolutely favorite is the "Peach" rose because it tends to change colors, up to five(!) during its flowering period. It's not unusual to have each color at the same time once the flowering is in full force.

Shoe (sorry to be putting a crown on the Superman, Sharon!) Smiling
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Sep 16, 2011 3:57 PM CST
Name: Sharon
Calvert City, KY (Zone 7a)
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Actually Shoe, I love the peach knockouts. It's that never ending never changing always the exact same red one that I don't really care much about.

I'll look for peach.
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Sep 16, 2011 4:18 PM CST
Name: Horseshoe Griffin
Efland, NC (Zone 7a)
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Here ya go....
This is one color...

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Sep 16, 2011 4:19 PM CST
Name: Horseshoe Griffin
Efland, NC (Zone 7a)
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Here are flowers in the light pinkish stage:

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Sep 16, 2011 4:19 PM CST
Name: Sharon
Calvert City, KY (Zone 7a)
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Ahhhhhhh....I think I just have to have that.
So beautiful.
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Sep 16, 2011 4:20 PM CST
Name: Horseshoe Griffin
Efland, NC (Zone 7a)
And in the end...a happy beginning!
I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar Charter ATP Member Garden Sages Hosted a Not-A-Raffle-Raffle I sent a postcard to Randy! I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
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And my favorite rose pic, similar to the first pic, but with a Haiku:


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Sep 16, 2011 4:22 PM CST
Name: Horseshoe Griffin
Efland, NC (Zone 7a)
And in the end...a happy beginning!
I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar Charter ATP Member Garden Sages Hosted a Not-A-Raffle-Raffle I sent a postcard to Randy! I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
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I'll send you one, probably best to do so in the spring, eh?

Shoe
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Sep 16, 2011 4:23 PM CST
Name: Sharon
Calvert City, KY (Zone 7a)
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Awwwww sweet. Fits that lovely blossom, too.

If you were trying to convince me, Shoe, ignoring multiple reds all in a row, I could learn to love that peach Superman Rose.
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Sep 16, 2011 4:25 PM CST
Name: Sharon
Calvert City, KY (Zone 7a)
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Oh Shoe, yes. Probably so, since at the moment my soil is much like kiln baked clay.
I could easily do a tap dance on it, complete with all the noise.

Yes. Spring would be lovely.
What a sweetheart.
If you sent it now, you'd have to send with it some rain.
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