In a few days, I will be meeting my daughter (comming from Connecticut) in NYC to see the New York Botanical Garden, especially the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden. I am so eager to see and smell the roses featured in Peter Kukielski's book blooming in this garden!
I planted four cultivars recommended in this book in 2016:
Beverly - HT, grafted
Dark Desire - HT, grafted
Wedding Bells - HT, grafted
Savannah Sunbelt - HT, own root
And three more in 2017:
Winter Sun, HT - own root
Sunny Sky, HT - own root
Polar Express Sunbelt, Shrub - own root
I chose Polar Express Sunbelt as an experiment to see if it negotiates heat waves better than Beverly, Dark Desire and Wedding Bells, which protested by producing strange-shaped blossoms or blossoms with brown edges. Savannah, my favorite, sailed through the hot weather with no ill effects.
