Data specific to Roses (Edit)
| Bloom size: |
Large: 4-5"
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| Bloom shape: |
Cupped
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| Petal count: |
full: 26-40 petals
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| Rose bloom color: |
Mauve and mauve blend
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| Extra Bloom Info: |
In clusters |
| Rebloom: |
Good
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| Class: |
Shrub
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| Extra Color Info: |
Bronze-brown center, shading to lavender toward the edges |
| Growth Habit: |
Medium-tall, 4-5 feet, bushy |
| Fragrance: |
Moderate
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| Hybridizer & year: |
Dr. Griffith J. Buck, 1984 |
| Optimal growing zones: |
USDA zone 5 and warmer |
General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Shrub
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| Life cycle: |
Perennial
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| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun
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| Soil pH Preferences: |
Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
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| Minimum cold hardiness: |
Zone 5b -26.1 °C (-15 °F) to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
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| Plant Height: |
4-5 feet |
| Plant Spread: |
2-3 feet |
| Leaves: |
Deciduous
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| Flowers: |
Showy
Fragrant
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| Flower Color: |
Other: Russet-tan and lavender
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| Flower Time: |
Spring
Summer
Fall
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| Uses: |
Cut Flower
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| Wildlife Attractant: |
Bees
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| Propagation: Other methods: |
Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
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| Miscellaneous: |
With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
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| Parentage: |
September Song x The Yeoman |
| Child plants: |
one child plant |
Posted by
CindiKS (Wichita, Kansas - Zone 7a) on Feb 3, 2014 9:41 PM concerning plant:
Distant Drums is a rose everyone should grow. The color is distinct from any other rose, and the scent is strong and a bit unusual, more like licorice.
I grow this in zone 6/7, without winter protection, and my mother successfully grows it in zone 5 without protection or any spray regimen. For us, the shrub stays small, under 4'. It blooms until the end of season, sometimes into November.
Posted by
zuzu (Northern California - Zone 9a) on Feb 6, 2014 1:52 PM concerning plant:
Distant Drums is categorized as a mauve blend, but it resembles many of the russet roses in my garden. The brick-red buds open to reveal blooms with a copper center and lavender outer petals. These age to an enchanting combination of smoky mauve and beige.
This is one of the roses Dr. Buck hybridized with an eye to color rather than disease resistance, and it is prone to black spot in my garden. It is one of the few Buck roses regularly available in grafted form, however, and my grafted Distant Drums is easily three times the size of my two own-root Distant Drums bushes. It has an anise scent, which may not appeal to everyone.
Posted by
Skiekitty (Denver Metro - Zone 5a) on Apr 14, 2014 1:19 PM concerning plant:
A very unusually colored rose, it stands out in my garden. Survives zone 5 winter with mulch protection. Got about 3' tall and bloomed generously 2nd year in the ground.
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On January 9, 2015 |
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