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     Cynthia Worch (Rose_gardener) Powdery Mildew Username: rose_gardener Post Number: 7 Registered: 04-2007 |
Will definately check these out and the web sites,too. I just love curling up with a good rose book and my tube of Ben-gay after a hard days work in the garden. Expecially with the way my roses look now after the freeze. Thank you so much. | ||
| Jeri Jennings (Jeri) Supreme Crown Gall ! Username: Jeri Post Number: 681 Registered: 01-2006 |
Cynthia -- A few more books I'd suggest, if I may. IN SEARCH OF LOST ROSES, by Thomas Christopher OLD ROSES, by Mrs. Frederick Love Keyes ANTIQUE ROSES FOR THE SOUTH, by Welch LANDSCAPING WITH OLD GARDEN ROSES, by Shoup and Druitt. All of the above are available as used books, very very inexpensively. Try going to ADDALL books or ABE Books to search for them. Then you might want to look for a copy of A BOOK ABOUT ROSES, by Dean S. Reynolds Hole. It's a classic, which ran to so many editions there are a jillion copies out there, some of them downright cheap. You're going to love each and every one of these. Jeri Jennings | ||
| Cynthia Worch (Rose_gardener) Powdery Mildew Username: rose_gardener Post Number: 6 Registered: 04-2007 |
I really like Amazon.com and Hastings for buying books. I have several books on roses and gardening in general but I don't have that one so I'll keep a look out for it. | ||
| Lisa Ishimuro (Lisa_ishimuro) Greenhorn Username: Lisa Ishimuro Post Number: 4 Registered: 03-2007 |
Cynthia, I forgot to mention some books I would not be without either. Anything by Graham Stuart Thomas and Peter Beales, and I am reading a great book I picked up at the Phila. Flower Show, "Roses" by Orietta Sala. I would think you could find this on a used book web site. It is a great book, very comprehensive, with an emphasis on old roses. 300 pages, 450 photos. I have been meaning to post this on the forum to see if anyone else has read it. Lisa | ||
| Cynthia Worch (Rose_gardener) Greenhorn Username: rose_gardener Post Number: 5 Registered: 04-2007 |
Thanks, I'll definately be looking into these. Don't worry about the spelling I didn't take French in school so I wouldn't know the difference. This will give me a good starting place. Ann,I looked up Appalachian Roses, which would make a nice road trip from here and they seem to have a great selection. Will set some time a side to go there. Stephan,I've had Mutabalis on my list glad to hear its recommended. This is great! | ||
| stephen scanniello (Steprose) Supreme Crown Gall ! Username: steprose Post Number: 861 Registered: 01-2006 |
I would add Mutabalis | ||
| Lisa Ishimuro (Lisa_ishimuro) Greenhorn Username: Lisa Ishimuro Post Number: 3 Registered: 03-2007 |
Cynthia, Here are a few roses I would never be without in my garden: Alchemist, Charles de Mills, Reine des Violettes, Sombreiul, Mmde. Hardy, Queen of Denmark,Celsiana,Mmde. Alfred Carriere. A short list, something to get you started. I am without my french dictionary, some may be mispelled! Enjoy and have fun!! Lisa | ||
| Cynthia Worch (Rose_gardener) Greenhorn Username: rose_gardener Post Number: 4 Registered: 04-2007 |
Fara, I looked up Madame Pierre Oger and she IS beautiful. Thanks Ann, I love that part of East Tn. Was in Riceville/Cleveland just before the freeze. Thanks for the invite but understand about not having any blooms. Everyone was hit hard. I look at my garden and say BooHoo. Maybe another time. Will look up the websites you and Fara suggested and e-mail you for the contacts. Thanks so much. Can't wait to get me some more roses!! | ||
| ann peck (Anntn6b) Bug Squisher Username: anntn6b Post Number: 216 Registered: 01-2006 |
Hi, Cindy, I'm in east TN very close to Knoxville and I've got good friends near Nashville who share our love of Old Garden Roses. Most years I could invite you to see blooming roses right now, but the Easter Freeze has set bloom back to June. But the bloom will come. Many of my OGR rose friends don't spray because they don't have to. Look to china roses, tea roses, and noisette roses for no spray. For fragrance. For roses that will give you more than you put into them. For roses that will make you feel like the richest woman on earth, surrounded by billowing masses of blooms. A local garden with OGRs: the garden at The Hermitage. With five acres, you can grow simply wonderful, fragrant roses and never worry about spray. Four additional nurseriers: Burgess Falls (just southwest of Cookville) (no website) Appalachian Rose (Tellico Plains TN) good website Ashdown Roses (Landrum SC) great website Roses Unlimited (Laurens SC) fair website but huge selection of noisettes Email me for the name of my good friends in Nashville who can give you specifics or for folks I know in Cookeville and Crossville. All love to talk roses. | ||
| Fara Shimbo (Fara_shimbo) Bug Squisher Username: fara_shimbo Post Number: 188 Registered: 04-2006 |
Welcome, Cynthia, If you want something tall and pink, try Madame Pierre Oger. She's a very upright grower and flowers all year. Be sure to add UncommonRose.biz to your list of sources. | ||
| Cynthia Worch (Rose_gardener) Greenhorn Username: rose_gardener Post Number: 3 Registered: 04-2007 |
I would like short to tall. My favorite color is pink but I truly like all colors. I have mixed borders of roses, shrubs and perennials. There is a row of trees in the middle of our property but the rest is in direct sun. | ||
| stephen scanniello (Steprose) Supreme Crown Gall ! Username: steprose Post Number: 858 Registered: 01-2006 |
cool. what type of OGR do you want....tall, short, climber, sprawler what color how will you use it...mixed border, herb garden | ||
| Cynthia Worch (Rose_gardener) Greenhorn Username: rose_gardener Post Number: 2 Registered: 04-2007 |
Thank you, I will. I have catalogs from Vintage Gardens, Heirloom Roses, Chamblee's and Antique Rose Emporium. I also read your book "A Year Of Roses" a few months ago and couldn't put it down. It's actually what got me interested in OGR's. Yes, I like the idea of "own root". Thanks again, Cindy | ||
| stephen scanniello (Steprose) Supreme Crown Gall ! Username: steprose Post Number: 857 Registered: 01-2006 |
Welcome Cynthia! I have a feeling that some locals will chime in, if not, I'm happy to assist. try some once blooming ogr's - gallica, damask, centifolia, hybrid China.... try to go own root | ||
| Cynthia Worch (Rose_gardener) Greenhorn Username: rose_gardener Post Number: 1 Registered: 04-2007 |
Hello, I'm new to the forum and to OGR's. I have over 100 modern roses but now would like to join the world of Old garden roses. Can anyone give me some suggestions of where to start? I live in middle Tennessee zone 6b-7a. Wet winters and dry summers. Black spot is a problem here. What are some good ones to start with? I have 5 acres so room isn't a real problem. Thank you, Cindy |