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Petite Lisette - Healthy?

18 years ago

I am considering Petite Lisette but only want really, really healthy roses. I have a dead Heritage on my hands and want to replace it with something a bit smaller and much healthier. (It was a bit sickly last year, and does not appear to have survived a recent move).

I was also thinking about Marie Louise. Maybe Leda but I think I want a pink. Also Leda may not be super-healthy, nor would Felicite Parmentier?

Does anyone have experience with this rose?

Thanks1

Comments (5)

  • 18 years ago

    Maybe Olga can chime in with an experience. Here in Western Washington where the summers are warm but never hot and with almost no rain Petite Lisette is a fantastic no spray bush with very nice flowers. Of course I threw in the Olga reference because Chloris is also no spray here with no disease and Olga ended up with a bs magnet. Marie Louise looks ok when not in bloom but when in flush arches her canes over to the ground.

    Lance

  • 18 years ago

    I grow both Leda and Felicite Parmentier no-spray. Leda gets a little damask crud and FP gets a little regular old BS, but neither too bad. They both stay around 4' tall. Actually, my Heritage stays pretty clean and healthy, though gets to 7' tall by the end of summer, but I know that Olga was less happy with the resistance of hers. I grew Marie Louise and it was much more suspectible to damask crud than Leda. Do you have Marchesa Boccella already? That one is very healthy, compact, plus it repeats well. Sharifa Asma is a beautiful Austin much smaller than Heritage (about 3') and only loses a little bit of leaves to BS.

  • 18 years ago

    Thanks Lance, I think I will give her a try. I was wondering if Olga grew it.

    Lori - I love Marchessa Bochella. I think the blooms look like they are made out of cotton candy. That was the other rose that had to be moved, but it looks like it's doing well.

    I will miss Heritage's blooms, even though they didn't last very long. The bush just looked spindly to me. The only other Austin I had was The Prince and it was a mess.

    Last year I got Queen of Denmark based on what you and Olga have said about her health in our area. (I live in Sykesville (Carroll Co / Howard line).

  • 18 years ago

    Maureen, Sorry don't grow this one. One really healthy pink is Damask Ispahan, but of course it is anything but petit, really big one. Marchessa Bosella does get some BS in my garden, but still keeps some leaves. I think this is the case when it all depends on your tolerance to BS, but definitely better then most in resistance.
    Felicite Parmentier gets BS and if not enough sun can also get PM. Leda is pretty, but gets crud, as Lori mentioned. Sharifa Asma is not considered resistant in my garden, we have different levels of BS tolerance with Lori :).
    Alba Celeste is quite healthy here for me. Another light pink that is very healthy here is gallica Belle Isis.
    Olga

  • 6 years ago

    Petite Lisette is very hardy and healthy in my experience here in Lowell, MA. The only thing I do for it is to try to keep its suckers in check! I love it.