I have no idea how PP would do grafted on multiflora Patty?...But with the RRD scare not sure I want to try a grafted PP...

Heirloom Roses has the size of this rose listed at only 2ft high by 3ft wide???...I got our PP at Chamblees...

What a cool color

Anybody with a own root Plum Perfect please share your experience with this rose... Thanks!

Anybody have a grafted Plum Perfect in a cooler climate??? zone 6 or lower....Thanks!

Now I find that interesting indeed if PP is given that size out west no wonder mine are so small. Wish I had planted them closer together they would have looked really nice.

I think Chris Plum Perfect grows to 3ft high out west...

reference threads: I forgot about these threads...

[https://www.houzz.com/discussions/kordes-plum-perfect-growth-habit-dsvw-vd~4398632?n=42[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/kordes-plum-perfect-growth-habit-dsvw-vd~4398632?n=42)

[https://www.houzz.com/discussions/question-on-plum-perfect-rose-dsvw-vd~1702812?n=26[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/question-on-plum-perfect-rose-dsvw-vd~1702812?n=26)

Anybody with a own root Plum Perfect please share your experience with this rose... Thanks!

Anybody have a grafted Plum Perfect in a cooler climate??? zone 6 or lower....Thanks!

Plum Perfect blooms are so gorgeous I'd put up with its small size, Jim. I wonder if Palatine in Canada has it grafted. Those plants would probably be safe from RRD. My own root Abe Darby doesn't look as good as your PP. And it's about the same size. Last year it grew a lot, but I had to transplant Abe in March this year, and he hated it and has limpedd along. I wish I had waited and got a grafted AD this year. I have no problem with grafted roses, and am not on the own root kick. I don't think my own root Julia Child blooms as much, nor do the blooms look as good, as my two grafted JCs. Of course, the own root gets gnawed on by the deer, so that could make a difference! Stick it out with Plum Perfect cause it's a beauty. Diane

Hopefully PP grows to at least 24-30 inches here Nanadoll...lol

I do not know much about grafted roses....Never grew one...lol...But I would try one...

Wow Jim I love this one. Hopefully it gets bigger for you soon. Looking forward to hear more of her progress in the future.

Jim, we got our Plum Perfect roses at the same time. Mine was an own root, 4" band from Northland and took off with growth immediately after getting in the ground. I've thought all along that you were sold a dud because of all the trouble you've had with it. But, it looks like it has hit it's stride and is making up for lost time. The blooms look as good or better than any I've seen.

Mine is about 2 1/2' tall and has bloomed quite a bit this season, considering the heat. They weren't as stuffed with petals when it was over 100˚, but are back to looking very full now that it's in the 80's.

The blooms are big for the size of the bush, and I don't think the bush will ever get more than 3 1/2' here.

Your roses are amazing this year, and by golly, you deserve it after last years heart breaking troubles - one thing after another, all season.

I got mine own root last year as well. Mine is about the same size as yours.

Thanks totoro z7b Md ...

Thanks flowersaremusic and totoro z7b Md for sharing!

Mine are also the same size , own root from chamblees . I actually had 2 in one pot so I divided them , one was a runt but it caught up this year . Very healthy but not really a nice round shape like I would prefer. But the color of the blooms is so so beautiful!!

Also really good on the rebloom

Jim , your photos are so beautiful! I hope next year is a banner year for you .

Awesome! Thanks Lilyfinch!

Jim, if it makes you feel better, mine is actually only 1 foot, but does bloom a lot for such a wee thing.

Thanks totoro! Our PP bloomed well during the first flush but has not really bloomed since then...lol

I have Plumb Perfect, that a friend gave me. It was a small band size when I got it. He is probably about a year old. I have not had any blooms on him as of yet.... but probably not his fault. He got set back during Hurricane Irma and he struggled for a while. I actually thought he was going to be a goner.... but I babied him and he has finally perked up..... In fact, he has perked up so much, i have had to re-pot him twice. He went from a band to a 5 gallon bucket to 10 gallon pot.... I would not have re-potted again, but he grew so fast and tall that he kept tipping his 5 gallon over.... even on non windy days. I think he will bloom when it cools off this fall. Right now I think he is spending his energy on roots and limbs.... I am excited to see every ones pictures.

Thanks Sharon! Your PP sounds like its doing great!

Our Plum Perfect did not bloom at all its first season...Then this year it had a Spring flush but nothing since so hopefully its laying roots...

Gosh, I’m so happy that this thread was started. I feel really good about my Plum Perfects now. Here is a photo with one Of the PP’s with a phlox. The phlox is a little over two feet.

Awesome Patty!

I'm thinking PP might only grow to 24"-30" in our climates...

That's a beautiful color combination, Patty. Love the rose and the phlox. Which phlox are you growing? Diane

It is a seedling Diane. I believe it is from Peacock White and Candy Store Bubblegum Pink. Thanks for asking.

Gorgeous!

Nice Lilyfinch! :-)

Patty, you mean that gorgeous phlox was a free seedling from your garden? Boy, did you luck out. Hybrids' offspring don't always look so good. I think you should sell rights to Proven Winners or something. Diane

Were having a few days of high heat and I can tell our Plum Perfect loves heat...lol...I notice it gives growth spurts in the higher heat which would be 90-93 degrees by late afternoon here...70's at night...

Jim that is what mine does. We have been stuck in this wretched heat again and she starts growing. I would likely not reccomend her for any colder weather than mine.

I agree! I might even say no lower than Z 6a...lol...This rose likes heat!

flowersaremusic z5 Inland NW in another thread said her Plum Perfects went gangbusters and shes in zone 5....Not sure if its own or grafted yet though...

Jim, it's own root, bought as a 4" band. It did take off very quickly, but has slowed down a bit. Possibly because it's been blooming non-stop. It's a little more than 2' tall. I hope to get a little more height from it next year, but it's a smallish rose bush.

Thanks flowersaremusic! Your doing something right! :-)

Diana (zone 8, AL) made the thread below and she has a very nice grafted Plum Perfect in zone 8... Check it out!

[https://www.houzz.com/discussions/plum-perfect-rose-i-am-impressed-dsvw-vd~5461395?n=13 [(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/plum-perfect-rose-i-am-impressed-dsvw-vd~5461395)

JIm, I tried to post a whole bush shot of Plum Perfect, and it was here, at least for a few minutes, but now it's gone. Northland lists it as 2-3' tall and wide. Other vendors list it taller. I had hoped for 3 1/2', but realistically, I'll be thrilled if it grows to 3'.

I think in warmer climates it grows to 3-4ft tall ...So in our climates I'm guessing maybe 2ft-3ft tall... flowersaremusic....

I'd love to see a pic of your Plum Perfect flowersaremusic! Sorry it disappeared...

I'll try again.....

I thought only the photo disappeared, but now I think the entire post disappeared.

I had deadheaded and cut it back the day before the photo, but there are still a lot of buds. It blooms continuously rather than in flushes. It's 2 1/2' if you count the green buds at the top of the photo.

This is a new part of the garden that I'm still working on, so don't look too closely at the weedy area behind it.

Thanks for sharing flowersaremusic! Very nice! :-)

I'm very impressed with Plum Perfect and the photos and experiences you all have shared. It's a beauty, but better yet, it's a continuous bloomer for some of you.

Flowers, your Plum Perfect has grown amazingly well from a 4" band to a beautiful large plant. I like that fence we can see in the background. It all looks good to me. What weedy area? I do see a strange bare foot photobombing your pic, though. Diane

Ohhhh, that fence! I wanted it to weather to silvery gray, but at the rate it's going, it's not going to happen in my life time. I might paint it. There is a lot of it, so I may not get it painted in my life time, either. Still weighing the pros and cons.

I'm posting what the bare foot is attached to for you, Diane.

My Plum Perfect is almost as tall as Beverly! Likes the climate here in SE Virginia and has bloomed well thru the heat. Best of all the foliage is really clean. I am delighted with PP.

Beverly is as wide as it is tall and is threatening to engulf poor Plum Perfect. Guess I didn't believe an HT could be that bushy.

Plum perfect is so pretty

When I read that it is around 2ft tall I thought I would get one but I already have the behemoth Beverly. I have no room for a space hog.

Flowers, that sculpture is wonderful. Can you show a close up? And just look at Plum Perfect! What a wonderful rose. Is their a phlox on the other side of PP or am I seeing things? Diane

Thanks, Diane. Here's my garden angel. I rarely show photos of entire plants because of the pine needles. They are a constant and they drive me nuts. They're not just on the ground; they're hanging on every branch, twig, stem, leaf and flower. You can't rake them up, they have to be removed by hand. Grrrrrrr!

From just one night.....

Flowers, I just slaved over a comment on your exquisite sculpture and awful pine needles, and Houzz disappeared it. I give up. Love the phlox, too. Diane

Don't give up Diane. You are the most fun. Now, I wish I had ice cream.

Thanks, Sheila. I should have been more clear instead of hotheaded. I just meant I give up trying to comment on this thread. I had a much better comment than above. I've already had my ice cream for the night. I always have it around, if possible. It's a great tranquilizer, consuming a cone while staring glassily into space. I then forget what a pain Houzz has become. I need to comment on your roses in the antique forum. I loved them. Diane

Not to worry, Diane. Few of us have escaped houzz's ineptitude.

I did not heighten the color in the phlox pix. My phone takes very color saturated photos. I usually remove color so they don't look so doctored, and I forgot to on that one.

I never do anything to my photos, either, so I didn't even think about that, flowers. I'd love one of those phlox. This place could use more color. I just can't get over your angel sculpture. I love the rose she's holding. It adds so much to the meaning of the piece. Those pine needles are horrible. We do have two honey locust, much too large, right next to our yard, on the hell strip. They are half in our yard because of their size. They drop these awful thin and straight, twigs with their little leaves. The twigs look like....pine needles. They stick in and on everything, and can't be just swept up. I hate those things, but this happens only in the fall. In the spring, they drop these woolly caterpillar like things that scare little kids--ha. What a tree from @#$%. I don't know how you cope with those pine needles all the time, though. Someone should invent a special little vacuum just for pine needles. Have you had your ice cream yet? Diane

WoW Flowers! :-)

LOL Nanadoll!

Plum Perfect had Downy Mildew so no leaves at the present time...

I'm either going to get rid of this rose next year or move to a small bed beside Fiji rose next Spring...

I measured Plum Perfect, it is about 30 inches high now but on the skinny side... No new basal breaks this year.... (2nd year)

I just ordered Plum Perfect, mostly because it looks to be a shorter rose so If I have no space it will be potted. But things tend to get bigger than advertised here so we will see. Someone said that it got as big as Beverly and my Beverly is a beast

So I hope PP doesnt get that big

I guess if it is in a pot it will be kept under control.

I also ordered Quicksilver

I must be in a purple mood