I think it would be fun to get the grafted too and compare them and tell us all about it.

I haven’t seen Quicksilver available on Dr. Huey. I ordered mine last year from Edmunds, and assumed it was grafted, but realized after I received it that it is own root. However, Palatine carries it, so it is available on multiflora. I’ve been very pleased with my own root one, it’s been amazing!

Love ya Moses just what I needed to hear! I overthink everything, this just being one more example. Cannot wait! I have Lavender Crush on the other side of the arch and want them to meat in the center... sooner rather than later. Soul Sider at base

That's going to be beautiful, Austin. I have a friend with an own root one from RU and after one year it grew to be a pretty good sized plant and was covered in absolutely gorgeous blooms. It seemed like the prettiest rose in his garden to me. Just stunning, big, quartered blooms of the most delicious color...not washed out at all. I have an own root one also but mine is lagging and I thought grafted might be better. But if the spot is right , own root does very well.

Erasmus, Thanks for the encouragement. What is your zone, state? It is Soul Sisters not Siders :-)

Oh , sorry. It's zone 7, NC. My friend with the great plant of it is a few miles away. He has more moisture retentive soil, with more clay in it than mine. He is a big believer in Milorganite fertilizer and I think Ben t is too.

Moses if you happen to see this message, could you please tell me if your quicksilver has any shade? I am planting mine on a 6-7 feet tall fence that faces East. I think it should get hopefully 6 hours of sun and maybe more from the West if it gets taller than the fence, but not sure. I am concerned several big pines in the area may filter the light some through the day. In my experience the Kordes here really want all day sun and wondered if this one can take less. After reading your great reviews on this rose I can't wait to see it in my garden. Thank you!

Dianela

Austin I personally like grafted roses, but have discovered that Kordes do extremely well own root. They just seem to be extra-vigorous and do not need the extra help, even tho the own root babies will probably take just a bit longer to perform. I can't wait to see your arch with Quicksilver and Lavender crush!

Hey dianela, yes it is all about our climates. I previously choose own root because the grafted sometimes just get too big over here. You know ...we Texans gotta live up to our reputation. :-)

I moved to more grafted this year after losing so many friends in one way or another and not wanting to wait to see results. I really want to get a Savannah (Biltmore Fan) but I keep reading how large it gets even the own root. Bigger not always better and it certainly limits how many our gardens can hold. Moses and Erasmus comments sure do sound exciting about Quicksilver. If anything worth seeing I will post pics.

Dianela,

My Quick Silver gets 6-7 hours, no more, direct sunlight, not filtered through tree leaves, DIRECT, on the longest day of the year, in June, and does great....husky growth with deep green leaves. The time slot is during the heat of the day, from 10:00AM to 4:00-5:00PM.

I believe your Quick Silver will thrive under your light conditions. Don't forger, your 6-7 hours of sunlight there in N. Alabama are more directly overhead, more intense than the more acute angle that the sun's rays take when they hit my Pittsburgh, PA roses, less intense.

Moses

What a difference one zone makes! I dearly love the Kordes rose families in general and I have two Quicksilvers - one grafted and one own root. The good news is that there isn't any appreciable difference between them. The bad news is that in my dry zone 5 spots both of those Quicksilvers haven't gotten above 12" in the last two years. They've survived and I hope they're putting down roots, so it's not fair to judge a climber in the first two years in any zone much less a cold one.

Still I don't think this climber will be huge in my zone, and it looks like in zone 5 it'll be a "climber" that maxes out around 6 feet for me. My bottom line is agreement that grafted or own root doesn't make much difference for me either. Still a nice rose potentially, but there seems to be a big difference between zone 5 without snow cover (me), zone 5 with snow cover, or zone 6 and above for this rose. It certainly doesn't have nearly the hardiness or robustness as Poseidon in my zone.

Cynthia

Thank you very much Moses. I appreciate you. I will go ahead as planned and hope my results are as positive. I hope so because I have multiples lol.

Cynthia I hope your Quicksilver gets going this year.

I have a QS from Edmunds its grown gangbusters over my two 1 yr older band OR that I got feom Northland. I just assumed mine from Edmunds was grafted but I guess I should lookand see.

I think Edmunds only carries OR quicksilver... https://www.edmundsroses.com/product/E25583/9

I got an OR QS from Regan. very fast growing. only got 3~4 h full sun every day but still reached over 6 ft in one year.

I got mine a few yrs ago so idk if they had grafted back then or not. I will have to look at the base tomorrow. Whatever it is, it headed for the stars lol. Went straight up unsupported about 10 ft before a strong storm made it fall over on a nearby dwarf mulberry tree. I have it ties up on an arch now with Lav Crush & the other 2 smaller QS.

Seems everyone has had good growth so I will stick with one bush... My usual concern is that all roses grow too big for my space... sultry you know what I mean. our long grow seasons require a country space like Judith has if we want to try multiple varieties. Thanks folks for chiming in.