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"Best" pink rose for the low desert

3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago

Hello! For those of you who live in climates similar to that of Phoenix, I'm curious: do you have a favorite blush/pale pink rose? I'm especially interested in roses that have a strong, lovely fragrance, bloom a lot, and cut well.

A few that look interesting to me are Cecile Brunner, Francis Meilland, Frederic Mistral, Royal Highness, Secret. Please let me know if you have experience with any of these (or any others!), thanks!

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  • 3 years ago
    last modified: 3 years ago

    I don't live in a hot dry place anymore but I'm commenting si so that someone else may see and comment here. What i do remember about gardening in Phoenix is that afternoon shade can be a good idea. I didn't grow roses when I lived there.

    Carrie_in_Phoenix Zone 9b, Sunset 13, Heat 10 thanked librarian_gardner_8b_pnw
  • 3 years ago
    last modified: 3 years ago

    I don't grow any of the roses you mentioned, so can't help much. I have grown Cecil Brunner but didn't find it did very well in my climate. Have you tried going to see the rose garden at Maricopa Community College in Mesa? They have a lot of roses there, mostly moderns, I believe. There's also a rose growing site on Facebook for Phoenix area. I'm not on it because they discuss mostly moderns and I'm an old rose grower, mostly. My niece grows Falling in Love in Phoenix and it is fabulous for her. There are a lot of roses that will fit your bill I imagine, will just take a little research. I don't know if you're planning to, but it's kind of late to plant roses here. I'd wait until fall if you can. Good luck with it.

    Carrie_in_Phoenix Zone 9b, Sunset 13, Heat 10 thanked debbym, Tempe, AZ Zone 9
  • 3 years ago

    I llive in California, the first advice I'd give you is to amend the soil well, roses are heavy feeders. be sure to mulch well, 4 inches deep is enough, but don't let the mulch touch the basal canes, I'd leave c. a 4 inch circle around the base of each rosebush.

    - don't plant red roses unless you have a place with a few hours of filtered sunlight or the petals will burn and appear ugly.

    I have a colllection of Old Garden Tea rosebushes, which I grew in pots near my front porch until each was c. 2 feet tall and the root system was well developed. This is so I could keep a close eye on them and water them often enough.

    I've grown every form of Cecukke Brunner. I'd advise you to grow the Everblooming Cecille Brunner' because it grows to c. 8 feet tall, but can easily be kept to 4 ' tall. It blooms far more often than the climbing form, which here only gives one full bloom cycle and then in the Autumn blooms lightly again, c, 1/3rd of the spring bloom.

    I love Cecille Brunner, it has been grown since the 1880's and found in many gardens in California, it's a survivor. I only grow roses with fragrance and this one has a dependable fragrance.

    ' Grandmothers Hat' I have mine grown beside my front porch, it's a found H.ybrid Perpetual and it blooms as early in the year and as late in the year as an Old Garden Tea. Because of it's side buds, each bloom cycle is extended. No rose blooms constantly but this one is one of the best for how many months of the year it blooms here, east of San Francisco. .

    Celine Forestie' a yellow climber that has rich pink on its rosebuds. r a neighbor asked me, "What is that gorgeous white rose by the sidet of your house? The hot tempetures fade it to white except in April and November when we get cooler weather. Very lovely fragrance.

    ' Gloire des Rosomanes' I have 3 of these. I grow them up to c. 6 feet t all by 4 feet wide. A red rose of astounding beauty. Moderate fragrance. I love this rose and the bit of white it has makes it' special. Often found as a lost and "found" rose in places where it receives little to no care.

    Mrs. Dudley Cross. Huge blooms the size of a baseball. Good scent. Mine os c/ 5 feet om a;; directions. Because of the heat where I live this is mostly a creamy white rose, in lNovember it will show pink near the guard petals.

    Duchess de Brabant. A pink Old Garden Tea. Very floriferous, quick re-bloom.

    Susan Louise' I grow mine as a self-standing bush, c. 10 feet tall. Pink with elegant rosebuds.

    I brought a bouquet of Tea roses to a party and asked which of the 7 blooms was the favorite.

    Susan Louise won hands down. The rosebuds are long and tapering and just sooo gorgeous!

    For the bees;

    'Lyda Rose' a modern rose with good fragrance, small pink roses cover the bush from late April through November in my garden.

    'Mutabilis' grown in filtered sunlight changes the color of bloom as they mature on the bush.


    Good luck!

    Lux.


  • 3 years ago

    Carrie, I live in the high desert hills outside Boise, Idaho, zone 7, hot and dry summers. I grew Frederic Mistral for many years and loved this rose. He did just fine in the heat, but he doesn't like cold, so he is zone 7 and up as far as I'm concerned. He has a great scent, too. I also like Boscobel, which is a little darker pink and does well in the heat, but I don't think he has a lot of scent. My favorite pale pink rose, with luscious scent is Austin's Eglantyne, but I don't she would work well in your heat, though with adequate shade, who knows? There is also Evelyn, not a true pink some of the time, but more peach, which is pretty good in heat. We irrigate regularly and get about 10 inches annual precipitation. Diane

    Eglantyne

    Evelyn

    Frederic Mistral



    Carrie_in_Phoenix Zone 9b, Sunset 13, Heat 10 thanked Diane Brakefield
  • 3 years ago

    I have Secret and Climbing Cecille Brunner, they both are doing well here.

    Carrie_in_Phoenix Zone 9b, Sunset 13, Heat 10 thanked SoCalGardenNut