“Makes a fine, large shrub rose …”

From Overdevest, the grower who made the famous youtube video extolling the virtues of True Passion. They did not exaggerate with that one.

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True Bloom™ True Gratitude

Rose – Climbing RoseRosa ‘LIMkiss’ PP#28,929WROSAFYKA superlative True Bloom™ selection with large, hybrid tea-like, deep pink flowers that are deliciously fragrant. Produced prolifically on upright bushes of dark green, disease resistant foliage, this repeat flowering beauty will bloom from early summer to frost. Makes a fine large, shrub rose, landscape specimen in mixed beds or trained as a climber on a wall, fence, pergola or pillar. It is a lovely cut flower too.

Rifis to the rescue! Thank you!

Mine is new this year and it isn't yet a monster climber but I'm hoping it climbs for me. The dark purple/pink of the blooms is to die for and the foliage is very clean for me.

Cynthia

Thank you, Cynthia. Our situation, hoping mine conforms to an altered life of tall, 'bush-dom,' while your expectation is True Gratitude being the climber it is sold as, is like me hoping for rain for my rose bed inhabitants, while across the garden path in a duplicate, same sized bed of winter hardy cacti, I hoped it didn't rain!

I had to remove the cacti, as much as I loved them. It wasn't just the novelty of them. They grew wonderfully, and during June's blooming period, they were a phenomenal sight. However, the dangers they presented if I fell into the bed were too risky to chance as my mobility condition progresses. In their place I have started a dwarf conifer bed. It's coming along very nicely.

Back to True Gratitude. I too was smitten with its rich mauve(?), colored, large HT form blooms, although a bit flat faced. No open blooms are yet seen on mine, but I expect to see open flowers by early September if all goes well. There are a number of buds on it. So far no black spot, and this has been a severe black spot year.

Hope your True Gratitude becomes one of your favorites!

Moses.

Rifis,

You know, watching the Irishman, David Wilson of Overdevest Nursery give his evaluation of just about any plant he presents a video upon is addicting. His accent and enthusiasm is hard not to like.

Talking about dialects/accents, I speak Yinzer. If you're a native Pittsburgher (yes, it rhymes with hamburger), you're called a Yinzer. It's one of the Appalachian American English dialects/accents spoken by natives to my home town, Pittsburgh, which happens to be the largest Appalachian city. You have to be born and raised here to carry the Yinzer lingo. You never lose it entirely, no matter where else in the USA you set down roots. It's a liability in more sophisticated climes, which is just about everywhere else, but Pittsburgh. You hope your neurosurgeon is not a Yinzer! 🙄

Moses.

Yes, I remember that word yinz from articles by that modern US-based Henry Higgins-type guy who can pinpoint where you’re from your word usage (not accent, like ‘enry ‘iggins). Y’all/youse/you guys/you all/yinz/etc. I first saw them years ago in Readers Digest. Maps for each word. After you respond for a few different words, he narrows down considerably where you are from. I went to school in Southeast PA, but I never encountered that word until the RD article.

And yes, no wonder that guy David is in charge of their videos. Gardening's version of the Slap Chop guy. He’s both gifted and talented.

And concerning the yinzer neurosurgeon: just shows what these sophisticates (don’t) know. You yourself bring a perfect example.

I just reviewed the first Slap Chop infomercial on youtube.

I did a disservice to David; he’s light years calmer.