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I somehow left these lovely plants out of my 'seaside plants' article; thank you for correcting this omission. Thanks also for the rose hip jam recipe; we used to make this when I was a kid!! It is delicious.
I loved reading your article about Rugosa roses. I have many and more on the way. I am starting a new bed this spring for a large mass that I will do mostly from root cuttings from my other beds of Rose Rugosa. I was very interested in your thoughts on liquid fertilizer. I will show it to my DH who is the guy in charge of spraying. I am not sure how he has treated the large groups we have since we planted them in 1983. They are very happy. We will cut them back in March as the hips have been eaten by the birds by now.
I ordered 'Carmen' and 'Rugelda' to add to collection. Aside from the species beach rose in white and pink, I have a nice patch of 'Thomas Lipton', and single plants of 'Linda Campbell', 'Roseraie de l'Hay', ' Topaz Jewel', 'Hansa', 'Frimbriata', 'Kordes Robusta'. It will be a few years for me to know which ones of those that I want to buy of or propagate. Thanks, most helpful. I know I will add more next year. Patti
So, are these the ground cover disease-free idiot-proof roses I hear about? My concern is that my uphill neighbor is a lawn monster, puts every chemical in the box on his lawn. I think all his herbicides wash down the hill onto my garden. Would one of these roses be able to withstand that type of treatment? All beautiful pictures and tempting roses . . .
Carrie, That isn't good for anything in your yard. Time for digging a trench to get his water to run to that famous Mr Roger's town "Some Place Else" as that stuff could be dangerous to your health and your kids health. Most likely he is using all kinds of stuff to kill anything but his boring grass. Not fair. Patti
I know. I won't talk about the time his dog attacked my DD#1 because that should be in a mean neighbors stink thread even built my first perennial garden to take advantage of the runoff from his in-ground sprinkler system! How innocent we are.
We have obtained permission from our coastal authorities to try plantings behind our seawall to try to retain the topsoil there, which periodically erodes when storm activity sends tidal waves up and over our seawall. By finding plantings with particularly hearty roots, which are also tolerant of salt spray, we hope to hang onto our lawn's topsoil -- rather than having to replace it after it's washed away.
This article confirms our interest in planting Rugosa Roses (we're also considering Rudbeckia Serotina and potentially a low bayberry) for this purpose.
Might anyone in the north east have successfully battled erosive salt spray successfully using plantings? We're wondering, for instance, if triangular plantings in clusters of three may prove the strongest rooting system. We're also curious as to any recommendations whatsoever, regarding planting season, fertilizer, planting mix, etc.
We are looking for our first gardening success after 25 rather paltry years here, and could use a bit of expertise to cheer us up. (After a major storm, we do intend to thoroughly rinse as much salt off these new plantings as we can, and give them every advantage we can think of to get them to take hold.)
