Comments on: Zephirine Drouhin and Climate Change

By: karen

karen — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:04:03 +0000

Talk about climate change. We have been without electricity for 12 hours because tornadoes took out 3 “transmission structures” near us and left 150,000 people without power. Tornadoes in downtown Atlanta yesterday as well. These are the first tornadoes recorded in Georgia for more than 80 years.

By: Pam

Pam — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:40:32 +0000

Yeah, it’s been a strange, strange spring so far down here - I keep thinking ‘we’re there’ and then we get an unusual cold snap, and I’m surprised to see that it reached as far south as your garden. It’s like everything started early - and has stalled. Today is beautiful though, after the storms pushed through from last night - windy, cool - but gorgeous sunshine!

By: karen

karen — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:59:48 +0000

Interesting. ZD is new to me, so I’ll see how I like it. So far, I really like the color. I have never yet met am old rose that bloomed more than once. Perhaps it is the way I prune them. I shall have to experiment.

By: Les

Les — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:29:26 +0000

I planted ZD several years ago, but have been somewhat less than thrilled. It is shade tolerant which is why I got it, but it only blooms in the spring for me, and not again as advertised. Perhaps it is our heat. The fragrance is lovely, but my tastes have changed and I don’t care for the color any longer. It is on my DNR list if we have another bad summer.

By: karen

karen — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:53:54 +0000

How bizarre that Lady Banks opens later for you than us. I generally find that you are slightly ahead of us. I suppose it’s this strange winter we’ve been having.

Thanks for the concern about the peppers, but it looks as if enough of them have survived. Fingers crossed.

By: Annie in Austin

Annie in Austin — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:15:23 +0000

We almost had roses and daffodils blooming together here, too, Karen, The daffodils weren’t ruined by a sudden freeze, but it got the mutabilis rosebuds before they could open.
Lady Banks was wiser and had no buds yet.

I’m sorry about the peppers - they do sound special!

Annie at the Transplantable Rose

By: karen

karen — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:07:56 +0000

Joy: I absolutely sympathize. I’d hate to plant ZD and then lose it. And climate change is making those calculations so much more difficult. We average 6 frosts a year. This year, we have had 15. None of them was a very deep freeze, but bad enough so I nearly lost my heirloom peppers–and it would take a trip to Spain to replace them!

Blossomtime is absolutely gorgeous. I don’t have it here, but had it in a former garden and it was very well behaved.

Barbara: Yes it is bizarre to have roses and daffs blooming at the same time. ZD is the only one, though, except for Lady Banks, which is always early. She’s earlier than usual this year, however. She started blooming before the swamp jasmine, which she is not supposed to do.

By: Joy

Joy — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:19:20 +0000

I almost ordered ZD with some climbers I picked out for Spring shipping .. I chickened out because I thought I would fall madly in love with it and it might not make it through our winters. The possible disappointment of not having it come back really bothered me .. now I’m second guessing myself .. I ordered “Orange Velvet” and “Blossomtime” .. do you have those dee ? and what do you think of them ?
Joy

By: Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:29:12 +0000

It is funny to think that daffodils and Zephirine Drouhin are blooming at the same time. Here daffodils are starting to bloom and for the roses we have to wait until end of May, beginning of June. I love ZD, I just cut it today, preparing for summer. But first we have to have real Spring….

By: Dee/reddirtramblings

Dee/reddirtramblings — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:10:22 +0000

Hi. I think this is the first time I’ve visited. I really love my ZD. She blooms like crazy in the spring, but it is too early for her here yet. Thanks for a glimpse.~~Dee