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rebloom on sombreuil?

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Posted by suziebeezie (My Page) on
Tue, Sep 18, 07 at 16:21

I'm in southern California (LA county).

We planted some Sombreuil Antique Climbing Roses from J&P (search for "sombreuil" at J&P to bring them up) a couple springs ago, and this second summer still aren't seeing rebloom after the initial spring flush. Our cl. Icebergs in the same area go berzerk.

Has anyone else had success with the Sombreuil? I've wondered if they're just not cut out for our heat. The blooms are exquisite, but are sparse and fade very quickly. The canes, on the other hand, have gone nuts. They're everywhere.

ps I'm aware of the debate regarding the name "Sombreuil," but I just want it to bloom, whatever it really is. :)

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I have a Sombreuil and it generally blooms repeatedly throughout the summer, so I am suprised to here that your one is having problems since you have hot weather.

I brought my Sombreil climbing rose from Apuldram Roses, and it has grown very well.

Here is a link that might be useful: Climbing Roses

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I second paulthor on Sombreuil's performance, it should be really good from the start, although it's not as profuse a bloomer as Climbing Iceberg. Iceberg on the other hand did not have much of a repeat after its major spring flush and instead invested in monsterous green growth from summer on (and had tons of BS, so I got rid of it). I think I bought my grafted Sombreuil from either Ashdown Roses (when they were still grafting their roses) or, more likely, from David Austin-US. They both usually deliver very good quality plants. I've also had good experience with J&P's roses, although I've only bought their own root new generation plants. You might have a weak plant there, so it may be an idea to get a new one (I'd recommend a grafted one) from David Austin.

Since I live in the UK now, it's interesting to hear that Apuldram can actually deliver good quality plants - all the (potted) rose I received from them last spring have been doing really poorly (they seemed to be awfully chopped in top growth and roots), especially compared to the ones I got from David Austin-UK which have done very well.

Andrea

 
 

 

 


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