Honeymoon™ Arborose® Climbing Rose

My roses shipped and were at my door withing two days. I was so excited. I got this beauty in the ground and it looked like nothing but some woody stems and roots. But it has been two weeks and it is covered in healthy new growth. My rose appears to be strong and thriving. Although it is early spring, March, and it will be weeks before I see any signs of a bud, I am extremely hopeful and cannot wait to enjoy the beauty of this gorgeous climbing rose.

My roses shipped and were at my door withing two days. I was so excited. I got this beauty in the ground and it looked like nothing but some woody stems and roots. But it has been two weeks and it is covered in healthy new growth. My rose appears to be strong and thriving. Although it is early spring, March, and it will be weeks before I see any signs of a bud, I am extremely hopeful and cannot wait to enjoy the beauty of this gorgeous climbing rose.

My roses shipped and were at my door withing two days. I was so excited. I got this beauty in the ground and it looked like nothing but some woody stems and roots. But it has been two weeks and it is covered in healthy new growth. My rose appears to be strong and thriving. Although it is early spring, March, and it will be weeks before I see any signs of a bud, I am extremely hopeful and cannot wait to enjoy the beauty of this gorgeous climbing rose.

I love this rose and almost all of my roses were Jackson Perkins...either purchased and shipped or purchased local. They were over 25 yrs old, all grafted - by burying the bud union a minimum of 2” with about an inch of leaf mold and another couple of inches of pinetags for the winter - in all that time only had suckers maybe twice. You have to keep that bud union buried if buying any grafted. For hybrid teas - I prefer grafted; for climbers, ramblers, big shrubs especially those I want to peg in a pinwheel fashion, I prefer own root. The grafted ones did okay but own root does better because you get more basal branching and you know you are safe because there isnt any understock to worry about. But the real reason I wanted to write was because someone else (steph) had downgraded due to the use of peanuts. They also complained about cardboard but that is highly organic and recyclable everywhere - I love it when making new beds because it keeps the weed seeds from getting going when you disturb the soil. I pin it in place, wet it , and cut Xs to clear out cardboard where I have already made the planting holes - same depth as pot but 2-3 times wider depending on pot and plant. Once the hole is cleared, drop the plant in, back fill, make a watering mote, and mulch The cardboard throughly wet and mulched breaks down pretty quick and is good for the worms too. As desired. Don’t mulch too deep - you don’t want to cut off oxygen. I keep cardboard and wood mulch out beyond the drip edge of the mature plant. I use something like pinetags up around the plant itself to allow air and rain through but still keep weeds shaded out. On the issue of packing peanuts - some are degradable and biodegrade. Check with your seller to see what they use. The ones that break down are usually green. But check with the seller, UPS, FrdX to see if they have recycling bins for peanuts or want them back for reuse. Also check with your municipality to see if they have bins somewhere for peanuts and other foam #6 items like foam egg cartons. The other option is to check Earth911.com and use their recycle search. You enter your zip, the type of material (peanuts) and they will give you sources. So peanuts don’t have to be a lose lose. In some cases like around plants such as varied surfaces or orchids...peanuts nestle better than anything for protection. Sad but true. You can also check with the various orchid societies for your state and local area - many of us use regular peanuts at the bottoms of pots or in the middle because they add high drainage and the toots seem to like them. They can be sterilized and reused with the same plant when repotting so they last for years. Orchid supply companies sell these - maybe they will take your excess regular peanuts. We can’t use the biodegradable ones. Just a few ideas.

I fall-planted this in a ravine in my WI back yard to climb over our wishing well. In very early spring, snow melt submerged my rose plant. Then after the ground thawed, rains submerged my poor climbing rose plant for several days again! Amazingly though, it survived and thrived, faring better than my new roses planted in drier areas. This rose makes a beautiful cut flower.