Originally Posted By DJ7K Normally I'm not, I enjoy lovely gardening when I see it but really could never get into it or understand it. It's kinda fun though now, little refreshing turning on the hose in the backyard on a hot day, even more fun and convenient with the attachments, and watering all the plants and flowers. But, now I have a new reason to get into it. Would it be any surprise it's Disney related? Recently, but many weeks ago, after we just got home from church, he mentioned he's got some new roses out in the front. He told me the name. I kinda drew a puzzled thought in my head, "The what rose? Nah, probably something else." Short while later, I asked or he mentioned again the name. So I asked where is it again, he said he moved it out back. I kneeled down, read the tag, "The Disneyland Rose". Description: "The Official Rose of the Disneyland Resort". Now I know why he mentioned it to me - he knows what a fan I am of Disney and Disneyland itself. So he's in the kitchen as I'm reading the tag. I start with the questions as my interest grows, "Where did you get this?" He said Lowe's. I thought I asked him how long ago, but didn't find that out til a few weeks later. I called Lowe's garden center, they said they've not come across anything like that lately and weren't familiar with it. Tried Home Depot, nada. Our neighbor said try this local nursery called Evergreen. Still nothing. Armstrong Gardens was the only other option that came to mind, but my logic was if even a nursery didn't have it, why would they? Well, it never hurts to ask. And this time it paid off. Infact they just told me lately of a new feature JUST added to their website called bare root pre order, well close. I found the catalog she was telling me about. Annnnnnnd jackpot: <a href="http://armstronggarden.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=535&osCsid=29dd1afa2a726288f8c291562695f2e9" target="_blank">http://armstronggarden.com/sto...2695f2e9</a> "A row of this lovely floribunda will turn your garden into the ‘Happiest Place on Earth’. The magical blend of copper, apricot, orange and pink will have you whistling while you work in your own ‘Never-Never Land’. The flowers have up to 25 petals and are presented in lush sprays with a light fragrance. Excellent disease resistance." I looked it up shortly after my friend showed me the one he got. Turns out it's been the official rose of DLR as of 2004. When I read it was the official rose my first thoughts were something they've been using for decades, but it's all good Well he says ours he left out a little too long probably in the front where there was too much sun coming in at that spot (right by the front door), so he moved it to the back. I asked him if it was resurrectable, he said yeah because of the other little buds on it, but it still ended up dying on us. So he took it back to Lowes a few weeks ago. The places online I found that talked about it gave detailed instructions on how to take care of it especially in certain weather conditions. Something trimming the canes or cutting off the canes when it gets too hot. But, I wanna get one to see if we can take a better crack at it. Unfortunately though, as you'll see on that webpage, they won't be available for pickup til January
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains Costco has had these for the past couple years when they put out the bareroot roses - usually about end of Nov/beg Dec. They sell them in 2 packs - last year the pack was about $18.
Originally Posted By DJ7K Really? Huh. I'll have to check that out next time I'm there this fall. Usually I only end up going to the one in Temecula. Thanks for the heads up Yeah when Lowe's said they haven't seen anything like that, I asked my friend how long ago he got it and which Lowe's. He said it's the one closest to us, which is a little ways up Hwy 76, but he said he got it 4 months ago.
Originally Posted By digby7 You can get Disneyland from Jackson and Perkins online too. Best to get it for planting in the spring so you have plenty of time. It is a beautiful rose. I like floribundas because they are hardier than the hybid tea roses but still with the lovely colors and shapes. Jacqueline
Originally Posted By digby7 Here is the link to J &P's Disneyland Rose Page (for fall planting) <a href="http://www.jacksonandperkins.com/gardening/PD/30754/" target="_blank">http://www.jacksonandperkins.c...D/30754/</a> Okay, you don'ts say where you live and that is important in rose care and maintainence. Roses need a lot of sun, 8+ hours a day. They don't like to be wet on the leaves so they need ventilation, room between them and other plants. They are heavy feeders so the soil they are planted in must be rich in organic nutrients. They need good well drained soil too because they like water but not to get their feet wet too long. They need at least an inch of water or rain a week and in hot dry weather a little more. They are the queens of the garden and like to be treated as such. I heartily recommend you pick up a book at the library on growing roses (pruning is important). It will save you money in the long run. The link I gave you will get you roses for planting in the fall. Where we are at, midwest, I plant only in the spring since our winters can be brutal to newly planted roses. Jacqueline
Originally Posted By LuLu I'm in SoCal with similar weather to where DJ7K is and I've found my roses to be remarkably tolerant. We don't get rain from March or April thru October, usually, and I only deep water my roses about once a month during that time. I rarely feed them, like a couple times a year, which I know I need to improve upon, but I still get a lovely display! I think I'm OK with pruning but I'd like to see a demonstration to make sure I'm doing it as well as I could. Good luck with your gardening adventures, Deej! I love gardening. It's relaxing and rewarding.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains I do believe it is Jackson and Perkins that costco carries every year
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes I read the topic, Anyone into gardening and I waved my hand "Me! Me!" Then I found out the topic was roses. AAAUUUGH!! I rented a house that had somewhere above 20 huge rose bushes. It was all I could do to keep them watered, fed, pruned and otherwise maintained. I do think they're beautiful, but I don't want to think about maintaining another rose bush again.
Originally Posted By LuLu Gosh. (or gawrsh) I must be the rose abuser. Yet I always get compliments on my roses. I'm sure part of it is that the bushes are quite old and well-established. I'm guessing these roses were planted in the 60s or 70s, whenever ORANGE was "in," as there sure are a lot in that color here. Orange and some classic reds. The Disneyland rose would fit in well!
Originally Posted By DJ7K I showed a picture of it on my cell phone to the lady working the Home Depot garden area once and she said, "Oh those are beautiful!" My Mom asked what the colors were but I didn't know til I read the tag. The lady over the phone at Armstrong is how I first learned it had diasease resistance. Now that is cool. I guess it's sprayed though for that? According to what it says on Armstrong's link I posted. Oh, also on their website it says their Pointsettias are also found at Disneyland. But they look ok I think. I wanted to get one, take a picture and send it to LP Live, which I was going to when we still had ours but it didn't look too good. So I thought, ok we'll just get another one and I'll buy. Like finding a rare and very beautiful needle in a haystack. Thanks, Digby7 for the info! As LuLu said, I too live in SoCal. More specifically Oceanside a mile or two away from town. We have a back patio with some decent shade, the front has some good shade depending on which part of the house. We have like a 50 ft. palm tree between one side of the house and the fence bordering our neighbor's backyard. Oh yes, something I wanted to mention in my opening post, again although I was never into gardening, I always thought Disneyland, like in many areas, really shines in that department. I started to remember all the times I've been there and it recently occured to me thats one of the things that makes the atmosphere and experience there so unique and enjoyable.
Originally Posted By beamerdog That is a fabulous color! I'm a gardener (I just came in from cleaning up my irises) but roses just stump me. I'm pretty sure it's because I haven't kept them pruned correctly, and now I have deer that eat them thorns and all! My mom had a great rose garden with some unusual colors. I hope you're able to get a hold of another. It looks like it's absolutely worth any trouble.
Originally Posted By RockyMtnMinnie I have a Disneyland rose. I have found them at my local nurseries who carry the Jackson and Perkins roses. It is beautiful and blooms with big clusters of several blooms.
Originally Posted By digby7 About deer eating the roses. Roses and lilys are sweet to eat and deer love them, but I object to deer making lunch out of my plants so I do two things that seem to repel them. 1. Whenever I do a haircut, I toss the hair onto my roses, the scent of humans seem to keep them out. and 2. I plant lots of onion family plants among my roses and bulbs. Deer hate narcissis and chives.
Originally Posted By DJ7K I heard another one was a product, not sure if it's a spray? But it's supposed to smell like deer pee and keeps them away because they'll think the area has been "marked". A guest I think mentioned this on the Tonight Show a couple years ago. Thats neat, RockyMtnMinnie! Yeah thats what I read about them, how they bloom in clusters. Thanks, BeamerDog and best of luck on maintaining your roses! >> but I object to deer making lunch out of my plants so I do two things that seem to repel them.... the scent of humans seem to keep them out << And ironically with predators, the scent of humans does the complete opposite
Originally Posted By beamerdog Thanks, digby7, but I back to a lot of acreage going to a large reservoir so we routinely have a herd roaming our neighborhood. I tried hair, soap, pee, commercial sprays, daffodils and other deer nasties, and deer netting. They pull the netting off and nothing else seems to work and I have over an acre to take care of by myself, so there's no way to keep up with them :- ( I just plant things that they don't like. Mine seem to hate blue flowers and anything with a fuzzy leaf. And they'll eat anything in the winter when they're starving although they can't digest it. They do make lovely deer topiary, those rats with hooves.
Originally Posted By LuLu >>rats with hooves<< LOL! I've never thought of them quite that way. But then I've never had to deal with their destruction! DJ, the "disease resistance" isn't a way the plant is treated or sprayed, it's just bred to be a strong plant. Some roses are delicate and don't stand up to mildew or other problems, and some are more resistant.
Originally Posted By RockyMtnMinnie >>>Thats neat, RockyMtnMinnie! Yeah thats what I read about them, how they bloom in clusters.<<< Yep, if I want a bouquet of roses for the house, all I have to do is make one cut and I end up with up to 10 roses. I'm thinking of getting a few more Disneyland roses and planting them all together in a grouping.
Originally Posted By queenbee My husband keeps a gigantic vegetable/fruit garden. I have agreed to preserve whatever comes out of the ground; pickled, canned or frozen. However, in return , he maintains a bed of flowers including some roses for cutting. It's been a fabulous veggie and fruit year. Our cherry trees finally performed well. I canned both cherry jam and cherry pie this year.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 I love gardening and miss it. Our backyard is small in California. I'm excited in my move to Atlanta for my mom and I to start a garden again and get back into working in the yard. We both love it. All that red clay dirt has me excited. It's so hot in Livermore that there's a lot of blooming plants we just can't grow but not the case in Atlanta. I plan to have a Homes and Garden showplace. LOL I love roses and have always had my way with them so we'll see how it goes. I love being able to walk outside and cut my own bouquet. ;>
Originally Posted By ImaDLFan I have several disneyland roses in my backyard. I first discovered them at a local nursery that specializes in roses so I had to get a few. Your local nursery is a good place to look for plants because (hopefully) they have been in the local climate and you should be able to see if they are doing well or not. Roses arent very finicky in so cal (compared to the east coast that is) as long as they get enough light and fertilizer and you prunes once a year. Sounds like a lot of work and it is but it is well worth it. LuLu, they give demonstrations on rose pruning and care at Otto and Sons in Fillmore each spring. They have an amazing display of roses and are quite knowledgable. People come from all over so. cal. to see their yards in the spring. <a href="http://www.ottoandsons-nursery.com/otto-day.htm" target="_blank">http://www.ottoandsons-nursery...-day.htm</a>
