Re: [gardeners] harison's yellow rose
drusus@golden.net (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Thu, 23 Jul 1998 07:36:00 -0400
At 01:14 PM 21-07-98 -0600, you wrote:
>I'm seriously considering cutting my Harison's yellow rose down to the
>ground when it goes dormant. It's very old, and the interior is old and
>full of leaves, some of which have had fungi thereon the last couple of
>years. It would take many, many hours to trim it up, but it would be easy
>to cut it to the ground. Well, comparatively easy. May have to rent a
>load lugger to take the stems, canes, etc. I'd like others' reactions to
>this, provided they really know what the Harison's yellow rose is. It's a
>Rosa foetida, I think, similar to the Austrian copper rose. It's primarily
>canes that rise from the ground instead of being a shrub with a trunk.
>
>I don't want to kill the rose because it has sentimental value to me. My
>grandmother, who lived on a farm in eastern Colorado, had no ornamental
>plantings in her yard, not even grass, except for the Harison's yellow
>rose next to the door that led to the outhouse. She watered it with
>dishwater and laundry water, and it was glorious when it bloomed in the
>spring! What do you think? Margaret
I cut to the ground a very buggy Damascene; this year it is back and more
healthy than it was before. No bugs or black spot--yet. I don't know
about Harrison's Yellow, though. Cut back partially? Lucinda