Mister Lincoln
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Comments (4)Thanks all, Mister Lincoln is such a great oldie. It might be because of the cool temperatures, it is so sweetly fragrant today!...See MoreMister Lincoln, America
Comments (3)Sara-Ann, both of those roses look like perfection!...See MoreMister Lincoln Rose
Comments (11)Hi Madreselva You've gotten great advice on planting the roses and caring for them in your yard, and I have nothing to add except to make sure to mulch the top with lots of organic materials (like wood chips, leaves) so it breaks down and makes your soil better, and also helps keep the weeds down. If you have really heavy clay, or really light sandy soil, you may want to mix some compost or other organic materials into the bed first, but if it's mostly ordinary soil you can try just planting it with maybe a little compost and/or manure worked into the soil you dig out in your planting hole. Remember to plant the knobby bit of the rose about 2-4" below the surface of the soil (I'm presuming this was a grafted rose if bought locally). Mr. Lincoln isn't that hardy, so you need to be ready for the rose to die back to the soil line over winter. If you plant the graft (the knobby bit where the rose you want is growing) below the soil line, then the rose you want can grow back from under the soil rather than the rootstock that you don't want. The cautionary note is for you as a new gardener not to expect to much in the first year or even two. You asked if the roses will bloom this year and you might get a bloom or two in my zone 5, but that would be it for the first year. You want the roses to be putting down deep root systems in their first year, so that's actually a good thing. The next year you'd get somewhat more blooms, but mostly you just want to see the rose branching out to be bushy as far as possible. Mr. Lincoln tends to grow in my zone as a single cane with a few little branches at the top, so in its second year you can pop back in here to ask us about pruning to shape it better if yours does the same. In the first year, let it do what it needs to do, and just keep it watered and mulched. The rose mantra is "first year sleep, second year creep, third year leap". The last advice is not to let pictures like Patbama's glorious shot of Mr. Lincoln discourage you if your rose doesn't look like that. Some roses like some climates and situations better than others, and you will be able to get bushy exuberant growth like that from some rose if you give it time, but be aware that in your zone that rose might not be Mr. Lincoln. My Mr. Lincoln grew one cane and maybe 2 or 3 flowers a year for me in about 5 years and never took off. I can only dream of the kind of Mr. Lincoln Pat showed us no matter how I try, and it's not my fault if my Mr. Lincoln never looks like that. It isn't well suited to my zone. However, Crimson Bouquet has done fabulously in a less than ideal spot, and now in its third year it'll probably look more or less like that at its peak. Almost no roses look that good all throughout the summer, so expect some rest periods. Above all, have fun! Gardening can be relaxing and fun if you let it be there. Be ready to learn from the experience and don't give up if something doesn't work out as you expect at first. There's always another year! Cynthia...See MoreMister Lincoln today
Comments (10)Hello Dan, those look really nice. Did you ever try bending those long stems so that you can get more blooms. Last winter I tied the long branches in a curve: And now I have so many blooms on that curved and bent branch. Hopefully I can send the photos of the results this weekend. This was from last season:...See Morejim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
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jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6