It’s about time I write an article about my Peggy Martin rose! In spite of everything, she’s by far probably the most show-stopping plant in my backyard. She’s the rose that makes jaws drops when folks stroll within the yard. She’s the rose that makes me really feel like I’m in an English backyard and he or she’s the one I believe everybody must personal!
This attractive pink climbing rose was gifted to me by my pal and avid gardener Katie and her mother, Cheryl. Their household is from New Orleans, which is the place this rose originated. Katie’s uncle propagated Cheryl’s Peggy Martin rose from his rose, which is over 100 years previous, and he or she propagated mine from hers. How cool is that!?
Traits
This rose is exceptionally illness resistance, chilly hardy, and thornless. You heard me, THORNLESS! How hardy is it, you ask? It famously survived beneath salt water for 2 weeks in New Orleans after hurricane Katrina. Now THAT’S a badass rose. It’s a robust climber however will also be left to “fountain” you probably have a big spot to fill within the backyard. I’ve mine rising alongside my fence behind my vegetable backyard and it’s like having a dwelling picture wall!
Measurement
The explanation it’s taken me so lengthy to put in writing about this rose is as a result of errors have been made. I actually didn’t know what I used to be doing with a climbing rose when it was gifted to me six years in the past. I let it develop on my fence (don’t do this!) and eventually final yr, I hacked it to coach it alongside my fence with rooster wire. I’m so glad that I did as a result of it has gone completely nuts. (Proof that you must by no means be afraid to chop your roses!)
Peggy Martin is a vigorous climber, simply reaching 15′ tall (or in my case, sideways) and 6′ broad so for those who’re on the lookout for an epic present piece, that is the rose for you!
Blooms
Peggy Martin is roofed in tons of of teeny tiny pink blooms, every about 2″ broad. This rose primarily blooms spring-early summer season however mine additionally blooms within the fall right here in heat zone 8 so for those who’re within the south, it could bloom greater than as soon as! It’s already been awash with colour for a month and will go robust for doubtless one other 4-6 weeks.
Mild Necessities
Like most roses, Peggy Martin wants full solar and nicely drained soil.
Fertilizer
Like all of my different roses, I do assist it out with a easy feed program. When the primary blooms arrive within the spring, I give it a lift by sprinkling a cap stuffed with Jackson & Perkins Dynamite rose fertilizer on the base. Each six weeks all through the rising season, I give my roses a Sea Magic seaweed remedy. It’s very simple. Simply dilute the packet in water in response to instructions after which add a splash of that answer to a watering can each week weeks and simply water your roses. So easy! On the finish of the season, I give my roses a wholesome dose of Espoma Natural Rose-Tone. All of those fertilizer assist hold my roses robust and wholesome!
In order for you a resilient pink climbing rose that’s simple keeper, Peggy Martin is the rose for you!
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Pleased planting,
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