Oceana Rose???
ceya
Recently sent two friends roses from my local florist.
Both friends raved over how pretty the roses were and how big and
healthy looking the blooms.
I called the florist to inquire what kind...Oceano or Oceana
was what I was told.
Now, where can I buy such a rose bush? The florist said that
this long stemmed rose was butted on to a root stock of a red rose and
that they doubted that I could root one...they didn't offer to tell me
where I might just buy the plant.
Help!
Ceya Remi...@snowhill.com
Run4DRoses
Ceya,
I believe it's spelled Osiana, a hybrid tea classed as an apricot blend.
I don't know where you can buy it, but someone gave me a cutting last year
and it's growing well. If you're willing to try rooting a cutting, I'd be
happy to send you one. Let me know via E-mail.
Rachel/Louisville/Zone 6
Mel Hulse
In message <323d7704...@news.snowhill.com> - remi...@snowhill.com
It is not in the Combined Rose List. I don't know this one, but it is
probably a commercial florists' rose. These greenhouse roses are
typically hard to grow for the amateur. Besides, in the greenhouse, they
are about 15" in diameter and 7' tall. The long stem blooms are never
allowed to open as they are cut for shipment when color shows.
Budded/grafted ("butted") to a red rose? That would have no effect on the
color of the bloom. It is possible (Ragged Robin), but not probable.
The florist is typically so far from the grower that s/he probably
doesn't know how it was grown anyway! Odds are s/he has never seen florists'
roses grown commercially (I have.) Many are grown in South America.
The best ones are still from California... Watsonville.
--
Mel Hulse, Col. USAF (Ret'd)
Silicon Valley Rose Farmer
SUPPORT YOUR PUBLIC ROSE GARDEN!
Phil Edmunds
blend greenhouse variety bred by Tantau and introduced in the U.S. by
Bear Creek Gardens. It is a lovely rose but not grown by anyone but
Hortico for the garden.
I don't know how well it will do in the garden but some of our customers
have tried it and might comment after seeing this post.
Phil Edmunds
EDMUNDS' ROSES
DDiebold
Actually I went through the same process with the name that you are. It
is spelled Osiana. Try looking for that name and you should be able to
find it. If not, it can be slipped. I would try several though, I
slipped 5 last year and 1 survived.
It is a beautiful garden rose but it is hard to show because it opens fast
and furious. The petal count is not much so you have to look quickly.
Actually it is a better bud and stem than mature bloom.
Doug
Doug Diebold
Louisville, Ky
RoseyNut
In article <51p6u5$6...@cobweb.aracnet.com>, Phil Edmunds
<edmds...@aol.com> writes:
>I don't know how well it will do in the garden but some of our customers
>have tried it and might comment after seeing this post.
>
>
Hi, Phil
Osiana _can_ be grown in the garden, but the jury's still out on it.
A few folks in the midwest have tried budding and/or rooting it from cut
flowers bought at the florist. It seems to be reasonably hardy, but....
doesn't have enough petals or enough substance to withstand being grown in
the open in our conditions.
Pretty bloom, tho......
Marily Young/Glenview, IL/Northeastern Illinois Rose Society
Pat Walker
I just went on a tour of Sunshine Roses in Oxnard (with the Santa
Barbara Rose Society). They grow Osiana, a (if I remember right) white
rose. They get all their stock from The Netherlands, as well as the
greenhouse, all the growing techniques (hydroponics, in cococut mulch),
as well as owners and greenhouse manager. This stock is specially grown
for this, and is grafted onto a rootstock (which I can't remember the
name of) only from the Netherlands. I doubt you could get such a rose.
These roses are in quarantine for a year, which most of us could not do.
It was a beautiful rose?