Crop #056 'SEVEN SISTERS' (pictures of) Old multiflora Rambler Rose, zone 5, 10'x10', pink, 1817 (grown in Albany County, NY). Click picture for a larger version that can be saved as wallpaper or studied more closely for inventory information. An explanation of the layout of this web page and links at bottom.
Each year I order virus free roses grafted on Rosa multiflora from which we will take cuttings to root in July (later we will sell both the own root and those grafted on Rosa multiflora in 7 gallon pots). We paint on the side of each pot; an abreviation of the variety name, the year it was first planted, a 3 digit crop number and whether its own root or not (and we turn all the pots so that its easy to read the side of the pot in pictures). I start a new web page for that crop number alone and insert into that page unrelated pictures from around the flowering shrub farm (usually of the house, greenhouse or barn). As plants grow I overwrite each picture with pictures of the variety flowering, decorative foliage, fall color, its fruit, propagation and a sign showing current inventory information with a date (we wont sell a rose until it has flowered proving the variety). When one of the pictures above shows a metal sign with this crop number on it (and a pink label showing the date I took the picture), look for the quantity we have for sale on the sign in its upper right hand corner (if the quantity number isn't there its not currently for sale, check again soon). A green dot indicates its in a 7 gallon pot, yellow is 15 gallon and red is 25 gallon.
Availability? Rose Guide & Inventory. We grow plants to sell at our plant sale. Go to my growing page to see what we do and when we do it. Read my notes on the zone hardiness numbers I use. Do we do mail order? Check my picture-newsletter Want to purchase? email me.
Questions and Answers
Why hasn't my 'Seven Sisters' Rose bloomed yet?
Did you buy it in bloom?
If so, you know that it will bloom sooner or later.
Did you buy it locally?
That might tell you if its bud hardy in your region.
Has it already bloomed?
It's not recurrent. Once its done for the year, its done.
Did you prune it this spring?
If you did you may have cut away last years wood that would have bloomed this year. Don't prune this rose except to remove deadwood unless its within a couple weeks ago that it finished blooming. Ramblers are usually left unpruned except to remove dead wood. If its in a southern exposure and at the northern extreme of its hardiness the winter sun or spring frosts may be killing the flower buds. Provide shade for the winter from the winter sun that can force it out of dormancy at a time when it might get damaged by cold.
Availability? Rose Guide & Inventory. We grow plants to sell at our plant sale. Read my notes on the zone hardiness numbers I use. Do we do mail order? Check my picture-newsletter Want to purchase? email me. As pictures are taken of the flower, foliage and fruit of this plant, they will be placed on this page.