Hello all, and I am grateful to be welcomed to this group. I am a native New Yorker, transplanted to coastal SC four years ago (having spent several years in various states - gardened in all of them, including TN for many years).We moved back to NY 20 years before moving down here. The significance of that is that just before we moved to SC I was a Master Gardener with Cornell for 13 years, then certified with Clemson 3 years ago so I do know a bit about gardening, and roses. My question is about the Joseph’s Coat rose. It just doesn’t show up on this website at all. Why is that? After all, this is the Rose Society. Thank you kindly for your response.
What do you mean? That Joseph’s Coat is not commented on in the forum or are you referring to the rose.org website? Do you have a question about it? BTW, welcome back. Did you know there is a S.C. Rose Society, which consists of members from the entire state? Meets 3 times a year.
Most discussions in this forum start with a question or a comment from someone who is interested about finding out more about some variety of rose (Joseph’s Coat} or some aspect of rose care, or exhibiting roses, arranging or photography.
To answer your question, roses most discussed here tend to be something someone is growing now or wants to grow now. So older roses, such as Joseph’s coat are usually not brought up by anyone, except when one has some sentimental reasons (May be such as, I used to grow this rose and liked it a lot, or, it was my grandmother’s favorite rose and she had three bushes of this variety, and so on), because many roses lose their popularity over time and the memory fades away.
If you are asking for some general info about Joseph’s Coat, it is a climber that profusely produces yellow roses with a variable amount of orange/ red tint on the outer edge of each petal. They open as yellow roses and then develop the orange/red tint with exposure to sunlight for a day or two. Blooms are 2-2.5". in size and many sprays have 6-10 or more blooms in each spray. Fairly quick to repeat bloom. Not fragrant. In South Carolina, Joseph’s coat easily grows up to 12 ft tall. and more. Although it is a climber, it tends to grow as a very tall bush. You can train it over an arch or what-have-you only if you train the tender basal breaks while they are still somewhat flexible. It is prone to blackspot in no-spray gardens.
If you have any questions about Joseph’s Coat, we will gladly try to answer.
We would also like to invite you to join the South Carolina Rose Society. I do not know how close to Charleston, SC you are, because Charleston, SC also has a rose society.
Please feel free to ask questions about roses/ rose growing. photography, or arranging, here. Please also consider joining the American Rose Society.
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