Faded Flowers: Cabana Rose
Written: Apr 12 '09 (Updated Apr 12 '09)
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Pros: It keeps showing up each spring.
Cons: It keeps showing up each spring, faded summer blooms, not disease resistant
The Bottom Line: One rose plant I won't miss when it goes to rose heaven.
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| cmaw63's Full Review: Roses - Rosa Cabana PP#13,089 |
I love bright, colorful roses. When I saw the attached description tag on a potted (non-blooming) Cabana 3 years ago at a local plant nursery I had to have it. Sometimes it is better to want than to have.
Advertised as...
Cabana is a hybrid tea rose. It has approximately 4 inch blooms that are a combination of pink, white and yellow with a mild fragrance. There are repeat flushes throughout the growing season. Its growth habit is stated to be 5 to 5 and 1/2 feet tall and 4 to 5 feet wide. The growing zones for Cabana are 7 through 10.
My Garden & Cabana
My garden zone is 5. I'm very close to the zone 5 a/b line. When I bought Cabana I did not know that its coldest zone was rated 7. When I did find out I had to question my local nursery's selling practices. Just because something is sold in your area, it does not mean it is well suited for your garden. Another lesson learned in researching before buying.
With that said, Cabana has started showing signs of life again this year. It has now survived three Illinois winters with no protection. It would...this is the rose plant I like the least.
The blooms on my plant are 3 to 4 inches with pink and white stripes. In cooler, spring and fall, weather there is quite a bit of yellow added in the center of the flower. In the heat of summer the blooms are faded. Imagine using vibrant colored pencils to draw something then trying to erase it...that would be a Cabana bloom. In the warmer climates this plant was meant for it would seem that more often than not these faded flowers would be boring. The only thing that would be interesting is the different pattern each one has.
Their fragrance is lackluster too. If I hold a bloom to my nose, after carefully checking for insects, I can smell the scent. With prettier, more fragrant roses in my yard Cabana rarely gets my attention.
When it does call out to me it is in need of chemicals. If I don't keep Cabana on a strict spraying regimen it is overcome by diseases and pests. Last year I failed to keep up my schedule. This rose bush became rose sticks. Blackspot destroyed the leaves and aphids covered the blooms. I couldn't stand the guilt though. It was trying to survive, the least I could do was help it. When I did start spraying again Cabana was able to recover all of its faded, lackluster glory.
Too bad that glory only stands about 2 and 1/2 feet tall and 2 feet wide. I credit that to it not being rated for my garden zone. It doesn't get the milder winters and longer growing seasons that it needs. But, it has made an appearance each year. Whether I want it to or not.
Oh Well...
As long as Cabana keeps showing up each spring I will keep taking care of it. But, if it should fail to appear I would almost feel a sense of relief. It is a lot of work for a rose that I find boring.
Links to my other rose reviews can be found on my profile page.
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