I usually won't review a rose for at least a year, maybe two so I can give a real 100% honest review of how the rose handles the heat, cold, wind, disease, bugs, etc. but Dublin Bay is in a class of her own and deserves a five star review now! I ordered Dublin Bay in spring 2024 for a shadier spot in my 7b Oklahoma garden which only gets about 5 hours of direct sun in the mornings. I figured if she didn't like the spot I can always move her, right? I planted her in a large whiskey barrel planter and within one week she put out a basal break and had a bud on her! Before I knew what had happened my Bobo Hydrangeas (in pots on either side of Dublin Bay) were out of control. They had exploded and were covering DB. When I got in there to make adjustments I found 2 clusters of beautiful red blooms hidden from view. Fast forward a couple months and the volunteer coleus grew so big, it too was blocking DB. I went in to cut back the coleus and there were even more hidden DB blooms. This rose is magnificent! No black spot, super healthy and happy. Throwing out new growth everywhere. I am so glad I chose this rose to add to my collection! Now if I could just keep the coleus from taking over everything...
Everybody talks about my 4 Dublin Bay climbers on the iron fence creating a garden courtyard in front of my home. Creates a private feeling from the street by the massive blasts of color. Crazy abundant bloomers. Nothing compares to them. The season is only beginning, and I already have hundreds of blooms and buds.
Red roses are not my first choice, but an artist friend asked me to grow this one for paintings. Despite my poor opinion of red roses, I have grown quite fond of this cultivar, after its first bloom. True its not terribly fragrant, but the blooms were larger than I expected, and its been totally thriving in the vase for days. This beauty spares us the usual red rose "bait and switch." It holds its cardinal red color for the life of the bloom. It has not degenerated into aging rose "blue." Having it hold true to color is cause enough alone to plant it. Its too soon to determine its vigor for production, but its behaved so nicely so far, that having great expectations is quite reasonable. To have any rose bloom a mere month after planting is amazing. To have it produce such a lovely specimen bloom is astounding. Its time to start marking the calendar for next spring as its rather easy to be eager for her best show.
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