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Originally Posted by Michael G.
By the standard variety do you mean the taller ones?
We have one that was in our backyard when we bought the house and grows to 25-30 feet.
We have it cut back around valentine's day in February about 7' from the ground.
It fills out fast and flowers for about a month and a half once the summer heat arrives.
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I don't mean the taller ones. I mean the older varieties. There are tree and shrub types.
Most hybrids do not fare as well as the Knockout Rose or the Blu My Mind once the test of time is applied.
It was 'neat' that they created crepe M. that were such brilliant reds and with the color in the leaves, but from what I see now of the ones planted 20 years ago when the fad first hit, they don't score very high for use in landscape designs in this area.
Some may disagree, but they may have a different checklist than I do when grading plants for use in this area.