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'Ink Spots' rose Reviews & Comments
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3 days ago by
 GoldBeardThePirate
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I got this one last year after seeing it in an early 2000s rose magazine. Its stunning levity black red flowers are very hit and miss with their form. Often muddled centers really detract from the color. Flowers do get small in my Maryland summer heat that often in the high 80- high 90s with decent humidity. I love how tall and upright the plant is and will give it a not her year or so. It is VERY hard ot photograph how dark red it is without a pro camera. My phone always makes it more red than the blackish red it is. would look great in a mixed flower garden as a gothic accent. This is just my experience. If yours spits ut dark all formed blooms thats awesome. Enjoy :) Zone 7b
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20 JUN 12 by
goncmg
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Between Ink Spots and Black Baccara I would recommed Ink Spots. Both are a small, somewhat formal bloom on a difficult plant. Ink Spots is, for me, the better of the two plants as in it is absolutely disease prone but not disease ridden. Compare EITHER of these two to OKLAHOMA which gives a big, fat, smelly, lusty bloom on a "decently" resistant albeit leggy plant and equally as is "black" in my opinion and there is no comparison..........
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18 JAN 20 by
canaan
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So who is more "black" Oklaoma or InkSpots?
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#2 of 4 posted
20 JAN 20 by
goncmg
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About the same. Oklahoma can get darker, it gets dustier and darker, it will lean more dusky purple and Ink Spots will be more red per se. Ink Spots doesn't "blue" much. Honestly? It escapes me why anyone would want a BLACK bloom on a rose or any plant. Oklahoma has scent, it smells like a ROSE. Ink Spots has no scent at all. Ink Spots was a huge FAILLLLL when released. Oklahoma should have been AARS. Ink Spots dies back, it is uneven. Oklahoma is weedy but reliable. Black Baccara can give gorgeous blooms. The blooms are usually the size of a miniature rose. And the plant is so weak. Anyone who alleges it (Black Baccara) does better than that is simply lying or is simply happy with miniature sized blooms on a large and sick plant.
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#3 of 4 posted
20 JAN 20 by
canaan
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Hello.thank you very much for your information.
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#4 of 4 posted
22 FEB 24 by
Michael Garhart
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Oh the "black" roses, I think 'Taboo' is the easiest, if you can ignore the minor mildew. Grows straight as an arrow. Easy to cut. Always dark and red. Good vigor. 'Black Magic' is probably the prettiest, but it has architecture issues, and seems prone to snap freezes.
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11 MAY 08 by
Unregistered Guest
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Available from - waysidegardens.com
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29 MAY 04 by
anonymous-47571
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The buds of this rose truly are close to black in color. The deep red bloom is lovely. In my Maryland garden it does well although the flowers are never perfectly shaped.
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