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'Day Breaker ™' rose Reviews & Comments
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In my eastern North Carolina garden, Day Breaker had little or no fragrance while getting a lot of blackspot.
Produced a good number of rather unimpressive flowers. Will discard after this season.
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5 DEC 20 by
pans
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Day Breaker is zone 5 hardy. Beautiful rose but gets blackspot and drops leaves. Needs to be sprayed during the growing season
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After REALLY searching, this rose is no longer available in Europe. None of the listed nurseries in the US ship this rose to Europe. Fryer's have no reference to it on their website either, despite of its apparent excellent qualities... Hortico appears to be the one remaining option for Europeans.
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I know it's a totally different climate, but here in Southern California, this rose wasn't very interesting. Whether or not it was healthy enough, I couldn't say, but the flowers held their color for a few minutes before fading to dishwater. It didn't remain a first line rose here very long, either.
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#2 of 5 posted
20 DEC 11 by
CarolynB
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Here on the border of the S.F. Bay Area / Central Valley, Day Breaker has been a chameleon for me. Every spring when it blooms, the colors are somewhat different from the previous year. There have been a couple of times when the color was pale and somewhat drab, but mostly the colors have been more vibrant here. And it has been a healthy rose for me -- even though it's right next to a rose that gets bad mildew and blackspot every spring, my Day Breaker gets only a little mildew in early spring, and almost no blackspot.
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#3 of 5 posted
26 DEC 11 by
Fredrik
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Thanks! Seems to be as healthy as reported then but with somewhat dubious colour consistency.
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Mine blackspotted badly here in Oregon. It was gone after its first year. Totally intolerable for an AARS winner.
Pretty plant though....when it has foliage, lol.
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#4 of 5 posted
26 DEC 11 by
Fredrik
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You have probably explained the reason why it is no longer easily available, Kim. Got myself a couple of Sheila's Perfume instead for testing a season or two. But I saw this other rose that I really wanted to identify but to no avail. It is sold in the US as 'Surprise'.
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Here in the mountains of Arizona Day Breaker is among my best performers. I have planted it in three parts of the garden. In a damp part by a stream it has reached 6 ft, and it blooms through most of the season. In drier parts of the garden it is shorter and it blooms less generously. One pair, planted at the same time, is not much more than knee height. Right now the ground is soaking wet and Day Breaker is blooming like crazy. Only Blush Noisette has more blooms. I cannot say that all of the blossoms are of perfect form. And they do start looking just a little muddy after a few days. The opening buds, however, have perfect form and very interesting coloration. Its glossy foliage sets them off nicely. It's one of only a few high centered modern roses in my garden right now that is totally unaffected by any fungal disease. Given adequate moisture and coolish weather this can be a very good rose.
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