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'Twilight Skies' rose Reviews & Comments
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This cultivar is listed as triploid in the paper 'UNDERSTANDING AND MANIPULATING POLYPLOIDY IN GARDEN ROSES'
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#1 of 2 posted
21 DEC 23 by
 jedmar
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References added, thank you!
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#2 of 2 posted
21 DEC 23 by
Lee H.
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Roseman, thank you for taking the time to alert HMF on all this published ploidy. As a (very) amateur breeder, I always appreciate being able to find that data. There is really no “clearing house” for rose ploidy, and HMF may be the largest single source.
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My rose bush is now 13 months old and it is 29" tall and 39" wide. Very healthy, grows nicely thick and always has some to all in bloom. Blooms do well in heat and sun. Very pleased with this rose, I have it in my front flower bed. Growing in central CA, zone 9. Temps to 112+ in summer and temps last winter to 20.
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1 NOV 07 by
Cass
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Thanks for posting such a terrific progression of images. Mr. Moore's rose obviously likes your climate, which is no surprise: it's his climate too.
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Actually I'm in the same town as Mr Moore and have the pleasure of wandering his nursery at will. I have about 40 of his beautiful roses in my garden, they all performed well through the freezes we had last winter and through the high heat we had last summer.
This particular rose, Twilight Skies, I had planted Fragrant Plum next to it all summer. When it hit the high 90's and 100's, Fragrant Plum's blooms brown on the edges the first day, Twilight Skies do not brown at all. Why I mentioned this is because at that particular time the two were blooming in the similar shades.
This rose had a huge growth spurt in Oct and I wanted to come back and note that because it far exceeded what HMF had noted for it. Mr Moore has so many more beautiful roses over there to choose more from, but if I were to duplicate a rose, this would be one.
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1 NOV 07 by
Cass
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Sizes on HMF are entered initially from information supplied by nurseries or breeders. Experience from growers like yourself is invaluable to gardeners, especially if they know your zone or location. That's why it is so helpful to list a date and general location on your images. My 12 foot rose in Zone 9b is your 25 foot rose in zone 9a.
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