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Robert Neil Rippetoe 
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Is it possible that Dr. Huey can have a sparse rebloom late in the summer. I have what I think is Dr. Huey in Ohio. It blooms profusely in May and June. Last summer it had about 15 blooms in September. Is that possible for Dr. Huey?
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Anything is possible, but I've never seen it in over 60 years.
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Scent is not strong, but is absolutely incredible, like cream and vanilla.
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Can you add any information regarding hardiness?
Thanks, Robert
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The tag claimed zone 3, but you know how it is: you never know until you try them. I have microclimates ranging from 2b to 4a or so. I might pick up a couple more of this cultivar and put them in varying locations, and then report back next spring.
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I love ‘New Zealand’ for its beautifully formed flowers, attractive foliage and distinctive sweet scent but it seems to have become very susceptible to blackspot in Britain. I no longer grow it. I tried ‘Sugar moon’, which is a close descendant, but the scent is nowhere near as refined as in NZ and I hated the thick, graceless stems supporting flowers lacking the delicacy of its progenitor. Then I discovered that ‘Titanic’ is a direct descendant of NZ and CK Jones describes the tea scent as stunning. So I had to try it. The scent on the first bloom is not at at all tea-like, but very strong and sweet, and similar in quality to the linden/lonicera periclymenum scent of NZ. I’m thrilled, and hope the plant will show better disease resistance than NZ.
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I hope you'll follow up with your evaluation. I find it interesting. Thank you, Robert
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6 days ago by
Hamanasu
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Thank you. Here’s an update. After a few days I cut the first bloom, which was becoming crowded all round by other developing buds in the same cluster, and put it in a vase inside the house. The scent indoors is very strong and rather like the classical fragrance of well scented crimson hybrid teas (which the literature often describes as damask, though to my mind that’s a misnomer, as the scent of true damask roses is much sweeter). The foliage on Titanic is much coarser than in New Zealand — hopefully more disease resistant, though.
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Yes, disease resistance is what I'm curious about.
I'm currently growing, 'Easy Spirit', which has relatively little fragrance. I'm trying to decide whether to let it go.
Thanks for the update.
Robert
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This is really a wonderful cross. Congratulations!
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Thank you very much!
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