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Playing in the garden 
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26 JUL 08 by
Unregistered Guest
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Zone 6B? Where did that come from?
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I have successfully grown many Sarah's at 9000 ft. elevation in the mountains of northern New Mexico, a clear zone 4.
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A great example of very useful localized information - thank you for your participation.
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House & Garden (1929) 55: 140
How Roses Come By Their Names
The naming of a Rose is not always a mercenary transaction and the human side of life sometimes attaches a beautiful meaning to it. The French hybridizer Turbat had been awarded a certificate of merit at the Contest of Bagatelle during the war in 1916 for a hardy climber. According to the rules the award could not be final until the variety was named. While Monsieur Turbat was looking up the requests he had for a new Rose, the story was related of a young officer, the Comte de Feligonde, who had been seriously wounded in battle and left between the lines in No Man’s Land where none would venture to fetch him. His wife, Ghislaine, a Red Cross nurse, hearing the plight of her husband, started at night, found him, dragged him to safety and nursed him back to health. Monsieur Turbat, moved by the story of the heroic woman, decided right then to name his new Rose Ghislaine de Feligonde.
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What a moving name origin, this year of the centenary of the breakout of WWI.
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A 2002 study conducted with the Pelissier de Feligonde family shows that Ghislaine was 4 y/o when the rose was named after her.
See Journal, Roses Anciennes en France.
Magazine (2002)
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18 JUL 15 by
CybeRose
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Don't you just hate it when historical facts get in the way of a charming story?
Thanks for the update.
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Don't confuse me with the facts! Fact or fiction, I like the story and the rose.
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