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7 days ago by
Banshee
This photo looks so much like my found rose from a cellar hole in Deerfield NH. I brought a cutting to Nashua rosarian Mike Lowe. He said it had three names, The Loyalist, named for Scottish loyalists who brought it to Canada, Banshee for its suckering growth habit, and American Hybrid. I've never seen any references to this third name. I didn't see any of the three in his 2002 catalog. I asked High Country Roses for an opinion and they said, not Banshee. However, there is some disagreement about whether HCR Banshee is actually Banshee. This rose has a sprawling habit and suckers quite readily. I believe it migrated from another bed across the path. Blooms are initially compact but quickly become loose. Fragrance is light. Grows in part shade and seemed unaffected by temps today reaching 102F.
This comment was supposed to be in response to a photo posted by yesaeyesa, but it showed up in the comments of my member garden. I'm still trying to figure out the workings of HMF. Should I have clicked on Reply instead of Post Comment? Not sure if that was even an option.
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7 days ago by
Banshee
This looks like the foliage of the Banshee, High Country I just planted in my Zone 6a garden in Candia NH. It hasn't bloomed yet. However, the foliage in other member photos looks entirely different. See my response to yesaeyesa. That photo looks like my Loyalist (I'm calling it that for now, although Mike Lowe said one of its three names was Banshee.) I have to look at his old catalog to see if there's any info. I'm amazed at the volume of discussion this rose has generated.
Similar to the previous comment, this was supposed to be for member Cavallo, but shows up in my HMF. Haven't found any useful FAQs on the site.
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21 AUG 21 by
Marlorena
A gorgeous rose with a delightful scent.. the only drawback is the blooms don't last as long as I would like... the foliage is beautiful especially the new growth which is dark and richly tinted.. throws up numerous basals..
..eastern England, 2021..
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8 days ago by
Hamanasu
Indeed, beautiful and distinctive matt foliage, but was rather blighted by blackspot today in the Queen Mary’s rose garden Regent’s Park. Most other varieties seemed clean — they got rid of many beds of older hybrid teas, and I suppose they only kept more disease resistant ones. The moment someone realises Donatella is not performing for health (not even in the unusually dry spring we’ve been having this year) no doubt she’ll be gone too (sigh). One of the best scented roses there today on a breezy day.
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8 days ago by
Hamanasu
Warm (20 degrees C or so) but breezy day in the Queen Mary’s rose garden in London’s Regent’s Park today and Claret was by far one of the best scented roses for intensity, comparable to Chandos Beauty, Donatella, Emily Bronte and Konigin von Denmark. Incidentally, many beds of traditional hybrid teas have been removed and replaced with grass, in an obvious bid to make maintenance easier and drop older more blackspot probe varieties. Very sad to see gone, among others, Double Delight, Special Anniversary, Diamond Jubilee and various older DA varieties at the garden’s entrance.
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