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Recent Questions, Answers and Comments
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today by
Hamanasu
This rose has been in constant production for a month. We’ve been having unusually warm temperatures by British standards, so that may be the reason, but I’m impressed, much more so that, judging by the canes it’s been producing, with many buds per stem, the best is yet to come. I have been puzzling over how to describe the scent, which is sweet, deep, and vaguely fermented in the best possible way, without any tart notes at all. Charles Quest Ritson describes it as fruity and musky, but I don’t get the fruity notes and am not sure I have yet figured out what the musk scent exactly is (though I occasionally use the word myself to describe scents similar to Golden Jubilee’s!)... I think I finally found a way to pin down the fragrance of this rose: years ago I grew, for a single season, philadelphus delavayi melanocalyx, or it may have been p. purpurascens (closely allied). I had to get rid of it because it grew far too fast and too large for my patio. Golden Jubilee’s scent, though less intense, shares the same quality as the distinctive fragrance of this p. delavayi/purpurascens (which, by the by, smells nothing like other mock oranges)
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Initial post
yesterday by
Unregistered Guest
Rose Listing Omission
草莓派 (Strawberry Pie)
- Chinese shrub rose - 80-100 cm tall - flowers are 6-8 cm - light pink color - light fragrance - more than 40 petals - strong disease resistance - plants are sensitive to environmental conditions cites: springlandflowers.com
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Initial post
yesterday by
Louis Galarneau
I had a lot of expectation on that rose . I like the rose But I can not detect any fragrance ? For a rose that is suppose to have a strong fragrance? May be it will improve with age, will see....
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20 FEB by
AquaEyes
I wonder if anyone growing this could compare it to 'Belle Amour'. It's hard to find photos of "Fairmount Semi-Double" anywhere beyond the High Country Roses website.
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#1 of 2 posted
20 FEB by
Nastarana
The HCR pictures sure look like Belle Amour. I might have to buy one this year.
I also strongly suspect that their "High Country Banshee" is identical to another Colorado found rose "Graveyard Alba", which seems to have disappeared from sight and never was in commerce. I think it has pretty well been determined that HCR's "Jeremiah Pink" is Banshee. Beautiful and huuge bush, wonderful display if you have room for it.
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#2 of 2 posted
yesterday by
Belmont
I will be posting some pics of FSD soon.
I can see how you could think they look similar from some of the pics. However, in real life Bell Amour has a warmer color. Some say coral or peach but I wouldn't go that far. Also, BA bloom is smaller and more double, has the myrrh scent, and its canes are much thornier. FSD is hardier.
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