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Purchased a bare root rose that was sold as 'Caribbean'. At this point I'm pretty sure this must have been mislabeled. I am quite disappointed that it likely isn't 'caribbean' as I was looking forward to growing it. Also, Caribbean seems quite hard to come across. Has anyone experienced coloring of Caribbean like in my photo or am I looking at something else?
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Caribbean is a very cleanly colored apricot-orange with a lemon reverse. It also has unique curves to its petals.
The color of this rose is similar to Granada and Mardi Gras, but it is not those. Sorry that I don't know which rose you have.
It kind of looks like Givenchy, but the foliage might be different.
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#4 of 7 posted
10 JUL by
Ihwayne
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Thanks for your help. At this point I'm pretty sure it's Love and Peace. A very nice rose but not what I was excited for. It wouldn't be a huge deal but Caribbean is so uncommon that I can't seem to find it anywhere. I'd gladly pay way more than I did to get an actual Caribbean. Thanks and cheers!
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Yes, my current Caribbean is from RU. My original one from the 90s was from Edmunds. They're identical as far as I can tell.
The rose in the photo is not Love and Peace. I have 3 of them. It's bolt upright in classic chrome yellow edged red-pink. They are really large, and so is the foliage. The foliage is very glossy, full, dark green, and the leaflets are rounded. The stems are not bendy. The eventual bloom fade is light yellow overlaid heavily in a darker chrome red-pink that sunbleaches at the top of the petal face arch.
The foliage in the photo alone is not Love and Peace. I wish it was so that this was case closed, but its not. I'm sorry.
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'Caribbean' HT is available this year from Roses Unlimited for $30. IDK if RU is shipping now as they had their summer sale last month, but you could always call or email.
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#7 of 7 posted
11 JUL by
Ihwayne
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Thanks for the heads up. I actually emailed them last week. They said the don't know if they'll have it for 2025. Fingers crossed!
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Mislabeled roses are unfortunately very common. I haven’t seen Carribean for sale in the US for at least a dozen years. Who was the bareroot vendor or distributor.? Often you can figure out who you really have by looking at that vendors catalog and looking especially at those plants that are nearby alphabetically. For example, I got a big box store rose labeled Fragrant Plum this year that turned out to actually be Fragrant Cloud.
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#3 of 7 posted
10 JUL by
Ihwayne
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It was actually sold at Walmart this year in body bags. I was really excited to find it. Unfortunately Walmart and mislabels go hand in hand. This is actually my 2nd mislabel from Walmart this year. I bought what was supposed to be Medallion and it ended up being a yellow rose, probably gold medallion.
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