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'Captain Philip Green' rose Reviews & Comments
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The Rose Captain Phillip Green sold by Guillot in France is Bon silene
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We have 'Bon Silene' listed as a different rose. Can you provide a reference indicating these rose are the same ?
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#2 of 15 posted
28 AUG 07 by
 jedmar
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It should not be the same rose; George Graham means that the rose Guillot is selling, is actually 'Bon Silène' not 'Captain Philip Green'. There are unfortunately many such impostors in commerce.
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Thank you for the clarification.
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Two of your photos of Bon Silène and two of Captain Philip Green seem to be of an identical plant. All four photos have been contributed by Ami Roses.
It seems to me unclear that any of your photos of Captain Philip Green is correct. Paul Nabonnand, quoted on the www.rosarosam.com site, lists it as cream, as do you. Yet all your photos are of a very pink rose. Another site has "long bud opening to cream with carmine," which does not accurately describe any of your photos.
You quote a source of 1910 saying Captain Philip Green is "cream colour, in the way of Marie van Houtte". Since Marie van Houtte was the seed parent of Captain Philip Green, the similarity may be more genetic than casual. Your own photo ID 42196 of Marie van Houtte shows the exact effect: overall cream-straw colour with darker-than-pink staining of the outer petals.
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#5 of 15 posted
4 FEB 12 by
Darrell
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I currently have a young Capt. Philip Green from Vintage Gardens--still in a container. How tall and wide does this rose grow in the ground? (I live about 30 miles northeast of San Francisco, very Mediterranean climate.)
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#6 of 15 posted
13 DEC 14 by
AmiRoses
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No, all four photos are not the same plant.
Bon Silène is more carmine pink and often shows a white stripe.
Captain Ph. Green is more of a cream base and never has this white stripe.
The Buds are really cream with touches of carmine.
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The photos from Laikanl and Mulino san Genesio both show white stripes and therefore are likely to be 'Bon Silene'. If it is OK with them, I'll move the photos shortly.
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I'm late to this party, but none of these photos fits the description of a cream or light yellow rose with a light yellow, carmine-shaded bud. I agree that they do look like 'Bon Silène'.
Virginia
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I guess five years is more than adequate time for Laikanl and Mulino san Genesio to reply. I have reassigned their photos at least, to Bon Silene.
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#10 of 15 posted
28 JUL 19 by
jedmar
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The rose in L'Hay is also incorrectly labeled, but it is not pink enough to be 'Bon Silène'
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I agree that those photos don't look like 'Bon Silène'. It looks more like a Pernetiana to me. Would it be a good idea to have a separate record for "Captain Philip Green- in commerce"?
Virginia
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#12 of 15 posted
15 MAY by
odinthor
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I have created an "in commerce as" record, and moved the photos.
There are quite a few gardens claiming to have 'Captain Philip Green', and I would love to know if any of them have the original rose, or are they all 'Bon Silène', or this pretty HT-ish imposter? To me, the coloring of the latter resembles 'Shot Silk'...
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#14 of 15 posted
15 MAY by
odinthor
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Mine appears to be 'Bon Silène' (which I don't regret having!).
Do we know when/where/who started the distribution of 'Bon Silène' as 'Captain Philip Green'? (And same question for the origin of the HT/Pernetiana imposter.) If anyone has a full run of the Combined Rose List, one could at least see when 'Captain Philip Green' started being mentioned as available (and by whom) . . . unless it was already available when that publication started to appear.
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#15 of 15 posted
15 MAY by
jedmar
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'Captain Philip Green' is listed in the Guillot catalogue of 2000, but not in 1997.
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