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Recent Questions, Answers and Comments
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10 APR 24 by
ksinGA
The pictures just don't do this one justice. The blooms are so charming, and fragrance is so sweet. Plant along a pathway so you can enjoy the beautiful fragrance!
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today by
goncmg
Mine has been a train wreck until this spring! In December I actually held the 4 year old own root “worthless” plant over the trash can and was soooooo close to just dumping it! It had given me a few “nice” blooms but just wouldn’t do anything. Wouldn’t grow. Just wouldn’t respond to my care and effort. Thennnnnnnn thisssss spring happened! I’ve never seen blooms like this! I’ve never seen so many blooms! and it’s finally throwing fat basal breaks! I don’t know what has gone on down here, it looks like you are in Georgia and I’m on Amelia Island, but whatever transpired here has made it so happy!
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today by
ksinGA
So glad to hear this. She is a real beaut!
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This is not a generic red attempt at a red Queen Elizabeth! I’m pretty certain most people have dismissed it as just that. The color is unique. It does open blah cherry red but as the blooms age their entirety deepens to a glowing, ember blood red that is so unique! The individual blooms aren’t “pretty.” They are double but almost semi double, there’s a laughable and endearing randomness to the petal arrangement. It’s a variety meant to be appreciated from afar, blooming en masse. It is far more distinctive than its peer Cherry Glow. It’s a shame this one never even registered with the public. It is technically one of the “big dud” AARS winners. It is worth a resurrection. There’s no color like it.
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#1 of 2 posted
today by
Lee H.
Christopher, did you ever make an attempt at breeding it? This sounds right up your alley.
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#2 of 2 posted
today by
goncmg
I haven’t used it yet but yes, I do love recreating the mid century ones!
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Bright, velvety red 5-inch fragrant flowers which do not blue with age. 25 to 30 petals on long strong stems and very vigorous growth. Quick repeat bloomer with very good disease resistance, especially blackspot. This one was completely over-looked back in its day. A red grandiflora released during the Queen Elizabeth craze. It gets beautiful traits from Charlotte Armstrong...flower form and fragrance. If you love grandifloras, you need this one in your garden.
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Tell that to the nurseries who are not selling it. HMF shows only two, RU and one other in Australia, I think. Maybe Hortico would give it a try. It would need to be gafted for my climate.
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today by
goncmg
The colorrrrrrr! It can’t be captured on any film. It glows. It’s lit from within, the opening color is generic then the color just deepens and gets rich and deep and it’s so unique! The name is perfect!
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Jeri, it would be nice to have a side-by-side comparison photo (or photos) of "Orange Smith" and Archiduc Charles at the same stage, please.
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