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In my experience (zone 9B so. CA) Wild Edric is quite a good cut flower in the house, lasting about four days and perfuming its vicinity. In fact the fragrance was so strong that I couldn't have it within four feet of me, and I don't have allergies. It's a crying shame that this rose is no longer offered in the US and from what I hear difficult to find in Europe. It's an excellent rose with no disease and very good rebloom for me.
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what a rare beauty.
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7 AUG 11 by
 JJS
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Are the roses 'Aimable Amie', 'Belle Sans Flatterie' and 'Louis van Tyll' identical, as suggested by Lars-Ake Gustavsson in his book Rosor for nordiska tradgardar (only in Swedish)? From the photos on this site those roses look similar to me also.
This question arose when I tried to identify a Gallica that I received as a gift. I settled for Aimable Amie at the time.
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yesterday by
Darrell
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'Aimable Amie' differs from 'Belle Sans Flatterie' in that it tends to reach five feet in height and has a strong fragrance, while 'Belle Sans Flatterie' reaches only about three feet and has only a light scent. (I know that doesn't answer your question about 'Louis van Tyll', which also has a strong scent.)
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JJS
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Thanks. I may have to change my opinion then, since my roses are forming a 15 meters long hedge now, and they are certainly less than a meter high. They are scented, but I'm not sure I would call it a strong fragrance. I'll try and decide this summer.
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Hello! I live in Boston, Massachusetts, zone 7A. I have walked by this gorgeous rose bush many times on my way to the library, with tiny pink blooms that seem to fade to a lighter pink over time. Please help me figure out what the name of this looming rose bush is. It looks like a polyantha, and I thought it was the fairy, but the petals on this mystery rose are more pointed looking than The Fairy's. Thank you for anyone who can help!
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Can you tell us about repeat bloom, if any? The picture looks like a rambler. Someone who knows the ramblers better than me might be able to ID the group of ramblers, Wicherana, multiflora for example, to which it might belong. There are two lost, almost certainly extinct, alas, Ayrshire ramblers from the early 20thC, which were bred in Boston, but what I could see of the leaves didn't look like an Ayrshire.
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