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'Alice Amos' rose Reviews & Comments
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Certainlhy not thornless... lots of small prickles like many early polyantha. Botanica's Roses state that this rose is not a strong grower, however, I am always amazed at how tough and clean it is. It is also makes outstanding seedlings! I really should look after mine more and give it the TLC it deserves!
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Lots of small prickles? From my photos I would agree with the only reference (1923) which said "almost thornless". But I'll have a look at my bushes tomorrow morning. I love this rose, but unfortunately the weevils love it too. I have taken to feeding the guinea fowl their wheat where the weevils were most active, and this has proved effective.
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Hello Simon,
I looked at one of my bushes the other morning and the main cane was completely thornless. Other smaller canes had prickles as in my photo 'Alice Amos' 558 003. I'll try to check out my second bush in the next couple of days.
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Are your plants from mine? This is the kind of armory mine is sporting. Some not-so-small prickles are produced with painful frequency. Photo taken today (12th Jan. 2016)
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I had a look at my second plant yesterday and it is sporting that same fuzz of little prickles at the top of a cane. So, typical polyantha canes.
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#5 of 6 posted
20 DEC 18 by
 Plazbo
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Hello Patricia
Does this have any of the foetida sweet glandular smell on it's buds?
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I had a look at my plant this morning. No buds at all, just the last odd petals about to drop. ‘Alice Amos’ is not a tall plant for this creaky, nasally-challenged gardener. Perhaps others can help here.
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I have added more references to 'Alice Amos' and have been struck by the number of times the early references said "a dwarf 'American Pillar'. I can see why as the white stamens of both 'Alice Amos' and 'American Pillar' both have the habit of curling over into a center ball as they age. For one of the first times when typing up a rose, I was not thinking "gee I wish I had that", but instead was happily thinking "gee, I'm glad I have 'Alice Amos'." I send my fond greetings to the man who sent it to me.
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23 SEP 15 by
styrax
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It is a cool-looking rose. The foetida in the background make it interesting as well.
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Bonita - (why is your photo so enlarged?)
You have asked if your rose could be 'Alice Amos'. It is possible but you need to add more photos. You need to take a photo of the petals - put them on a plain saucer or bread and butter plate - so the shape of the petals is clear. Also take photos of the pedicel and receptacle - we're looking to see if the pedicel is smooth or glandular, and you want to see if the receptacle is round or longish. I can see your rose has a fimbriated stipule.
There are a couple of lookalikes - I can think of 'Papa Hemeray' and 'Claret Cup' - but from the leaves, it looks as though the "Wollongong Miner's Cottage rose ROR" is not either of those. 'Papa Hemerary' is smooth and a little china-ish, and 'Claret Cup' leaves are almost obovate.
I will put some photos on of my plant which originally came from Mistydowns (this is where knowing the provenance of a rose is so important) but it is no guarantee that my rose is the original one. However, from the 1923 reference wherein someone wrote "red wood", it would seem as though it might be. (I know Alister Clark once wrote of "dear little 'Alice Amos' " and I am looking forward to this spring to see what he was talking about.
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Available from Misty Downs: http://mistydowns.com.au/plant_display/display/25-alice-amos
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