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"Highway 290 Pink Buttons" rose Reviews & Comments
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A small bush, about 3' high and 3' wide that is totally healthy in my no-spray hot humid Zone 9b yard.
Has a nice repeat bloom that increases almost dramatically when I remember to feed it.
No scent that I can detect, but very pretty in bloom and quite nicely delicate in appearance year round.
Would recommend to anyone looking for a small remontant rose for a hot climate.
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Highway 290 Pink Buttons is the same as the old pink Picayune in the "Everblooming Roses" book printed early in the 20th century. I know, because my family had the pink Picayune in the front yard for decades and we knew it by that name. Suspecting it was the same as Hwy. 290 Pink Buttons, I sent some cuttings to Antique Rose Emporium who grew them and confirmed it was the same plant. That means this rose has an older history than Rouletti. It is very similar to Rouletti only having more petals. I sent some to RosePeddler who was selling it under the name "Henrietta's Pink Picayune" to distinguish it from the other Picayune in commerce and to honor my old aunt who preserved the bushes in New Orleans (which, alas, are no longer with us.) Hwy. 290 Pink Buttons probably was brought from New Orleans which was the only place with rose vendors for hundreds of miles for a long time. Thanks!
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Thank you for posting this valuable background information on the Rose Page for Highway 290 Pink Buttons! Collecting such information makes it more possible to identify these wonderful "Found Roses", and may make it possible to trace their journies from their origins through many different countries to where they've been "discovered". Many "extinct" roses have been rediscovered this way. How neat your aunt now is part of this rose's history. Thank you!
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25 FEB 04 by
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This is a small (1 to 2 foot) shrub that repeat blooms.
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