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'Dick Clark ®' rose Reviews & Comments
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Can anyone compare Mon Cheri to Dick Clark? They seem to look rather similar to me from the photos. Maybe different growth habits? I really don't want to purchase nearly identical roses, though from the descriptions, I would assume Dick Clark smells better. I also like a rose that makes a decent looking bush without the blooms.
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Dick Clark has deep magenta overtones while Mon Cheri has true red coloration shading to coral. If you have room, get both. Mon Cheri is compact but stunning and very fragrant where I live in So Calif. My own Dick Clark has not bloomed yet so I will reserve judgement as to its growing habits in comparison to Mon Cheri but I believe it will be taller. The colors are quite different and both are beautiful. Good luck with you choices.
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19 FEB 11 by
Penelope
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Thanks for your reply. Being as you are a much more experienced rosarian than I, I took your advice and purchased both, in spite of the earful I'm sure to get from my husband ;-) I just couldn't resist those perfect photos of Dick Clark, and as I am rather partial to grandifloras, he was first into my cart. Mon Cheri went right behind him, since you testified to a nice fragrance. I was in love with Mon Cheri's blooms the first time I saw them on here. I just hope that she's not too leggy. Can't wait to see what April brings!
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Mon Cheri has bigger blooms, but Dick Clark has more of them, and less disease problems.
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I think the primary difference is in their cons in that Mon Cheri can get mildew in climates not prone to it, and Dick Clark can become tall/floppy.
I would personally recommend Miss Congeniality over either of them, unless one is dead set on more of a gradient than just the colored edging. Miss Congeniality is a well-behaved plant with nice form and some scent.
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Healthy bush, disease-resistant, but the color is an acquired taste and ideally, it's placed on its own. Color clashes with most other roses around it. In certain climes, the sought-after double color effect doesn't even happen.
It becomes a garish, loud pink-red.
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Acquired taste? As was the person whom it commemorates. That brilliant bicolor effect does seem appropriate for the "world's oldest teenager".
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As my two bushes of Dick Clark finish their first bloom, in their second season, I am pleased with this variety. Each bush had upwards of one hundred blooms, they each reached 5' high and almost 4' across, even after pruning them in half from the first years growth of 6' high. The blooms are well-formed with perfect centers, great changing color, with a great backdrop of dark green, shiny, healthy foliage. The blooms last long in a vase. One drawback is that the canes don't always support the huge amount of blooms and bow over, sometimes breaking at the base. They are so vigorous that the bushes have basal breaks even before the first bloom finished. Wish there was more than just a slight fragrance. Overall, this is a real winner!
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It's amazing how many blooms some people can get! Mine is in its 4th season and only now I am getting buds in the 20's. The first few years they were in the one digit, 3-4 at one time. Then again, it's somewhat close to an old tree which I suppose makes a difference.
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can anyone tell me if Dick Clark is the same coloring as Double Delight? I have two DDs and although i wanted Dick Clark i dont wanna purchase something that simular to my DDS.
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8 MAY 12 by
Seil
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No, they are not the same coloring. DD is a white/cream with a light pink to scarlet edging depending on the weather. It's phototropic so the amount of edging can very a great deal. Dick Clark is yellow with a more orange red edge and is not phototropic so the edge is always there to the same degree. I have them both and like them both very much. Dick Clark was fairly healthy for me last year and did winter very well.
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8 MAY 12 by
monimoni
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thank you for responding
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