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'Larger Than Life' rose Reviews & Comments
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I got this from Jackson & Perkins this year (2021) as a new intro. While mine is a creamier color and less yellow than I was expecting, the blooms are MASSIVE. Absolutely, showstoppingly gigantic. Mine have taken forever to open up despite ~80+ temps this week. The scent is light...nothing to write home about. My only complaint is that the form is weird. If it had a more formal high-center when opening it would be over-the-top. I'm not a huge fan of the somewhat jumbled, old-fashioned rose look it has when open, but they're still gorgeous. As of right now (no report on disease resistance as of yet), I highly recommend this one.
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Great write-up!
I myself love the classic, true rose form. That high-centered swirl is a modern development, and I'm so glad we're getting away from that cookie cutter pattern of dullness and unoriginal florist rose sameness in modern varieties. Thank goodness roses don't all look the same. It would be so depressing if we had all these different colors but every last one of them looked like a rose at the florist shop.
My Larger Than Life has survived one winter, but it hasn't taken off. I might be too cold here, or it could be just because it's still getting established.
Slightly scented, huge golden blooms of classic form, fading to cream at the edges. Surprisingly healthy!
Z5b/Sunset 41 South Central Michigan.
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Initial post
22 APR 22
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Flowers are massive. Light, fruity fragrance
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Initial post
30 DEC 20 by
gavinj
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Per an email conversation I had with Jackson & Perkins Jan 2020 about their "sneak peek" AA186-7 rose that became Larger than Life, the parentage is Memorial Day x Mellow Yellow (JACmedameye).
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Somethng is slightly amiss there gavinj. I am reading your comment as Mellow Yellow (JACmedameye) is the pollen parent.
And yet ‘Larger than Life’s code is JACmedameye.
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I think Gavinj has it right. JAC is Jackson Perkins shorthand, meda is apparently J&P's code for memorial day (first two letters of each part of name), and meye is apparently J&P's code for mellow yellow (first two letter of each part of that name). Mellow Yellow is out of Weeks's shop and has a WEK prefix. Looks like J&P is getting a little more transparent about their codes (YAY!)
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Oh, now I understand. ‘Larger than Life’ (JACmedameye) parentage is Memorial Day x Mellow Yellow.
Thank you Gavinj and Kathy.
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