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Does anyone have Grande Dame rose?
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pootpoot1 9B inland empire (
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Mon, Jan 13, 14 at 22:11
| I recently purchased Grande Dame from the nursery. What blew me away was the fragrance, I've never smelled anything quite like it on a rose. It was fresh and sweet and let me emphasize the fresh part. It was a very beautiful smell indeed. Anyway, I was wondering (for those of you that have it) if there's other roses that smell similar to it. I understand that the scent is going to vary with many people, and I know it may be a long shot, but I must know (or at least try). |
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RE: Does anyone have Grande Dame rose?
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| That rose in the picture does not look like Grande Dame. Grande Dame is pink and looks more like an English rose than an HT. That said, there is no pink rose I know of that produces more big heavily fragrant blooms than Grande Dame. It is a massive blooming machine. Its' shortcoming is that it has weak necks so it will droop if it gets wet |
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Henryinct, sorry, this is a bad picture. It's still opening up. Under this lighting it looks red, and my camera didn't pick it up.
It is pink but very deep pink. And you are right about the neck, one of them was dropping down. |
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| I'm wondering, too, if that is really Grand Dame. Grand Dame does have the most wonderful old rose fragrance, but mine doesn't look at all like yours. Maybe it is just the camera lighting, but I'm posting a couple of pictures of mine below so you can compare to yours once fully open and be sure your rose wasn't mislabeled. I have a lot of really fragrant roses, but Grand Dame is one of the best with it's "wafting" scent. None of my other roses smell quite like Grand Dame, but to me, the most similar scented roses I grow are Big Momma, Peter Mayle, Dolly Parton, Firefighter and Rose de Rescht. It's been a long time since I grew Chrysler Imperial, but it's blooms have one of my favorite rose scents, and its fragrance seems similar to Grand Dame to my nose. My Grand Dame blooms: 
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| That really looks like a mislabel to me too. This rose is pink. It blooms at the top of very long canes, so the fragrance is mostly wasted on me. Put is somewhere in back where you can reach it just for cutting. |
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- Posted by seil z6b MI (My Page) on
Tue, Jan 14, 14 at 16:43
| Pootpoot, your rose looks a lot more like Mr. Lincoln than Grande Dame. ML is also known for it's fragrance. Pat, your GD is gorgeous! |
RE: Does anyone have Grande Dame rose?
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Thanks, Seil! (you'll be seeing her again when we get to the "G's" in the gallery...lol)
I can't believe I forgot to mention Mr. Lincoln with the similar fragrance roses. He definitely has that strong old rose scent. If you do have Mr. Lincoln instead of Grand Dame, he'll be a tall one for back of the border, too. He starts off red, but ages to more of a wine color. |
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| Ok this is what the bloom looked like today. I don't think it's a Mr. Lincoln. The color is hard to capture, but my blooms are magenta, or a very deep pink. I hope my roses look like yours someday Pat. |
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| Your latest pic is closer to my Grand Dame’s color, but still looks like it has more of a red tone than mine…could be the camera lighting again, though. The pics I posted are pretty true to its color in my garden. They were taken in hot weather…the blooms are a bit darker pink when it’s cool, but not much. Will be easier to tell once the bloom is fully open and you can see the flower form. |
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| That still doesn't look much like Grand Dame to me. I am used to seeing more petals in GD. |
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| It honestly does look like Grande Dame to me. I sure love mine. I agree that Chrysler Imperial smells similar as does Big Purple to my nose. |
RE: Does anyone have Grande Dame rose?
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| When I went to the nursery, all the Gd's were magenta in color. Is it possible that they mislabeled all? Maybe it's the climate because my Double Delight changes color too, ranging from the red and cream you usually see, or this (sorry I don't know how to rotate) |
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