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| What is the color of your Sally Holmes? I know it is listed as white but I really like the oranges/pinks/apricot that I have seen in some pictures. I know that different cameras/computers/lightning will all make difference. Thanks for sharing and pictures would be great.. QB |
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| Here the buds are a pale apricot, and the blooms open to a soft white that still has the warm blush of apricot/pink around the petal edges. |
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| That's what I've seen her do all over California. From pale apricot and primrose buds, come massive heads of milk white single flowers, like enormous heads of hydrangea on steroids. I saw huge heads of her open flowers used for a baby shower table centerpiece many years ago. It was spectacular. Kim |
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- Posted by maryland_rose Z6 MD (My Page) on Wed, Feb 1, 12 at 8:39
| Here in Maryland it is much the same. Creamy white blooms that open from apricot pink buds. The color contrast of the bud to bloom is stunning! The sprays are much like roseseek spoke of. I think I counted 55 blooms on one spray this past summer. Martha Steward's one Wedding book has a picture of a bridal bouquet using one spray of Sally Holmes. Absolutely beautiful! Perfect for a wedding! David |
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- Posted by Strawberryhill 5a IL (My Page) on Wed, Feb 1, 12 at 10:39
| I checked on Sally Holmes, sold at Burlington Roses: tolerates partial shade, hardy to zone 5b, cut flowers last 4 days. Is she 100% thornless, or does she has a few thorns? If she is 100% thornless, then she's worth growing here. Does she has any fragrance? Thank you. |
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- Posted by queenbee_1 7 (My Page) on Wed, Feb 1, 12 at 21:21
| Since I have fallen madly in love with Ms. Sally, I need to find a nice place for her.. I have a spot near my front porch but I have no lattice/fence/post or pillar for her to grow on... I went looking at my favorite 'junk' store and found a 6'long x 4' high wrought iron antique fence section in great shape.... Will this work for her beauty?? |
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| I probably can't respond accurately to the size question because Sally is a BIG girl here in SoCal. I've dealt with her grown up and over a patio cover. I have a current client who has a large iron pergola in her garden with six Sally Holmes grown up and over it. They all meet in the center. The diameter is easily ten feet with easily eight feet of height. I have two on a five foot block wall in Old Orchard, Valencia, just north of here. She fills the wall and shoots out another four to six feet above that. I grew it own root many years ago in my windy, old Newhall garden where I whacked her back to about four feet each spring. By fall, she was back to seven feet freestanding. Being own root and grown in full sun with frequent, heavy winds, she bulked up and stayed shorter than she will if given partial shade (all roses grow TO the light, causing them to elongate) and/or support. Supporting the canes permits them to lengthen at the expense of thickening, when they will be better able to support themselves. NO, Sally Holmes is NOT thornless, nor, in my experience, is she "lightly thorned". Hers are sharp and hooked and she'll rip the heck out of you if you're not careful. The only down side to grooming her is how she'll render flesh from bone if not treated tenderly! She doesn't like being man-handled and she has no qualms about making her displeasure WELL known! Had I room for her at home, she'd be gracing my weed patch. As it is, I have to satisfy myself with testing a seedling of Sally Holmes I've raised. Her preliminary name is "Yellow Sally". Kim |
Here is a link that might be useful: Yellow Sally
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- Posted by queenbee_1 7 (My Page) on Wed, Feb 1, 12 at 23:01
| Thank you Kim, maybe someone in zone7 will post on her size for me.. I could get two of the fence sections but it sounds like she might 'eat' them both... |
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| Yellow Sally Holmes: very beautiful, Kim! |
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| Yellow Sally is disese-free in Camarillo. :-) Jeri |
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| Thank you! I pruned the original seedling to move her...wrong! She's busting out all over like "June"! I need to move that pot before the next rain. Kim |
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| Sally's bud colour is temperature dependant here. Pinkish or apricot, much deeper colour when it's cool. Mine has no thorns. She is self supporting, six foot plus tall. Fragrance is minimal. Wonderful rose, flowers here throughout the season. Sue |
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- Posted by queenbee_1 7 (My Page) on Fri, Feb 3, 12 at 9:16
| Thank you, all.. Just ordered 2 Sally Holmes and will pick them up on Monday! |
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| I just bought a Sally at Raft Island roses here in Gig Harbor..it's weird but this rose was never on my radar..then I saw it in person..MAN OH MAN. She is gorgeous..and what huge blooms. |
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| Great that you discovered Raft Island Roses. I love that place. |
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