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Nicole Carol Miller...my impulse purchase...

Posted by ilovemyroses 8 Dallas TX (My Page) on
Thu, Apr 19, 12 at 22:03

I never seem to make it out of a nursery without an impulse purchase. THIS rose, though, is BEAUTIFUL. An interesting dusty pink/mauve...sounds terrible, but really pretty. Very antique colors.

Anyone grow her?


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RE: Nicole Carol Miller...my impulse purchase...

I bought her for my sister the year it was introduced. In the Santa Clarita Valley, she has marvelous foliage, huge, intensely fragrant, beautiful blooms and she's quite fertile. I've raised several species hybrids from her. Kim


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In researching this rose, I found it was named after a victim on Flight 93, on 9/11. See the following. A very special rose, indeed.

Nicole Carol Miller
21 years old
San Jose, CA

The following biography, photo, and poem were sent to us by Nicole's father and step-mother, David and Catherine Miller:

Nicole Carol Miller was born March 4, 1980, in San Jose, California. She lived all her life in San Jose, attending Allen Elementary School, Bret Harte Middle School, and Pioneer High School, where she graduated in 1998. At Pioneer High School, Nicole was a good student. She was on the championship varsity swimming/diving team in her freshman and sophomore years. She played softball all four years of high school, winning a softball college scholarship in her senior year. After high school, Nicole continued to be an athlete who loved to work out, hike, play softball, ride horses, and jog.

On the Dean's List at West Valley College in Saratoga, California while working her way through college, Nicole was finishing up her last eight units. She planned to transfer to California State University, Chico or California State University, San Jose in January 2002, where she was expecting to complete her Bachelor of Arts degree.

Nicole had a wonderful outlook on life. Her brilliant smile lit up entire rooms and her loving personality made everyone, including strangers, feel right at home. It would be natural for her to give her life for another's and that she did, bravely and heroically, along with the crew and passengers of United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11, 2001.

Nicole is survived by her father, David J. Miller; stepmother, Catherine M. Miller; mother, Cathy M. Stefani; stepfather, Wayne Stefani Sr.; and her siblings, Tiffney M. Miller, David S. Miller, Danielle L. Miller, Wayne Stefani Jr., Joshua R. D. Tenorio, and Anthony D. Tenorio.


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My BF goes with me when we go look at flowers because I am soft hearted and if I see a poor flower that is being neglected it try to get it but he tells me "why would you want that it probably wont last" which he is right, but I want to try to put it out of their misery poor things... But its the same thing if I see a healthy plant its the same way I want all of them. (Im not allowed to go to auctions either, the last time I was talked into a truck load of things for $2 which the auctioneer gave me)

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Not especially vigorous here, but a wonderful color.


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Oh it looks gorgeous!!!!

I ordered this rose this year. Can't wait to get it!! And it has a wonderful fragrance to boot. Yay!!!
Carol


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  • Posted by alameda 8 - East Texas (My Page) on
    Fri, Apr 20, 12 at 23:54

Mine is several years old and quite vigorous and large. Really like the color - a lovely rose.
Judith


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