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| It is supposed to be a Pomponella Fairy Tale, which I purchased from a Canadian bare-root nursery. Based on the response I got from an earlier posting and my research on the internet, I am fairly certain now that it is not Pomponella.
Any thoughts? Mark |
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| Holding next to Louise Ordier. Its color is a pink very similar to LO. |
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| Another picture. |
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- Posted by professorroush 6A (My Page) on Sun, Jun 24, 12 at 9:01
| Dont know, but I think I can rule out Morden Centennial for you (a pink Ag Canada rose)_...the form is right but it should be a larger bloom and brighter pink like Louise. In the Canadians, AC de Montarville might be a possibility or Lambert Closse.....both are supposed to get to about 3 feet in heigth. (I don't grow either one) |
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| I looked at the vendor's website (Palatine), and the closest resemblance I can find is Sister's Fairy Tale. Sent emails to Palatine last week, and and so far there is no response. Maybe people are on vacation... Meanwhile, to those who grow Sister's FT, does this look like yours? |
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| there was a similar thread where someone else thought they had Pomponella from Palatine - which also turned out to be sisters fairy tale. Dunno how to do links though. |
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| Did you send a photo to the vendor? If it was Palatine, they are extremely easy to do business with and very responsive. |
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| Campanula -- Thanks for the tip! I have just locatd the post you might be refering to. Yes, the picture of the mislabeled rose posted there looks exactly like mine! I think you have just helped me IDed the rose. Diane -- I did send them two emails with pictures a week ago and so far I have not heard from them. Tried to call them a couple of times, but only got to a voice message. My guess is that people could be on vacation now so I will wait until next week to try again. But I have to say the silence from them is a little underwhelming. To be fair to them: I do love the two other Fairy Tales they sent (Cinderella and Riding Hood): the bareroots come in beautiful sizes, tons of canes, and have been very vigorous and disease-free for me so far. Cinderella balled terribly because of the wet weather we are having, but I don't hold that against her. Mark |
Here is a link that might be useful: 2007 Posting
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| Sorry, duh, I missed the part where you said you sent an email. I also highly recommend Floral Fairy Tale and Caramel Fairy Tale. Neither have been treated for blackspot this season and both have beautiful, clean leaves. Good luck with your search! |
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| I have had three Sisters Fairytale roses for several years, and your rose bloom doesn't look really look like the blooms on mine, which are lighter pink, and have a slightly different form. It's hard to tell, though, from one pic. Do you have a photo showing a bloom that is less open? My SFTs were from Palatine also. Diane |
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| No worries at all, Diane. I actually ordered and received a Floral from Rose Unlimited a couple of weeks ago. The rose was on my wish list after I read one of your earlier postings. I am also in NJ and have been "stalking" your postings. I grow Red Hood and Cinderella in pots, and they have been spotless for me. The Sister's/mislabeled Pomponella is in the ground and is about half as bushy as the other two. I might not have done things correctly when plantting this one in terms of soil preparation (too small a whole and too little organic materials) and sun exposure (only a little more than six hours of direct sun from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.). But since other roses (some of which might be on Dr. Huey) growing nearby under the same condition are doing much better(Abe Darby, Sunsprite, Heritage and Rio Samba), I wonder whether roses on multiflora rootstock are better grown in containers in where we live. I do see gigantic R. Multiflora everywhere here, so maybe the rootstock is not the issue. |
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| Diana (nanadoll) -- these pictures were taken with a very basic phone camera, and the pink actually is a lot paler in real life than shown in the pictures. Colorwise, it resembles a Louise Odier when the sun has bleached the more intense pink of LO/the clor of LO right befoe LO drops its petals. I don't get home from work early enough to take a picture of the rose in daylight, and I can post later during the week or during the weekend. Meanwhile, this is another picture on my phone. Also, the picture on the 2007 thread shows flowers that are not fully opened. Mine looks very much like those. But now you mentioned it, the flower shape does not look like the pictures on HMF. Mark |
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| I thought I'd add that Sisters produces large clusters of blooms almost continually on an awkward looking bush. The bush is fairly small, and it took a while to establish itself, probably because the multiflora rootstock it was grafted onto doesn't always like the alkaline soil here (some roses on multiflora take right off in this soil so this can be variable). Now that Sisters is established, I really like it, but at first it was a gnarly little thing. Diane |
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| Diana (nanadoll) -- I think my soil is alkanline as well. I probably could have done a better job in terms of soil preparation and giving it more sun. Unlike the two other Fairy Tales I grow in pots, this one definitely looks miserable. Or maybe I will just pot this one up. Whatever it is, it is a waste to let it languish like this. (It was doing better than this a few weeks ago, but "my" resident groundhog chew off a good part of the newer growth). Mark |
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