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| I know..I know..this is a very difficult question for all of you rose lovers--especially so if you have oodles and oodles of roses. And also if your favorites change with whatever is currently blooming.
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| Mostly old and Austin roses, you'll have to forgive me, I strayed over from the Antique Rose forum.... Mutabilis Ingrid |
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| Not a problem at all Ingrid! :) It'll be lots of fun looking these up on HMF. Thanks! Debbie |
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| Actually, given that we move regularly, that is a question that has occurred to me before:-). I didn't stray over from the Antique Forum, but my list is a mix too. 1. Secret Garden Musk Climber for fragrance, vigor and amount of bloom. I have a few runners up which are too young to talk about (Fragrant Masterpiece, Lyda, Peter Mayle, Pope John Paul II). Actually most of my roses would probably be my favorite:-) Masha |
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- Posted by mommachelle (My Page) on Fri, Jul 31, 09 at 20:00
| Only ten, huh? Here goes (these are not in order by preference just my favorite 10 this moment as I glance out over the yard). 1. Ink Spots |
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| Hmmm my ten most favoritest would have to be 1. Takao and eleventh would be Red Intuition. Kathy |
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| Kathy, where did you find "Stranger"? I have been trying to find this rose for years. Lana |
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- Posted by canadian_rose zone 3a (My Page) on Fri, Jul 31, 09 at 22:52
| Well, I haven't had 100s of roses like some posters (jealous, jealous), so I have a limited knowledge. But here goes 1. Elizabeth Taylor - loads of blooms, lasts forever Wow! That was fun! Carol |
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| Only 10?? No way! Not in any particular order: 1 - RED INTUITION This could easily change at any time... (as you all know...) |
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| My list will change depending on whats in bloom but today's list is: |
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| My top ten (no spray) 1. Cramoisi Superieur 2. Mrs. B.R. Cant 3. Souvenir de la Malmaison 4. Quietness 5. Cottage Rose 6. Ducher 7. Rev d' Or 8. Caldwell Pink 9. Penelope 10. Georgetown Tea 11. Carefree Sunshine I have quite a few others that are just as good. I am not counting my new plants that seem good this year. Sammy |
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- Posted by katefisher Z7_NorthernCA (My Page) on Sat, Aug 1, 09 at 7:38
| Beth I'm so excited you put up a list! I'm impressed you stopped at ten though. Your 'short' list could have been your favorite 100:) Now I can go over to HMF and check several of those out. By the way the Lavender Pinocchio I learned about from you, new in my yard this year, has been a charmer so far. Thanks for the information on that rose. Kate |
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| 1.Pope John Paul 2 2.Abe Darby 3. Double Delight 4. Angel Face 5. Teasing Georgia 6. Peace 7. Diana, POW 8. Eden 9. Osiria 10.Secret  |
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| Yeah Kate, it was hard to stop at 10!! (or was it 11?) LOL Glad to hear you're liking your LP. It's a good rose. I love how it's constantly changing colors. |
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| susan, what is the name of that white/pink rose? I can't tell if it just says "Secret" or what? Whatever, it is gorgeous! |
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| The one on the left is a blossom from Eden. Climber. Secret is the one on the right, mostly obscured. The Eden is about 6 years old. Thanks! |
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| Here is my list as well, some that I have & some that I still desire for: 1. Eden 2. Chrysler Imperial 3. Heritage 4. Abraham Darby 5. Sov. de la Malmaison 6. Neptune 7. The Prince - Want it! 8. Duchesse de Brabant - Want it! 9. Variegata de Bologna - Want it! 10. Spirit of Freedom - Want it! |
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- Posted by mike_in_new_orleans 9a/ coastal LA (My Page) on Sat, Aug 1, 09 at 16:55
| I had better answer this off the top of my head. Otherwise I'll agonize too much over it. With only 10 I've got to go for big ones, so I'll forget all the minis I love. So.... What occurs to me first would be, in no particular order of preference: Chicaso Peace That was still hard. I left out some of my favorate cutting roses because they're not so great garden performers, or because I haven't had them longe enough (at least 3 years) to know their long-term performance--sorry Papa Meilland. Mike |
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| Mike -- I am very interested in knowing how Papa Meilland is performing in your New Orleans garden, even if the results are preliminary. Thanks in advance . . . |
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- Posted by susz52 5a Ont Ca (sredman@cogeco.ca) on Sat, Aug 1, 09 at 18:46
| I am renewing my garden and have lots of want- to- haves but these are ten I would buy again for vigour, reliablity, scent or appearance. No particular order. Arthur Bell Double Delight Brides Maid Die Welt Molineux Nicole Rainbow Niagara/Marvelle Maria Stern Chicago Peace Garden Party |
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| Top Ten Roses – a moving measurement Requirements: the plant has to be beautiful in its own right, and it has to have an outstanding mid-summer bloom. Crown Princess Margareta |
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- Posted by holleygarden 8/East Texas (My Page) on Sat, Aug 1, 09 at 21:28
| My top 10: 1 Perle d'Or 2 Ebb Tide 3 Souvenir de St.Anne 4 Julia Child 5 Cinco de Mayo 6 Mutabilis 7 Tamora 8 Showbiz 9 Dream Come True (DH finds it incredible that one plant can produce pink roses and yellow roses at the same time!) 10 I'm going to go with Knockout - so easy and reliable. Though most here don't consider it a 'real' rose, it's great for hedges (and a boost of confidence!) |
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- Posted by ken-n.ga.mts (My Page) on Sat, Aug 1, 09 at 21:49
| If I could only grow 10 roses??? OUCH!!! Louise Estes, Moonstone, Brinessa, Lady of the Dawn, Hannah Gorden, Hot Cocoa, Souv. de la Malmaison, Pink Pet, Whirlaway, Tiffany Lynn. |
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| JACtan is also known as Butterscotch climber... |
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| Lana -- my Stranger came from Steve at Wisconsin Roses, but I don't think he grows it anymore. Kathy |
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| Oh boy ten huh? Souvenir de Madame Léonie Viennot jeesh, that's all? lol |
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| Let's see. If I could only have 10 roses in my garden, I might cry. The first couple choices are rather easy, but it soon becomes agonizing the further down the list I go. 1. Buff Beauty--what a wonderful hybrid musk. Takes a lot of room, but that's what I have --room--near the back fence. Tough--and quite a bloomer in spring. 2. Eutin--I've grown this floribunda in every single garden I've ever had for over 40 years. In addition to eye-catching red blooms in BIG sprays, it is disease-resistant and dependable as the day is long. 3. Double Delight--probably my favorite hybrid tea--visual feast. 4. Molineux--but I'd rather have three of them (like I presently do) planted fairly close together to form one larger bush--the better to display those prolific blooms (and fast re-bloom). 5. Here I'm flipping a coin. Which would I rather have: Clement's Braveheart shrub or Austin's William Shakespeare? The first is a true red, the second a lovely old-fashioned purple red. Hmmmm--maybe there will still be room on this list for both? We'll see--I would honestly have to flip a coin on this one. 6. Eden climber. Like WOW! So beautiful. 7. Elina--this is her second year, and I am already won over. Very floriferous and disease-resistant, especially when you consider she is a hybrid tea. Creamy color with some yellow shading in the center. (Oh-oh--I running out of space. Already I'm mentally saying "I'm sorry" to the roses that are not making the list--the older tried and true roses and the new promising "youngsters" in my garden.) 8. I guess this will be Peter Mayle--eye-catching hot pink hybrid tea. Big fat blooms. 9. Mrs. John Laing--this hybrid perpetual also has those big fat blooms--lighter pink. 10. One spot left--another coin flipper: either Austin's Queen of Sweden or Austin's Jubilee Celebration. Two such different roses. Queen is is vertical with exquisite light pink blooms (with a touch of apricot) and Jubilee Celebration is shorter and bushier with nodding salmon pink (with a touch of yellow at the base) blooms. Don't know. You will have to flip the coin and let me know who the winner is. That was hard work! LOL Kate |
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| Radio Times--Ok, I know there are disease issues, but the blooms are to die for. Evelyn Graham Thomas Captain Thomas Polka SDLM and S. de St. Anne and Mme. Cornelisson Cherryade Alister Stella Grey Princesse de Nassau Secret Garden Musk Climber |
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- Posted by ramblinrosez7b JerseyShore (jklmur@comcast.net) on Sun, Aug 2, 09 at 22:02
| The top ten for me and the ones that I grow now. 1. Brigadoon - best hybrid tea out there, I feel. 2. Neptune 3. Marilyn Monroe 4. Osiana 5. Rainbow Niagara 6. Pope John Paul II 7. Gemini 8. Glorious 9. Stephen Rulo 10. Chicago Peace |
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- Posted by artemis_mo z5b MO (My Page) on Sun, Aug 2, 09 at 22:48
| Okay...here I go. 1. Ballerina...literally ALWAYS blooming. The blooms flounce in the breeze. A big, bushy, pink, dancing bush. Hardy. 2. Evelyn...I just love her. She's so beautiful. 3. Christopher Marlowe... one of my all time favorite rose fragrances. Love the colors of this rose. I wish I had room to have a dozen of them in a big, beautiful, colorful hedge. 4. Baby's Blanket...cascades down my rock garden. Huge, pink sprays that look like perfect, soft pink HT's. 5. Honey Perfume...such a beautiful honey color, great fragrance, always blooming. 6. Jubilee Celebration...a blooming fool! Gorgeous colors and fragrance. 7. Gertrude Jekyll...worth it just to experience the spring flush...swoon! 8. Veilchenblau...climbing my maple tree, growing higher every year. Blooms in mid-June. Incredible rose. 9. Aunt Honey...my workhorse. She is 6' tall and covered in blooms while most everyone else is dormant in this summer heat. Nice fragrance, beautiful dark pink. 10. Papa Meilland...can't live without the fragrance. |
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| generally I go for hardiness, fragrance, disease resitance, and rebloom 1- the fairy, no fragrance, but a blooming indestructible machine 2- prairie breeze, blooms don't do well cut, but again a blooming machine 3- jude the obscure - fragrance 4- abraham darby - fragrance and not as likely to ball as others in its class 5- teasing georgia - fragrance and i love the profusion of blooms at the end of the stems 6- bella'roma - fragrance, rebloom, coloring 7- strike it rich - fragrance and coloring 8- honeysweet 9- sweet fragrance 10 - jacelvet is getting up there- i love the dark colors of it's blooms, sometimes it has a fragrance and sometimes not my christopher marlowe, love the smell & color, but it's still a little too small to see its full potential (planted as a band last year) usually i wouldn't be able to narrow it down to 10, but my roses are acting a little odd this year with the cooler temps and very wet weather |
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| Tamora Souvenir de la Malmaison Tiffany Sweet Surrender William Shakespeare 2000 Molineux Westerland Earth Song Heirloom Knock Out |
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| In no particular order: Wm. Shakespeare 2000 (we have 2, it is so good!) WHEN it blooms, Rouge Royale is INCREDIBLE. I just got another one, but this time I put it in a more sun-intense location, with NO shade, as the other gets a little shade and I am wondering if this is the reason it is slow to bloom. |
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- Posted by amberroses 9b (My Page) on Mon, Aug 3, 09 at 10:04
| 1. Don Juan 2. Belinda's Dream 3. Neptune 4. Sov. de la Malmaison 5. Lady of Guadalupe 6. Queen Mary 2 7. Scentamental 8. Celine Forrestier 9. Chihuly 10. St. Patrick |
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| In no particular order: 1) 'Suzanne' 2) 'Stanwell Perpetual' 3) R. glauca/R. rugosa rubra 4) 'Roundelay' 5) 'Linda Campbell' 6) 'Tuscany Superb'/'Ville de Bruxelles'/'Konigin von Danemark' (any one of these could easily take a position in Top Ten roses of all time, IMO) 7) 'Westerland' 8) 'Apricot Twist' 9) 'William Baffin' 10) 'Hansa' I could have just as easily selected thirty or forty other superb roses from the 3000 I grow, but since the limit was 10. I would also have gladly included a number of un-named seedlings in my collection, some my own, some by other breeders and of widely varied pedigree. You will note that there isn't a David Austin roses on that list, and thats because after 15 years of fussing with them, I have pretty much written them all off for one reason or another. Most have severe disease problems and many do not rebloom well. Few live up to the hype accorded them. There is still one that I think I would include on a list of Top Fifty and thats 'William Shakespeare 2000', which comes mighty close to being the ideal English rose, disease resistance included. You will also note that there is but one Hybrid Tea on my list, and its an old, obscure one. 'Roundelay' is one of the most outstanding HTs I have ever had the pleasure to grow. Not only is it a shapely, rounded shrub (even with zero pruning) but it is 100% disease free in my garden (remarkable for any class, let alone a Hybrid Tea) and is rich of color and has a pleasant scent. It reblooms very well with minimal care and is by far the sturdiest HT I have grown, on its own roots. 'Tiffany' might easily have made Top Ten if it was more consistent in bloom quality through the season, and if it was a bit quicker with rebloom. Definitely a Top Twenty-five rose, though. Paul B. |
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| Paul, with that many roses, I'm surprised you can decide on just 10. LOL Very interesting list, but I was wondering why Austins have so much trouble where you live. Is it just the disease problem? I don't grow the disease-prone Austins myself, but have some that are no more trouble than any other reasonably disease-resistant rose in my garden. Just curious. Kate |
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| Here's a mixed bag of hardy and reliable roses: 1. Compassion |
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| "I was wondering why Austins have so much trouble where you live. Is it just the disease problem?" No, its not just the disease problem; many of the Austins I have grown over the years have been essentially once-bloomers for me, with a scattering of blooms here and there in August/September. Coupled with their propensity to Blackspot, they are not very good performers compared to many other shrubs. Some are just Blackspot disasters for me, 'The Mayor of Casterbridge' for example: the original Leafless Wonder. I should have/could have included 'James Mason' and 'Mme. Caroline Testout' on that list easily as well. Paul |
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- Posted by organicgardendreams z10 CA (My Page) on Mon, Aug 3, 09 at 18:55
| My top ten roses are in no particular order: 1. Eden (love the combination of white petals on the outer side and pink petals in the center together in one bloom and the incredible full flowers. I also detect a mild, but very pleasant scent. When it is good it is really good!) I grow most of them in my current garden, but there are two that I have only grown in my previous gardens and one, that as mentioned, I don't grow myself, yet. |
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| In no particular order Double Delight- Great repeat, awesome fragrance. Typhoo Tea- A little tall, but it smells soooo good, excellent repeat Heirloom- I little challenges with BS, but so beautiful and wonderfully fragrant Sharif Asma- Cold hardy, Delecious fragrance, excell repeat Papa Meilland- What can I say, a classic red with unbeatable fragrance Rose de Rescht- Blooms in low light, winter hardy, great fragrance Fragrant Cloud- Love the color, fragrance, repeat Autumn Sunset- Love the color, disease resistance, scent Firefighter- This was is perfect for cutting. Lots of long stems, great fragrance/repeat. Home Run- A great little carefree workhorse that is always in bloom, even in the shade. Al |
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| 1. Crimson Glory, tops in fragrance 2. Chrysler Imperial, got me hooked on roses 3. Mister Lincoln 4. Papa Meilland 5. Peace 6. French Lace 7. Double Delight 8. Perfume Delight 9. Fragrant Cloud 10. Julia Child 11. Pope John Paul II 12. Melody Parfumee 13. Tiffany |
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| I only have 16 roses, so it seems more like which ones I don't want in the top 10. :( I actually like them all even though Zephirine Drouhin is a mildew disaster....blooms are still nice though and grows through it though. I have no order for these things so I just go with whatever comes to mind: --Red Eden-GORGEOUS blooms. Moderate old rose/light tea mix fragrance coupled with gorgeous globular blooms that are PACKED with petals. It also helps that it is a true red, but can fade off into a slight cerise color since it has white tones in it. Blooms last 3 weeks with ease. Like Evelyn, Pretty Jessica and Sharifa Asma are new bands that are in the process of putting new growth out. Either way, I know PJ won't let me down and I take everybody's word for Sharifa's fragrance so they go in by default based on reports and successes with my previous Austins. They won't leave the list unless they are supersceded or have problems later. And just because I feel bad: |
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| Chicago Peace Scepter'd Isle Cramoisi Superieur Pretty Jessica Mutabilis Chuckles Clementina Carbonieri Duchesse du Brabant Double Delight Pink Gruss I forbid myself from buying any more pink, cup-shaped roses. |
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- Posted by gnabonnand 8a - D/FW Texas (My Page) on Tue, Aug 4, 09 at 22:57
| My top ten are: 1. Pretty Jessica - David Austin English rose Randy |
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| My rose planting is new..So I don't have a top 10. But I have a top 2. Julia Child and Valencia..so far |
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| 1 Eutin Vigorous floribunda, no BS, no JB's constant bloom 2 Hippolyte Wonderful color,form,fragrance. Long bloom 3 Robusta Brilliant red, ever blooming 4 Illusion Best red climber for cold zones 5 Apothecary’s Rose Long profuse bloom, powerful fragrance 6 Lavaglut Small deep red, long lasting flowers 7 Baltimore Belle Hundreds of flowers, huge, fragrant,hardy 8 Rokoko Really pretty ruffled, light pink, big flowers 9 Andre le Notre Meilland HT, fragrant, great form 10 Parkzauber Unusual color, form, very tough and hardy |
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| Alphabetically : 1.Angel Face : Sentimental favorite,but also a very generous bloomer and I love the color.Good fragrance. Ones that didn't quite make the cut today,but are close and might qualify depending on when asked : (I'd also hate to be without these regardless) Bewitched |
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- Posted by karenforroses z5 NorthernMI (My Page) on Thu, Aug 6, 09 at 8:26
| Tough choice - I have 180 roses, but here goes.... 1. Heritage (Austin shrub) Tough choices, but it sure got me to thinking once again how much I love the Austin roses. |
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| I only have 24 roses, am working on more Eden Heritage Collette Madame Hardy Tuscan Superb Crested Moss (Chapeau du Napoleon) Morden's Sunrise Graham Thomas Fakir' Delight Alba SemiPlena |
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| The other day I started typing a list and I was to 14 and couldn't figure out which ones to take off. I'll try again today Eden ah what the heck, Sydonie and newer and not quite mature, but always blooming some are My criteria are I grow somewhere between 80-90 roses and there are many more that even though not listed, I wouldn't part with. Maybe I'm missing some better, but I'll never be the type to grow hundreds to find out. I have a hard enough time keeping up with the amount I've got. I think I'll save this list and see how it compares next year. |
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- Posted by celestialrose zone 4/NH (My Page) on Thu, Aug 6, 09 at 19:40
| I have been mulling over this question for several days now and as I wander through my gardens each day I've been trying to come up with my Top Ten and just couldn't do it. I can come up with Top Fifteen, but not Ten! I have over 350 roses that are all vying for my love...LOL. So many roses, so many reasons for each to be considered! Some I love just for their beauty and put up with their vanity and primadonna attitudes, even as I curse them. Some I love just for their ease of culture and cold-hardiness here in zone 4 even if they are more simple in their charms and lack fragrance. And of course, there are those who I adore for their fragrance itself, even if they die back to the ground each winter. It is a rare rose that has ALL of those qualities, and good rebloom too. My most favorite roses are the old roses, because except for lack of rebloom (in most cases), they are to me the perfect rose....perfect of form, fragrant, hardy and resilient. So I made up two lists, one for the modern roses and one for the old-timers. It wasn't easy! And yes, I CHEATED. I listed 15...(sorry). My roses made me do it. MODERN ROSES...... Quietness OLD ROSES.... Charles de Mills |
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| HEY! No fair you extra posters! LOL. Thank you for the shopping list for next spring! |
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- Posted by kentucky_rose Z6 KY (My Page) on Thu, Aug 6, 09 at 21:18
| I'll try. This is today's top ten that are growing in my garden: Black Magic |
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| Based solely on how they looked today . . . (Tomorrow will probably be another story.) Pink Panther |
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- Posted by liane_z4_canada 4 (liane123@yahoo.com) on Fri, Aug 7, 09 at 21:58
| Alec's Red (the fragrance is perfect) Liezauber (not sure of spelling) Daybreaker (perfect and beautiful, so many roses) Folklore (just a perfect rose, amazing colour and form, great for cutting) San Antonio (first to bloom) Sunnybrook (pale butter yellow, so many blooms) Oceana (beauty, perfect for cutting, could produce more) Maid of Honor (good rose, could produce more) I have many that are so new I can not yet comment and others are special but don't produce enough to be mentionned. Rosa |
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- Posted by sweetmichelia (My Page) on Mon, Mar 8, 10 at 0:41
| Here are my present 10 but after just planting 12 new varieties I may change my mind this time next year.... Memorial Day |
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- Posted by mike_in_new_orleans 9a/ coastal LA (My Page) on Mon, Mar 8, 10 at 22:54
| Yea! This thread is back! That means I can post again and change my mind. : ) Also, Jaxondel asked a question of me that I never saw or answered. Re. Papa Meilland, the question was how does it grow in New Orleans? Mine after one complete year grew much taller than expected--to 6 or 7 feet, but not at all bushy. Still, it has been perfectly healthy, just not an attractive landscape bush. As for the blooms, they don't last very long outdoors in our humid heat, but they are still TERRIFIC cutting roses. Mine last about 2 weeks in a vase in a climate-controlled office. Aside from the perfect bloom form and great fragrance, the other interesting quality is that mine start out deep red but deepen as they age indoors to an intense deep purple, a very intriguing color to me. It's not the washed out "blue-ish" color of crimson roses as they dull and fade; rather, an even deep purple with just a hint of black shading. Now for my revised list. I'm warning you that I fully intend to cheat. My old list from Aug. 1 included a few that I had grown only briefly. That's not a fair comparison. So I'm going to list my 10 favorate that I've grown at least 2 years. THEN, there's a second list, my wish list/promising-new-comers-to-my-garden list. After all, growing roses would lose much of its appeal for me if I could never try more. As it is, I am restricted by space limitations. So I end up giving away perfectly good roses from year to year just so I can try a few new ones that I'm dying with curiosity to try. My Old Sandby List: Brigadoon--how did I leave this one off my old list? Simply magical changing color blend, prolific and heat tolerant. Red Intuition--fairly new for me--a truly one-of-a-kind color combination of stripes that is fascinating and attractive. Very reliable prolific bloom. Chicago Peace--an old workhorse. Yes, I have to wait a few weeks between flushes, but the huge gorgeously colored blooms are well worth it. Better than its famous parent, IMO. Valencia--almost has it all; huge, shapely, uniquely fragrant, long-lasting blooms on long cutting stems. Great golden apricot color, too. A little gangly of bush, but I have seen quite bushy growers if grafted on fortuniana rootstock. Alec's Red--intense, sweet fragrance, in a fat, glowing light red bloom 5 inches across. Amazing it was Scottish yet doesn't mind the heat here. Elina--as prolific as they come. another "fat" bloom producer. Very soft yellow that seems to glow. Only drawbacks are a less than pleasing (to me) fragrance and being irresistible to thrips. Paradise--Super bushy, prolific, unique lavender and raspberry blend, with shapely and fragrant blooms. Leading Lady--I'm smitten with this white-pink blend mini-flora that is almost the size of a hybrid tea. Very prolific and beautiful. If only it were fragrant. Electric Lady--another mini-flora, this one newish; got it last summer, but it established unbelievably quickly and has been a workhorse bloom machine since. Pretty rose form, too. The pink panther pink blooms have a glow of golden apricot at their centers to add interest. Awesome plant! Was that 10? OK, so here's my wish list/promising new acquisitions list. All are hybrid teas (my bias) unless otherwise noted: Soutine OK, so ignore my second list if you are offended by my cheating. But hey! We have to be allowed to dream of our next roses, don't we? Mike |
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| Yeah, Mike, we have to be allowed to dream of our next roses. And a great response you have given -- as all these responses have been!! :) Thanks so much you guys for helping us turn our dreams into a reality. :) Debbie |
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| 1.French Lace (dead RRD) 2.Just Joey 3.Distant Drums (dead RRD) 4.Charlotte (DW'S Fav.) 5.Our Lady of Guadalupe (dead RRD) 6.Quietness 7.Madame Hardy 8.Great Maidens Blush 9.Félicité Parmentier 10.Rose de Rescht I am off to the races after I see what else survived. Doug |
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| What a great thread - Just moved an hour north and left 65 roses -I now have to start over with a clean slate (i.e - all new landscaping! ( plus the ones I planted in pots from last year). Wondering where to begin??? I have a feeling this will be tough! Guess I need to start ordering! Thanks for all the recomendations! |
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| New Dawn--great for hiding chain link fences Apothecarys rose--dried petals are quite fragrant Fourth of July--striped climber Marilyn Wellan--our best red rose Midas Touch--fragrant yellow Felcite Parmentier--extremely sweet fragrance Dainty Bess--superb single Bees Knees--our best mini Signature--great exhibition form Rose de Rescht--best hedge rose in our garden |
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| This list will be a mess, because the 'top ten' is strongly influenced by the fact how the roses fared through two years of total neglect (no spray, no fertilizing, no pruning -total abandonment of the garden) and some of my past favorites just look awful and I have no idea if the could be saved or not. So I start with those that I love and also look great or relatively healthy: I do hope I can save Taboo and Papa Meilland my two absolute favorite reds but they don't look very good. Nor does WS2000. Charthreuse di Parme looks OK! Hurrah! |
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| To Trospero I checked on HMF Roundelay. Darn, I got interested, that's an understatement, I instantly fell for that rose. Alas, it isn't available. Heaven sent doesn't do mail order, and I don't know anybody who lives close by to them so I ask the person to buy the rose and ship it to me f at my expense. The other option, to get the wood from UC DAVIS isn't feasible either: I doubt that I would be able to root it, nesides there is a minimum order requirement and that is quite high if I remember well.. |
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- Posted by the_morden_man (Z4-Z5) Newmarket, O (My Page) on Sun, Mar 14, 10 at 15:03
| In no particular order and just off the top of my head: 1. Golden Wings Honourable Mention: Cinderella Fairy Tale (Everybody should have at least one) Oh, and John Davis too. A few thousand blooms each spring on a single plant never goes amiss. There are plenty of others, but those 10 (12) are consistently the best roses, year after year in my garden. |
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| not exactly in order but off the top of my head: 1) Color Magic - best bush in my yard, huge healthy and just love the blooms |
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| 1. Jude the Obscure 2. Yves Piaget 3. The Ingenious Mr Fairchild 4. The Prince 5. St Cecilia 6. William Shakespeare 2000 7. Eglantyne 8. Scepter’d Isle 9. Alan Titchmarsh 10. Mme Pierre Oger |
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- Posted by pelicanhead 10 southern Ca (My Page) on Mon, Mar 22, 10 at 22:58
| Mine are: Golden buddha shockwave Julio iglesias Bishop's Castle Hot Cocoa Cinco De Mayo French lace Playboy Desert Peace Chick a dee mini |
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- Posted by hydrogrowerinpa Z6 NEPA (My Page) on Thu, Jun 24, 10 at 22:45
| My selections are: 1) Sharifa Asma |
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| Top ten today: Belinda, Bow Bells, Julia Child, Les Sjulin, Lovely Fairy, Lullaby, Marytje Cazant, Queen Mother, Veterans' Honor & Yellow Queen Elizabeth. |
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| My top 10 list for hot, humid Louisiana. I don't spray but I do have a drip irrigation system to keep my roses watered. This list is not in order of preference! 1) Belinda's Dream - this rose performs like a champion even in the depths of summer. The blooms stay large all year. The fragrance is nice. No hint of disease for me. |
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| This newbie does not have 10 roses, YET. I love this thread, though, so keep on posting. |
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- Posted by hosenemesis SoCal Sunset 19 USDA (My Page) on Fri, Jun 25, 10 at 16:56
| Technically, I could list all of my roses, but I'll list the ones that really produce. 1. Julia Child: pretty bush, no disease. 2. St. Patrick: roses last forever, cut or on the shrub. Nice dark green foliage, no disease. 3. Henry Fonda: nice dark green foliage, great flushes of blooms, no disease. 4. Iceberg. Way too much YELLOW. Renee |
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| Westerland Madame Gregoire Staechelin Rosa Primula Rosa Moyesii Hillierii Tipsy Imperial Concubine |
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| I love this thread, and wanted to bring it back to 2012. I've cheated and put in an extra 2. This is definitely a list that gets tweeked from year to year... For Fragrance: For Beauty: For Repeat / Most Blooms |
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