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| Kim,
While searching for threads about fragrant roses I just found your discussion of fragrance in the November 2010 thread: "Question about fragrance" (link below) and the linked article on HMF in it. I missed it back then, so I want to say thank you now. Thank you! And I'm getting Fragrant Plum. Thank you again. And at least one other of your mentioned headliners. Thank you again. Last year at a local nursery I was doing my stick my nose in it routine and I stuck my nose in the HT 'Dolly Parton'. Making myself walk away was a very difficult task. If I were Ms. Parton I would be flattered and proud beyond words that something that smelled that good was named for me. No, I didn't buy it. It was grafted and had that very ugly grafted bush look - maybe you're familiar? I call it knobby knee syndrome.
Is anyone growing Dolly and able to report on her abilities to survive? Oh yeah. Thanks again Kim. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Question about fragrance
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| Hi Sandandsun, how nice! Thank you! I'm happy it's helped and you found it enjoyable! I met Joe Winchell, the creator of Dolly Parton. He said the rose was 'buxom and flashy', perfect for naming for Dolly. He loved telling the story that when he discovered how beautifully scented the rose was, he would take two blooms, cup them in his hands and bury his nose between them. His wife, Agnes, usually grimaced when he told it. His focus was more on the exhibition, high-centered HT flower. He sprayed his roses regularly. My personal experience has been his roses often delivered the flower he sought, but didn't rate very high on the disease resistance scale. Dolly was an exception in his breeding. She doesn't have the exhibition form he sought, but she DOES have great scent! Dolly was bred from Fragrant Cloud and Oklahoma, if that helps give you any idea of what to expect from her disease wise. Again, thank you! Kim |
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- Posted by sandandsun 9a FL (My Page) on Mon, Aug 20, 12 at 21:51
| You are welcome and thank you again Kim. Your discussion of Joe Winchell makes me ask: did he bring any other roses besides Dolly and 'Lynn Anderson' to commerce? |
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| Yes, Chris, Joe Winchell brought 31 varieties to market. The link below is to the list on HMF. He wasn't known for fragrance, but for exhibition style flowers. A friend took Ralph Moore to visit him once. She related how Mr. Moore discovered quite a few of his roses suitable for uses other than exhibition and offered to put him in touch with his contacts in landscape and florist roses, but Mr. Winchell wasn't interested. His narrow focus was the "Kordes Peak", the high-centered, exhibition style flower. You'll find that is usually the flower form his roses express. Many were selected strictly for that trait. He sprayed regularly. Disease resistance was not of great importance to him, nor was fragrance. As long as it appeared it would win the gold and the bloom would last through the hours of travel and molestation required, to him it was a "good rose". Kim |
Here is a link that might be useful: Winchell roses on HMF
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