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Posted by thahalibut 9 CA (My Page) on Tue, Nov 3, 09 at 10:25
| or what ones might you avoid?
Soaring spirits
Don Juan
Aloha
Lamarque
probably going to be planted next to 4th of July & or Rev D'or'.
tia
tim |
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- Posted by beth NorCA 9 (My Page) on
Tue, Nov 3, 09 at 11:39
| I have SOARING SPIRITS planted next to FOURTH OF JULY, and they look great. SS can get pretty big. It's a nice healthy grower! Repeats fairly well too. |
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'Lamarque' is a WONDERFUL rose for California gardens. Beautiful, and a generous bloomer. And tough as nails.
It should be spectacular for you.
It should be wonderful with either 'Fourth of July' or 'Reve d'Or.' Jeri |
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- Posted by hoovb z9 Southern CA (My Page) on
Tue, Nov 3, 09 at 13:41
| All of those are nice. 'Lamarque' was huge here. Make sure it has room. |
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| Aloha? Not in California. It may be wonderful where it's cold, but I find it disappointing. |
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| Fun Fact: Don Juan is Americas single most sold rose when counting all cut flower shop and grocery store sales, all other red roses combined take a close second. |
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| I had a Don Juan rose..and I planted it next to a Dublin Bay..no comparison..Don Juan rules |
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| My friend Karen just posted a very lovely photo of LaMarque...It looks so healthy and abundant! LaMarque photo Karen says LaMarque is a noisette and from what Krista and Connie have told me Noisettes are supposed to have very nice fragrance out of the antiques roses? I wonder what HoovB and Jeri think of its fragrance. It is a gorgeous lookin' rose...Can't wait to see it in your garden if you do decide to grow it. |
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Lamarque -- Like most Noisettes -- DOES have a great fragrance.
Moreover, in my part of California, it's disease-free. And THAT is worth its weight in gold. Many people recommend Mme. Alfred Carriere, but we found her to suffer from just a TOUCH of mildew, most of the time. My husband's favorite Cl. Noisette is "Setzer Noisette," which is cluster-flowering, fragrant, disease-free, and pretty much continuous-blooming. But though it turns up in Sacramento City Cemetery sales (because my DH propagates it) it is not in regular commerce. Lamarque IS in regular commerce. Jeri |
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I dont like disappointing so Aloha is off my list.
That pic of LaMarque is beautiful!
All this really helps me make a good decision on what to get. Thank you all very much.
tim |
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| Thanks so much Jeri! Tim, Jeri is also an antiques expert so wow, this is so cool to hear about LaMarque's strength, disease-free abundance and fragrance. Wow, fragrance and health, what more can one ask for in a rose! |
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| what more can one ask for in a rose *** Well, even more history? One Ventura Co. (CA) family came here in 1869.
Three brothers, they were, having spent a decade and more up in the Placerville area -- that's the heart of the Gold Rush country. Here, one settled in Camarillo (where I live).
One settled in Ojai, where his descendants still run cattle on the hills, among the coastal oaks.
The third built a "wedding cake" Victorian home in Santa Paula, still owned by his descendants. That brother brought a rose with him, from Placerville.
I speculate that it may have been a favorite of his late wife, Ambrosia, but in any case, the rose still grows at the Victorian home.
When they brought it to us for identification, it was easy to identify 'Lamarque.' How could anyone NOT want a rose with such a wonderful history? Jeri |
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