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More Roses from Descanso

aimeekitty
13 years ago

Last time I went to Descanso (about a week or so ago) my camera battery died,... so I went back again this past weekend and studied my favorites again. Here's some photos, hope you enjoy! :)

Irises

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The Bishop with unknown Clematis

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I really like White Pet. Maybe next year. :)

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Trevor Griffiths

(not sure if this one was from Huntington or Descanso...)

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Some of these photos of Symphony are from Huntington, but I'm just going to put them all here. Both plants were covered with blooms. This rose is really growing on me after seeing it a few times in different places... Maybe I'll get it next year. :)

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Lavender Lassie who stole my heart and is in the mail to me. :)

SMELLS SO GOOD.

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LOOK AT THAT! :D

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Penelope which also stole my heart and smells like a dream and is in the mail to me.

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Leonardo Da Vinci

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Le Vesuve struck me as having a very pretty flower, but the foliage wasn't that great. I keep thinking that maybe teas don't like it around here or something. :\ I dunno. I see other's Le Vesuve online and think they are gorgeous,... but when I see them in person around here, not so much.

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Love this one.

Magna Charta

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Maman Cochet Cl

The knodding heads and blooms are charming. I have a small one of this at home... I think if it does well for me, I'll really have to put it on an arbor or a pergola to fully appreciate it. If you look hard, you can see it's crispy a little, but still very pretty.

After studying and restudying the old teas and old hybrid teas at Huntington and Descanso... I'm pretty sure that Maman Cochet and La France are my favorites... so... yay?

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Sir Edward Elgar

I may have to get this rose next year... I really like it.

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A good example of what I was talking about with the old teas looking crispy...

Souvenir De Pierre Notting

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totally charming, Sun Flare

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Julia's Rose

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Grandma's Lace (so pretty)

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More Gene Boerner

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More photos of the cute "cottage"

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Probably Scarborough Fair

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Erfurt

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Enfant De France

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Charles Austin (seriously growing on me)

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Clair Matin

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Captain Thomas

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Alchymist (love love love)

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Charming single Awayuki

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I really like the full flush of the wichurana ramblers... but they don't really have scent for me. But I enjoyed taking photos of these at Descanso.

Alexandre Girault

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Alexandre Girault with Francois Juranville behind

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Francois Juranville

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Comments (7)

  • ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Aimee, I absolutely LOVED seeing this many roses. As much as I love old roses, strangely enough my two favorites were modern, Leonardo Da Vinci and Sir Edward Elgar. They have such luscious pink colors.

    I was surprised at Le Vesuve, of which I have four plants. All of them are clothed to the ground with healthy, rather dark green leaves, very different from the rather sickly ones your pictures show. I think this rose likes it warm and dry, although even in this cool and rather moist spring they look great, with not one sign of any disease. If only they could talk and tell us what they like. Le Vesuve also doesn't crisp for me in my really hot microclimate. I know it's a winner for Sherry too, who lives literally at the other end of the States. There were many beautiful roses here, thank you so much for taking the trouble to post so many. A real pleasure!

    Ingrid

  • vuwugarden
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    aimee, what can I say, but, "You have outdone yourself!"

    Beautiful, simply beautiful!

    Just keep those batteries charged...and keep on clicking away. Leave no rose unphotographed!

    Audrey

  • jeffcat
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I wonder if Charles Austin is actually Yellow Charles Austin. It appears more yellow than the apricot blend I see from the regular Charles Austin...hard saying as it's kind of in between colors. Nice to see Sir Edward Elgar...don't see him or Allux Symphony too often.

  • the_bustopher z6 MO
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Wow! Lots of pictures to look at. Thanks for all of them.

  • Krista_5NY
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Spectacular pics. I love Lavender Lassie, so wonderfully fragrant,and it is vigorous!

  • huttnem
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    LIke Ingrid, I was drawn to Sir Edward Elgar and Leonardo Da Vinci most of all! In fact I immediately looked up Sir Elgar to see where it is available. Would you say your pic accurately represents its color?
    Your pics of Symphony are beautiful too. I can see why you want it.

  • aimeekitty
    Original Author
    13 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Sir Edward Elgar was definitely one of my favorites! I'd say it's pretty close to how it appears in my photos. It was a strong vibrant almost hot pink, but not garishly hot pink.
    Almost as if William Shakepeare 2000 had a bright pink brother.