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Thu, Mar 27, 14 at 21:21
| Which is the better cut fower? I have heard glowing reports of both and know that octavus does very well just inland of here. thanks :) |
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| I've grown both and would choose 'Mrs. B.R. Cant' in a heartbeat because of her uniquely enchanting fragrance. (No other rose I know of smells like MBRC, except, surprisingly, a climbing tea, "Florence Bower's Pink Tea", a found rose.) She has fairly stout stems and well-formed flowers and I frequently cut her blooms for indoors. "Angel's Camp" was a martyr to powdery mildew here and met its demise from a malady that looked a lot like fire blight a few springs ago (first and only time I have seen that on a rose). Though nice enough, its scent and flowers didn't make me swoon the way those of MBRC do and I never really felt impelled to bring them into the house. |
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| Most teas don't make great cut flowers because of their nodding habit, but Mrs. BR Cant will give you plenty of blooms so you can probably get a great bouquet. |
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| Angel's Camp Tea didn't seem to hold up in the heat as well as Mrs. B.R. Cant and I like the more cupped and stuffed with petals look of the latter rose. And of course the Mrs. does make a longer-lasting and better cut flower and I believe it also lasts longer on the bush. Ingrid |
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- Posted by adamharbeck WA Aust (My Page) on Sun, Mar 30, 14 at 4:16
| So I managed to get Mrs. B R Cant, monsieur tillier and a shrub devoniensis. Slightly annoyed I don't have room for more. Peace and Catherine mermet in particular. |
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| Admiring the tender, delicate coloring. Folly |
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- Posted by adamharbeck WA Aust (My Page) on Sun, Mar 30, 14 at 21:54
| Yeah, they are so much better in person. Not white at all. I hadn't even considered devoniensis till i saw it sitting there dripping in perfect flowers. |
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- Posted by organic_tosca 9/Sunset 14 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 1, 14 at 14:12
| Glad you got those roses - they are all among my most favorite roses! Laura |
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