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Fri, Apr 11, 14 at 14:59
| This Spring all of the roses in my garden and neighborhood are blooming earlier and more prolifically than usual - evidently they are responding to our 13 months with no rain followed by 2 months of 2-3 inches per week. Anyway, this rose is planted in the front yard of a house which was built in the 1920s or 30s. I don't remember it blooming this way before (it is about a block from my house). Came across it yesterday, and went home to get my camera. The growth habit looks to me like a HT - what do you think? Any guesses as to who it might be? Jackie |
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| The weak peduncles and open, floppy form remind me of Charlotte Armstrong. It's significantly larger than any I've encountered, but you receive more than twice the rain we do; have significantly less heat than we receive here and if it's an old, unmolested plant, it could easily achieve mammoth proportions like that. Kim |
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- Posted by jacqueline3 9CA (My Page) on Sat, Apr 12, 14 at 8:51
| Thanks Kim - you are a font of info, as usual. I think you might have nailed it. The description on HMF talks about long, elegant buds - here is one. I love the floppy form. Jackie |
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- Posted by jacqueline3 9CA (My Page) on Sat, Apr 12, 14 at 8:52
| Here is a fully opened bloom: |
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| You're welcome Jackie. I remember reading Jack Harkness complaining the US had "ruined" HTs by using Charlotte with everything as we'd created those long, elegant buds with overly weak peduncles and loose, floppy flowers. Chrysler Imperial inherited its issues through being three-quarters Charlotte Armstrong. Also consider the peduncles and floppy, short-lived blooms on Golden Showers, Helen Traubel, Mirandy, Sutter's Gold and Tiffany. You can see much of that flower shape, but with a bit better durability in Queen Elizabeth, too. Kim |
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