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| Having a cold and nothing better to do, I decided to measure my rose blooms. They range from a little over one inch to a little less than 6 inches (Belinda). Having a wild background to my garden I prefer the more natural look of a variety of bloom sizes, and anything larger than Belinda would look out of place in this setting. I began to wonder, however, about the size of others' roses. Also do you have mostly one size, or do yours also run the gamut from small to extra-large? Does anyone have huge ones, which I would imagine to be around seven inches? Ingrid |
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| Mmmmm, I tend to like lots of small blooms (1-2inches) on large shrubs instead of giant blooms on tiny bushes (or even large bushes, to be honest). 4inches is really quite fulsome (for me) and I simply wouldn't know what to do with a 6inch whopper (snicker). If I found myself longing for huge blooms, I suspect Peonies and dahlias would probably be my choices instead of huge roses. |
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| I hope you are feeling better fast, Ingrid. Such a gorgeous Autumn day outside today, shame to miss it. I like the whoppers ('Just Joey', 'Medallion') and the dainties ('Snow Goose', 'Gourmet Popcorn', 'Renae' )and everything in between. And whopper Dahlias, too. Get well soon, Ingrid. |
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| I have a variety of sizes. At one point I realized I had no super-large ones, so when I made a new narrow bed between the neighbor's property line and my driveway, I deliberately picked taller upright HT types with big fat blooms--such as Peter Mayle (perhaps my biggest bloom) and Mrs. John Laing (hybrid perpetual) and Elina (grandiflora? I'm not sure.). However, at other times, I have wanted some of the smaller bloomers--I have about a dozen minis with the cutest little flowers and several polyanthas with cute little flowers. And I've deliberately picked a couple roses with hybrid musk background so that I could have some smaller blooms that bloom in large showy clusters. Most of my other roses fall in my middle range, with a few exceptions like Valencia which, when it manages to get around to blooming (it takes its own sweet time) puts forth a rather hefty-sized bloom. I like the variety. Kate |
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- Posted by desertgarden561 9a/SZ11 -Las Vegas, (My Page) on Fri, Nov 1, 13 at 21:41
| I like all bloom sizes, but prefer to grow mid-size roses that have larger blooms, and prefer smaller blooms on really large rose bushes or low growing rose bushes. It just seems that small blooms on low growing plants seems appropriate, and huge blooms on a gigantic rose bush seems like too much. I guess it is just my quirkiness at work here as I have seen and liked the look of the opposite of my preferences in the gardens of others. Lynn |
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- Posted by Kippy-the-Hippy 10 Sunset 24 (My Page) on Fri, Nov 1, 13 at 21:50
| What perfect timing! I just was enjoying our Peace rose, she is covered with blooms and buds. They are bigger than my hand and look like they are glowing from within. |
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- Posted by desertgarden561 9/SZ11 -Las Vegas, N (My Page) on Fri, Nov 1, 13 at 23:54
| California... The only place where I have seen blooms the size of saucers. They become large here on certain varieties, but not like in CA. Lynn |
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- Posted by Kippy-the-Hippy 10 Sunset 24 (My Page) on Sat, Nov 2, 13 at 0:07
| Mom, who loves Peace is in heaven with all those massive blooms |
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| The roses I have vary with respect to the sizes of the flowers they will produce, but not everything I planted this year has bloomed (all but four came as bands this Spring). Of the ones that have, the largest flowers I saw came from (in descending order, but still rather close in size) 'Georg Arends', 'Lagerfeld', 'Oklahoma', 'Lemon Spice', 'Souvenir de Victor Landeau', 'Abraham Darby' and 'Golden Buddha'. I never measured them, though. I'm very anxious to see 'Paul Neyron' bloom, as I know he makes huge flowers. I saw it in person only a few times -- on a first-year band I gifted to someone back in Buffalo, and they were unreal (to me). Smallest? I guess I'd have to go with 'Marie Pavie', 'Purple Skyliner', and whatever my NOT 'Sweet Chariot' is. But, again, that's just based on what actually bloomed. I tried to get a nice variety in the ground. Of course, I couldn't hit up EVERY class or type, but I'm happy that my mix shows how different roses can be to those who think only of Hybrid Teas at the florist. So some have big flowers one-to-a-stem, others have big clusters of tiny flowers, and many more are something in-between. I recently cut a few as a small "thank you" bouquet for someone, and with just those few, I had a nice mix of things going on -- a single 'Lady Hillingdon', a single 'Mirandy', a small spray each of 'Marie Pavie' and "Secret Garden Musk Climber", and an 'Evelyn'. While all large-flowered roses in a bunch can certainly look lovely, I think it's so much more interesting to have contrasting forms. :-) ~Christopher |
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| Ingrid, like your rose blooms' size range, mine vary from about 1-inch (or less) to about 6-inches, with most roses falling in the mid range of bloom size. It's not a huge consideration for me when I choose a rose. My top criteria for a rose in my garden are that it have a beautiful, old fashioned form, then the desired color, scent, and and finally, its size of blooms. Predicted overall size of the rose plant at maturity is pretty much a useless statistic for me--everything grows bigger here. Here's a pic of a bloom from Augusta Luise. She has 6 inch blooms, which are among the largest in my garden. Her color ranges from pale to fairly bright, and I find her curly petal packed blooms very unusual. Diane |
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- Posted by mariannese 5b (My Page) on Sat, Nov 2, 13 at 14:59
| I like any size as long as the size of the rose bloom fits the size of the bush. I used to dislike Austin roses after having seen the display garden at the RosenJensen nursery in Glücksburg, Germany. It must have been a very new garden because the bushes were very short and the flowers were enormous by comparison and looked out of proportion. Since then I have seen many mature Austin roses and some were quite elegant. My largest rose blooms are on the HT Rose Gaujard, a plant that arrived by mistake in a shipment of roses. It sometimes produces blooms that remind me of a young Savoy cabbage. It amuses me. I've hidden the short bush among low pink geraniums. |
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| If you are easily distracted and a bit slothful, lots of tiny little blooms on romping shrubs are INFINITELY more forgiving than having to display 2 or 3 measly cabbages - the usual results in my garden. |
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| My biggest blooms are on the lovely pale yellow and pink saucer shaped blooms on Mrs. Dudley Cross, just shy of 5 inches wide, and 'Mermaid' , the smooth stems on the first rose, somewhat compensate for the fangs on the second. The rose blossoms on R. odorata at the Berkeley california Botanical garden seem to be nearly 5" wide but I'd have to climb a tree to measure them next spring when it blooms again. Marvelous pale golden roses fit for a king. Plus it bears sumptuous leaflets. Lux. |
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| I love all shapes and sizes of blooms too and have a very eclectic mix. I have tiny micro minis that are less than a half inch to some pretty whopping big HT blooms at 6 or 7 inches. Of course the weather and conditions control the eventual sizes of the blooms. So some years I have some giants and others not so much. Last year was pretty hot, sunny and dry and I had some really huge blooms on Garden Party, Veterans' Honor, Marijke Koopman, Sedona and the like. But this summer was much cooler, grayer and wetter and they were all smaller in size. I have to say I do really love it when one them puts out a particularly big bloom, Even though I know I probably had little to do with it, it still makes me feel quite satisfied, lol! |
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| It seems that variety is the spice of life since most of us have a variety of sizes, which to me is really the most interesting way to have a more natural looking and incidentally more interesting garden. Roses of all one size would remind me of a row of cabbages, except in the case of a hedge, where uniformity is expected. Ingrid |
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