July 3, 2008

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Second half of Oooooh! Roses!

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July 3, 2008 | Filed Under roses 

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Comment by Diane in MN
2008-07-04 05:26:32

Who is this? She’s beautiful.

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Comment by Robin
2008-07-04 23:12:00
Rosa gallica versicolor, Rosa Mundi. (I’ve just been freaking out, failing to find her in my falling-apart, first-reached-for rose book, because I can’t trust my spelling any more . . . ) Gallicas are tough old things, she might even grow for you. She’s a once-only midsummer rose however and there are some good repeat striped ones.

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Comment by Diane in MN
2008-07-05 06:24:27

I’ll have to look them up. I don’t think I’ve ever seen striped ones. I do like the repeat bloomers–summer is far from my favorite season, my flowers are one of the few things really GOOD about it, so I like them to stick around. :)

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Comment by Robin
2008-07-05 22:15:23
I grow something revoltingly called Scentsation which, yes, has a wonderful smell and is striped. There are others. Some of the once-onlies go on and on and you almost don’t notice they flower only once–my Mme Gregoire is like this–some of them really don’t last long enough. My own feeling is that versicolor is one of the latter.

I’ve come round to summer here–yes, largely because of the garden. Why don’t you like it? You probably get vicious heat?

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Comment by b_twin_1
2008-07-06 23:38:20

>I grow something revoltingly called Scentsation

Oh? et tu? I have ordered that one for this year. I normally wouldn’t have been attracted to it in the catalogue but then I saw it growing at the rose nursery and then had a *smell* and changed my mind! Veriscolour roses are growing on me. Although I’ve always liked roses that are a different tone on the reverse of the petal. ::ponders::

 
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