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I like when buds have this quality

Mischievous Magpie (CO 5b)

15 days ago

last modified: 15 days ago

I don't know what to call this. I have a few roses that produce buds that are covered in dark pink to dark red... Whatever it is all over! Maybe someone knows the name. Anyway, I like the way it looks! Anyone else share a fondness for these types of buds? Got any roses that have this type of look? I admire it every year.
Himmelsauge is covered in it, and High Country Banshee as well.

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Melissa Northern Italy zone 8

15 days ago

Is the fuzziness fragrant when you rub it? That looks like the glands that many old roses, Gallicas in particular, have; I think they are what mutate and become the moss of Moss roses. I love rubbing my fingers on the buds of my old roses and smelling the scents on my fingers. Fragrance in roses isn't only from the open flowers.

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Mischievous Magpie (CO 5b)
Original Author
15 days ago

Himmelsauge bud.
Sheila z8a Rogue Valley OR
15 days ago
That is so interesting, Magpie. I do not have one of these. Great photo.
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Mischievous Magpie (CO 5b)
Original Author
15 days ago
I will check for fragrance tomorrow!
erasmus_gw
14 days ago
That is amazing looking. Great picture.
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Mischievous Magpie (CO 5b)
Original Author
14 days ago
Thank you, Erasmus.

Sheila, there seems to be some debate on HMF as to whether the "Himmelsauge" in commerce is actually Russeliana or not. When my plant blooms I would love to hear what you think of it, since I know you've got Russeliana. But if you've never seen a bud in your garden with these dark red glands on it, maybe they are indeed different roses.
mmmm12COzone5
14 days ago
I'm impressed that you have buds!
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Vaporvac Z6-OhioRiverValley
14 days ago
Glandular Trichome IE Hairs.
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Mischievous Magpie (CO 5b)
Original Author
14 days ago
I actually have quite a few! I'm so excited.
Mischievous Magpie (CO 5b)
Original Author
14 days ago
Oh haha, yes it does remind me of weed 😅 makes sense the terms are the same.
Sheila z8a Rogue Valley OR
14 days ago
I have green buds looking like yours, Magpie, and mine are pine scented on Russeliana.
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berrypiez6b
14 days ago
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I'm a bud fanatic Magpie. My son Ben that lives in Washington wanted my Crested Moss , someday I hope I'll have another.

If I remember right Sidonie's silky pink buds were among the most beautiful with a feathery headdress . Somehow I erased my entire garden file of photos and plans .

From psalm 103 :

"As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; "
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Melissa Northern Italy zone 8
13 days ago
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I've quoted this before (from 'The Glories of our Power and State'):

"Only the actions of the just/Smell sweet and blossom in the dust."

I must go out and check the buds on my 'Russelliana'. Would have done it before, but it's at the other end of the garden.
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Mischievous Magpie (CO 5b)
Original Author
13 days ago

Paul Ricault, green
Mischievous Magpie (CO 5b)
Original Author
13 days ago
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JoAn's Pink Perpetual, greenish to light pink/tan
portlandmysteryrose
yesterday
Yep! I love that, too. I am also bananas for fancy sepals! Carol

Rose de Rescht sepals.

Crested Damask (Paul Barden).

Glands and sepals on Indigo bud.
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portlandmysteryrose
yesterday
PS How is Henri F doing?
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Mischievous Magpie (CO 5b)
Original Author
yesterday
@portlandmysteryrose Ugh, to be honest it is still TINY! I don't know what's up with it. I'm not giving up on it, but it's not looking too promising :/
portlandmysteryrose
yesterday
Rats! Hang in there! Sometimes they take 3-5 years to take off. Also, we need to PM each other….. Carol
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rifis (zone 6b-7a NJ)
yesterday
Vsporvac: Please explain how you came to know this
portlandmysteryrose
12 hours ago
Here’s another for you, Magpie. Lots of gland action on Tuscany Superb.

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