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Comments (2)Beautiful, beautiful roses, every one of them. Your unknown gallica is fabulous. I had no idea gallicas could bloom that long. The fragrance in your garden must be wonderful. Ingrid...See MoreMaidens's Blush or Great Maiden's Blush, which is the better rose
Comments (7)Maggie: I've read the same confusing comments about the two forms of MB. It's probably safe to assume that one form sported from the other. (There's slightly earlier documentation for GMB.) Both roses have been grown for centuries. During their long history of cultivation, it's quite probable that reversion has taken place from time to time -- an occurrence that would certainly 'muddy the waters' for growers. For anyone having a distinct preference for one form over the other, I'd recommend ordering from a reputable vendor who carries BOTH. Vintage and Pickering are two who meet those criteria. Rosemeadow: Good luck with your roses! Peter Beales, the English rosarian, wrote a fascinating short piece on GMB and MB several years ago. It's included as a chapter in ROSES -- A CELEBRATION, a book edited by Wayne Winterrowd. I don't remember the publication date, but I think it was published around the year 2000. It's a collection of essays written by various people, each discussing his/her favorite rose....See MoreAnyone growing the Alba Blush Hip?
Comments (18)This question of whether 'Blush Hip' is actually 'Blush Damask' interests me. I've had 'Blush Hip' in a difficult corner of the garden for several years, and it never looked particularly like an Alba to me, but I knew that some roses classed as Albas don't conform to the basic model ('Queen of Denmark', 'Belle Amour'). My plant came from Schultheis in Germany. It's a thorny plant with glands on the buds, floppy. I can't judge how much it would sucker as it's only just getting off its rootstock. It looks more like a Damask than like an Alba at any rate. I don't have an official plant of 'Blush Damask' in the garden to compare it with, and it's been a decade since I saw 'Blush Hip' at Roseto Carla Fineschi. I took a look at the photos of 'Blush Hip' on HMF. The rose in the photos just posted by Menja show decidedly Alba-like foliage, while Altora's photos show a different rose that looks like it could be a Damask. Then I went to look at HMF photos of 'Blush Hip', and couldn't say whether this is my rose. Confusion all over, in other words. Marianne, would you care to add to your previous comment about the ID of this rose? Melissa...See MoreGreat Maiden's Blush?
Comments (14)I think all roses belong in the company of many different kinds of plants, and I like to grow them with happy contrasts between different kinds of roses. Lately on the escarpment I've been enjoying Apothecary's Rose and its sport Versicolor beside it, with Cl. Etoile de Hollande towering above them and Centifolia a couple of plants further down, in too much shade but flowering just the same; Fantin-Latour at the end of its flowering clinging to its bit of terraced bed in spite of competition from Complicata beside it and Mutabilis lowering above, the latter digging its roots into an even narrower and more unfriendly terraced bed. Mixed in with these, along with several Teas and some Chinas that are currently out of bloom, are shrubs and plants of beautyberry, barberry, elderberry, self-sown sage, pittisporum, rosemary, and so on--it looks beautiful! Meanwhile the Boundary Bed, full of the most handsome and flourishing roses--Hybrid Musks, David Austin roses, once-blooming old roses, a Tea or two--is actually rather boring, thriving plants and glorious flowers notwithstanding. I thought it would be. I planted the first companion plants last fall, but can see that I have a lot of shrubs to add before the bed becomes beautiful according to my ideas of beauty. Melissa GMB is a noble rose; tall, sumptuous, healthy, and not floppy and in need of staking as quite a number of old roses are, lovely in flower and foliage, fragrant. Mine gets a lot bigger than five feet even with pruning, but I'm in a mild climate. It's dignified and opulent at the same time: just what an old rose should be....See Morebman1920
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