Most Fragrant Roses in your Garden Today
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ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
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Comments (6)I cant remember about scent, but a couple of Bucks that I really like and dont hear much about are Bright Melody and Dorcas. Strong, healthy, lots of blooms. Blue Skies and Silver Shadows didnt thrive and didnt make it, but all the ones I have planted are exceptionally nice roses - I have just planted a bunch of new ones - I really like the Bucks for their health and many blooms....See Moremost fragrant, high-blooming, (thorny ok) rose around veg garden
Comments (5)Camelot is an old grandiflora/hybrid tea that is very tough here in Socal. Very resistant to powdery mildew. Blooms a salmony pink, holds forever in a vase and is very fragrant. Condesa de Sastago is another old hybrid tea that has a warm multicolored flower and a strong scent. Folklore gets tall has lovely multicolored blooms and is very thorny with a strong fragrance. Vintage Gardens has Camelot available on its own roots. Here is a link that might be useful: Vintage Gardens...See MoreYour most fragrant roses today
Comments (37)A few more: Fragrant Cloud - more orange than the photo shows. I SO love this rose. The fragrance is strong, and a little odd - took some getting used to. But I love it now, and I'm nuts over this rose. Bella'roma: - this rose is hard to photograph, and she's not a fast repeat bloomer. But her fragrance is hands down, one of my favorites in my garden. Every bloom she gives me is a gift. Young Lycidas - Lisa, he does WONDERFULLY in dry heat! Neptune: A newer rose for me, and this bloom round is one of the most fragrant I've had from her. Lovely fragrance! More of Stainless Steel. I am in awe of the bloom form of this rose (and fragrance too!) Chrysler Imperial - one bloom at a time right now, but each blooms smells like heaven. Tiffany - I threatened her, and she gave me a super fragrant bloom Ok, so my Dusty isn't really fragrant (smells like old ranch dog). But she IS next to a bloom of Fragrant Cloud, and is my best garden companion....See MoreYour most favorite fragrant roses from Roses Unlimited?
Comments (126)Some bouquets of fragrant roses bought from Roses Unlimited. My all-time favorites from RU are: Sonia Rykiel (a dozen blooms per flush in 1st year as own-root), Versigny (the scent is worth buying), Poseidon (going to frost with 30+ buds), Summer Sun (compact & small for a Kordes rose), Savannah (non-stop blooming), Pink Peace (great for the vase), Sweet Mademoiselle and Firefighter (both last 5 days in the vase), Betty White, Twilight Zone, About Face, Liv Tyler, and many Austins that RU sold before 2021. Below upper pink is Sonia Rykiel, dark red is the Dark Lady (from RU): Below dark red is Munstead Wood, and and orange About Face, red is Firefighter. Below orange is America, light pinks are Gene Boerner (thornless), and blue is Poseidon. Big red is Peter Mayle (survives 5+ years in my zone 5a winter): Below yellows are Moonlight Romantica (smells just as good as Golden Cel). Upper light pinks are Princess Charlene de Monaco (now 10' x 3') needs space. Blue is Poseidon lasts 5 days. Below deep oranges are Sweet Mademoiselle, light left pink is Savannah, and reds are the Dark Lady (going into Nov. frost with many buds): Below bouquet is picked Oct. 29, 2023 before frost. Red is Veteran's Honor. Pink is Radio Times, white is Bolero, dark pink is Dee-lish, and dark red is the Dark Lady. All are from Roses Unlimited. Below large dark pink is Peter Mayle (eucalytus rose scent, so unique), light pinks are Evelyn, deep pink is Comte de Chambord, gaudy orange is Solitude (worth having for hot summer). Liv Tyler (right deep pink) never ball like Sweet Mademoiselle, Liv Tyler gives twice more blooms than Sweet M. Left dark pink is Pink Peace (worth buying with its buttercream frosting scent). Right light pink is Frederic Mistral (petals get spoiled often in rainy climate, worse than Betty White) Below was Liv Tyler in my garden at above 90 F, it's best for hot climate....See Morepeachymomo
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11 years agoBy the way I said Oklahoma but I am not sure but here is is. Big old rose fragrance, single blooms, slow to open. Always use as cut flower.
Tessiess, SoCal Inland, 9b, 1272' elev
11 years agoMadame William Paul
Pickering Four Seasons
Wild Edric
Gertrude Jekyll
Siwa
Jenny Duval
Sydonie
Glendora
Rene d'Anjou
President Dutailly
Comtesse O'Gorman
Rose de Resht
Excellenz von Schubert
St. Elisabeth of Hungary
Emil NoldeJust finished blooming:
Kraskoje Kawaskole
York and Lancaster (pictured)--a super wafter!
Reine des Violettes
Francois Premier
Grandmother's Hat
Benny LopezAbout to bloom for the first time, and I'm hoping for lots of fragrance:
Aimable rougeAnd one I won't get to smell for a while as something snapped off the buds (and made off with them too!):
Quatre Saisons Blanc MousseuxMelissa
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10 years agoStrawberryhill,
I am sorry I don't have a sure answer for that question as mines is indeed a wimpy plant. It is not taller than ~2 feet and I bought it as a 5 gallon plant last spring 2012.Below is a terrible picture of the plant from earlier today after I had cut a few flowers. But even on a pathetic little bush, the flowers smell heavenly! I would even go as far as saying it is one of my most fragrant roses.
I also have Abe Darby, Sweet Chariot, Liv Tyler, just to name a few. Roses that I bought for fragrance. Abe Darby and Sweet Chariot smell great! But Liv Tyler is a major disappointment so far (planted as bareroot March 2013).
Dar Sunset Zone 18
10 years agoSo that picture above is not doing Yves Piaget any justice, I'll post a picture of the flower closeup. This flower has been opened for about 3 or 4 days now. Doesn't it look a lot like the peony named 'Kamata Nishiki'?
strawchicago z5
10 years agoThank you, Musaboru, for your pictures. I love the dark green foliage of your Yves Piaget and the color of the bloom. I remember Father Jerome mentioned about soluble-fertilizer every 2 weeks for Yves Piaget. I might try that, since my soil is tested low in potassium and phosphorus... I have alkaline clay.
Yes, I agree it looks like an expensive peony. Peony is my second passion, I bought the most fragrant peony "Myrtle Gentry" for $$$ and it died on me ... too wet through the winter.
The most fragrant roses in my garden are the Old Garden Roses. Below is Paul Neyron (pink), Sweet Promise (orange, smells like apple blossoms), and Firefighter (heady perfume). I prefer Paul Neyron's old garden rose scent the most ... delightful and refreshing:
strawchicago z5
10 years agoHow can I leave out Sonia Rykiel as the most fragrant? In bud form she's raspberry rose scent ... even the leaves are fragrant !! When opened, she's candy/damask, changes to lemon rose, and finally lychee rose like Double Delight. Her bloom lasts long in the vase for the full spectrum.
Wise Portia is purple, next to Sonia Rykiel (pink). Wise Portia smells like baby powder in cool weather, but lose her scent in hot summer .. it's a fast rebloomer due to less petals.
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