'Picture-perfect' roses
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WANTED: Hybrid Tea Rose Picture Perfect/Elsie Melton
Comments (0)I am desperately seeking the rose Elsie Melton also known as Picture Perfect for my Hybridizing efforts I do have some 2 yr old seedlings of pink knockout for exchange. I am interested in getting cuttings or starts of said rose and will gladly entertain all offers. Thanks...See MoreSearching for the perfect historic red climbing rose
Comments (8)I think a problem might be that "unpurple" red roses, that is red roses that do not fade towards purple, did not exist prior to 1917! Your best bet, if you insist on that date, might be some of the old china roses like Cramoisie Superior. If you are really looking for large blooms, I am afraid you will have to put up with red roses that do fade towards purple. I'm not sure exactly how old Crimson Glory (HT) is, but it is a lovely velvety red with large blooms and a very strong old rose scent. As the flowers age, they do fade towards the purple end of the spectrum, but they stay red red for a long time. Jackie...See MoreName the Ten Most Beautiful Roses
Comments (51)This one isn't quite as tough for me as the modern list, since fewer categories of OGRs thrive in zone 5 that have individually lovely blooms (as opposed to say the Hybrid musks), except ramblers and Albas/Gallicas and the like that are too much the large once-bloomer for my garden space. I'll throw in some pictures to state my case more effectively than my words. Apricot: Carding Mill - a lovely dark to light apricot even in the sun. Bicolor: I'll go for subtlety here rather than the more garish stripes of things like Variegata di Bolognia, not to mention the much better rebloom of this Vick's Caprice. Mauve: A rose that introduced me to the Austins with a bang and is still among the more "purple" of his roses for me, William Shakespeare 2000. Orange: Hmm, not a color that abounds in OGRs outside of apricots, but I'll go with Gertrude Jekyll, who's at least on the coral side of the color scheme. Light/warm Pink: The Austins have all the fun among OGRs in this category for me, but they also get plenty of glory, so I'll go with the unsung hero of a tea who's brave enough to bloom and survive for years in zone 5, in this case Mrs. BR Cant: Dark/cool pinks: Both for scent and sheer exuberance of bloom, I'm going with Madame Isaac Periere. Red: Another winner in the scent department, but the blooms are much lovelier than this poor picture shows, even though Frances Dubreuil is only an honorary OGR with a secret identity as mild-mannered cub reporter Barcelona. White: Definitely Mme Alfred Carriere, for exuberance as well as beauty. Yellow: I would never presume to come between Patrick and Kate in their equally convincing arguments for the loveliness of Molineux and GC, so I'll side step it with a lighter yellow and go with Teasing Georgia. Other: Most beautiful hybrid Musk - Francesca. I said these hybrid musks aren't usually beautiful individual flowers but better en masse, but I think Francesca can hold her own on the flower side of things too. Cynthia...See MoreFRAGRANT Roses! Hoping to find the perfect one for my yard
Comments (23)Hi Jim: It's dark & rainy here, but at least warmer today. Found out that my winter gloves are made in China. I had to reverse them inside-out, then hand-wash them. I should had bought the more expensive cut-resistant gloves, I got the cheap one for $8, and found that it's made in China. I'm still taking NOW omega-3 fish-oil pills, but 1 hour before bed ... always have great vivid dreams that way. The night I skip the fish-oil, my sleep quality isn't the best. I'm vitamin-D deficient so I try to eat more eggs & mushroom .. these are rich in vitamin-D. Recently found out that runny-eggs are more nutritious than cooked eggs. Our favorite TV-show is Masterchef junior ... these young cooks really teach me a few things: like soft-boil eggs take 3 min., and how to use the mandolin to slice RAW veggies....See Moreken_se_fl
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