Mauves & Purples

bethnorcal9

17 years ago

Continuing on with the theme.... Here are the mauves and purples:

AMY VANDERBILT

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AZURE SEA

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BALKAN STAR

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BLUE BOY - shrub I got from Hortico that's supposed to be a once-bloomer, but repeats for me!

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BLUE RIVER

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CHANTILLY LACE

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CLOUDLAND

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COTILLION - aka PERFUME PERFECTION

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DR JOHN DICKMAN mini

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EBB TIDE

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FRAGRANT PLUM

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HARLEQUIN

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HEATHER - aka SILVER ANNIVERSARY

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INTRIGUE

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LILAC TIME

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MAUVE MELODEE

MELODY PARFUMEE

MIDNIGHT BLUE

NIGHT OWL CL

PARADISE

PURPLE BEAUTY

SHI-UN

SHOCKING BLUE

SILVER STAR

SPELLCASTER

STEPHEN'S BIG PURPLE

SUPERSTITION

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liane_z4_canada
17 years ago
Wow I can't get over the amount of roses you have. All of them are so pretty. How do you find the time to care for all of them?
Beautiful as always.
Liane
patricianat
17 years ago
What a pretty group of poiples. I love Melody Perfume. You are making me long for spring.
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Rhapsody in Blue would be great in San Fran. It hates heat, so you're in just about the perfect climate for it. I have fog here in my coastal canyon in SoCal, that it loves. Stormy Weather would also be nice, as would Purple Splash (if she likes stripes). All do well in your clime, and none of the three gets any significant mildew. That's a six foot wrought iron fence in this pic of Rhapsody in Blue:
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Kim, I already do have RinB. It's maybe in it's 3rd year,repeating nicely (but the weather has been quite clement so far; only one week of loathsome heat, and we even got...RAIN!!!!!!!!). For some reason, I don't like it as much as I think I should; a certain lack of delicacy in overall colour effect? not sure,but it doesn't make me almost "swoon" with delight the way Purple Skyliner does,or General Stefanik (too bad that's a once-bloomer. Other favourites: Excellenz Von Schubert, Raymond Privat...I'm trying Lavender Friendship, too, but plants too young still for me to have an opinion.Also, this Rosengarten Zweibrucken looks like a winner,colour-wise at least,but again, plants too young for me to form a real opinion. Instead, I think Perennial Blue may end up as a candidate for The Shovel. Healthy and vigorous, but the flowers lasted so briefly and were fried and ugly-ish; kind of stunted even...and the temperatures were basically pretty moderate here, by recent standards. There are still so many on my wish list,especially if you start counting the once-bloomers... bart
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Hello Ramona! GYRO is ruffled, purple and fragrant. TITAN'S GLORY is purple and large CONTRIBUTION is purple SUGARTIME is a lighter color, not pink, not lavender. THOR'S LIGHTNING BOLT is purple with white beard and horns ROSALIE FIGGE is a purple rebloomer. I don't remember seeing RF or CONTRIBUTION this year... not sure I still have them. Let me know. s
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Beth, Please see the difference between your Blue Boy picture on help me find and the other pictures of blue boy on Help me find: Your Blue boy (many petals): Other Blue Boy (less petals and different flower): They are two different roses though the names are the same. I know because I bought a Blue boy bush this year and on its label it was written that it is developed by Interplant, year 2000. on the label it was also written repeat blooming. I bought it because i liked the flowers on the photo of the label and because it repeated. When I went home and researched the rose, I was shocked that on Help me Find it was written that Blue Boy does not repeat. I called the shop and they explained to me that my rose is a different rose that repeats. Anyway, I will understand what I got when I see how it blooms this year.
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wildlifegarden
17 years ago
beth, i am knocked out....purples are my favorite. do you put all your purples together or pair them with another color?

michelle
jean_ar
17 years ago
Wow, these are all so beautiful.I just love that Ebb Tide and the Midnight blue.Hope I can get one of them this next spring.Only one I have in this collection is Intrigue,and I love that one too.Keep them coming,I am injoying all your roses.

Jean
bethnorcal9
Original Author
17 years ago
It's hard sometimes, Liane! But I got the drip/sprinkler system pretty well done this past season, so I can spend more time deadheading and fertilizing and stuff.

Patricia, I can't wait for spring myself! I hate winter!!

Michelle, the purples are all over. Actually, I have several different beds. There's a lavender & white bed; a lavender, mauve and white; purple & yellow; purple and orange; lavender, mauve and pink; oh and another lavender, mauve & white bed; and a coral and mauve.

Jean, you need both EBB TIDE and MIDNIGHT BLUE. But watch out... the deer love MIDNIGHT BLUE! Gotta keep the repellent spray on it!
lesdvs9
17 years ago
Beth your mauves and purples are all beautiful also. I love the petals on Melody Parfumee. I really like Stephen's Big Purple, Silver Star, Shi-un and the color of Fragrant Plum is outstanding and one I have been considering. Cotillion is very lovely also with all the petals on it, it looks like a crocheted doily in shades of light pink:) Thanks for sharing all of these also.
Leslie
Krista_5NY
17 years ago
Wow, Ebb Tide and Midnight Blue are awesome!
the_bustopher z6 MO
17 years ago
I have six of the varieties in this posting. I have both Ebb Tide and Midnight Blue. I think Ebb Tide may be the better of the two. Only time will tell. My Shi-Un usually looks pretty nice. It puts out quite a few flowers. I'm surprised it hasn't shown up in rose shows. It certainly has nice enough form to make a good showing.
dan_keil_cr Keil
17 years ago
I grow Silverado, Stainless Steel, Paradise, and Lagerfeld.
In minis I have moonlight and Roses, and Vista. My favorite is Paradise. Silverado is a good show rose.
flyingflower
17 years ago
Beth, I live in the bay area, whereabout in "NorCA" are you? I'm thinking of buying "Wild Blue Yonder". Are you planning on adding it to your collection? Have you seen it yet? Seems like it would fit in nicely with your impressive collection of purple roses.
bethnorcal9
Original Author
17 years ago
Flyingflower, I live in Butte County, up in the lower Sierras. I do have WILD BLUE YONDER. Got it last yr, but I don't remember why it didn't bloom. It got off to a slow start for some reason. But I think it might've gotten eaten by the deer in between repellent sprayings or something. I hope to see it bloom in the coming season!

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