Anyone remember Mike Roy?
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Comments (4)I thought it might have been Patrick, but I wasn't sure. And Robert, you could be correct. It may have been Awakening. In fact it was while I was pruning Awakening yesterday that I remembered it. I tried to search for it, but couldn't find it. It's a classic tale that I'm sure newcomers would enjoy. Mike...See MoreDoes anyone remember this thread? Euphorbia I.D
Comments (6)Looks like E. polychroma (photo #2) which I also have growing in the garden. I like it since it is very easy to grow, colors-up the garden very early (like now); it self-seeds for me but not invasive. I only give it a haircut later in the season since it tends to eventually 'flop' - but it regrows & looks just great until frost. Nice, easy care plant (milky sap irritating to some as euphorbias are). Photo #1 is Euphorbia myrsinites (Donkey-tail Spurge), it's trailing. My does not look that great yet-just waking up... (Both photos just taken). Both do very well in zone 5 (possibly even lower). Rina 1:...See MoreRose du Roi commerce & original
Comments (22)I will certainly try to take good pictures of both mine--should they appear to be different. I went back to the Phillip Robinson article on Damask Perpetuals to read again what he said about the two versions of Rose du Roi. For those who might be curious, here is what he said: "Already mentioned is the Portland Rose from around 1770, which was important in the development of the class. From this was bred the very important but very elusive Rose du Roi of 1812. The rose currently grown in the United States under this name was, according to Léonie Bell, imported around 1954 from the Kordes Nursery in Germany by Richard Thompson, author of Old Roses for Modern Gardens. I have grown this rose for a number of years and had no reason to suspect that it was not the true variety. In the meanwhile, I came to grow Panachée de Lyon, a striped or parti-colored sport of Rose du Roi, introduced in 1895. This was presumably the last of several such sports of Rose du Roi. All were very unstable. This has also proved to be the case for the clone that I grow. Usually the blossoms are a rather bland rose pink that by a stretch of the imagination could be the “flowers salmon” of William Paul. Other times they are true to character and this same pink is interspersed with contrasting petals of a rich, smoky red. Occasionally a branch will revert completely to this dark, smoky red. Here we surely have the original Rose du Roi. Vintage Gardens has worked with this rose to obtain stable clones from which to produce plants for sale. Now there is the question of the identity of the Rose du Roi imported by Richard Thompson. Could this be Rose du Roi à Fleurs Pourpres? If so, it is not a sport of the true Rose du Roi since they differ widely in prickles, foliage, receptacle, flower form, and flower size. We do know that the rose currently distributed as Rose du Roi à Fleurs Pourpres is truly a Hybrid Perpetual, probably in some way related to Général Jacqueminot. It can also be determined that the Rose du Roi à Fleurs Pourpres that Mrs. Keays documented in her book Old Roses is not this rose imported by Mr. Thompson. In the American Rose Annual of 1932, her description of the prickles is the most readily comparable point. Her rose had prickles both large and small, while the Kordes Rose du Roi is nearly completely thornless with smooth wood. For the time being it is best to let this rose remain the Rose du Roi (of Commerce)."...See MoreSiegfried and Roy
Comments (25)I think that some may have read a little more into my feelings about this than they should have. I never said anything about disliking zoos. Of course I dislike any zoo or private concern that keeps wild animals in unsuitable conditions. My big beef is where people use the animals for entertainment or in any way that lines their pockets financially. I doubt that the way these animals are kept live up to the standards of the large zoos where the animals have large habitats similar to where they originated from. We also have private "wildlife sanctuaries" around here who - I'm sorry - they depend on donations for entrance to see the animals and they are not suitable. I think they use these animals as a way to make a living for themselves and nothing else. Well - they might be telling others and themselves that they are doing it "for the sake of the animals" but I don't believe it....See More- 16 years ago
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