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Speaking of purple/mauve, does anyone grow 'Hippolyte'?

portlandmysteryrose

8 years ago

So, I'm downsizing and purchasing more old roses. Ha. Ha. Only an antique rose forum would get the logic behind this maneuver. I've been passing along oodles and making a short list of the few that I would like to have forever. Predictably, three purple antiques made the grade: 'Cardinal de Richelieu,' 'Veilchenblau,' and probably 'Hipolyte'. I may also splurge on another purple Paul Barden rose at some point. It's so interesting how we change and grow alongside our gardens, isn't it? Even 15 years ago, I was still very focused on remontancy. Now I'm content with my special once-bloomers, and I leave the second act to my few Austins and hybrid musks alongside hydrangeas and such. I never spray, and my roses have to be resistant to all evils and fairly waterwise. The antiques are generous and easy to live with, fragrant and oh-so-purple! Thanks in advance for any 'Hippolyte' feedback you can offer. Photos would be icing on the cake! Carol

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jerijen

8 years ago

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And then, of course, there is "Honeymoon Cottage Hidden Garden Purple":

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jerijen
8 years ago
Is there a confirmed 'Hippolyte' in commerce? Because I think that, for a while, the rose in commerce under that name was "Old Red Runaround" which see here:
portlandmysteryrose
Original Author
8 years ago
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, Jeri! Thank you. I am not sure about the confirmed part. Rogue Valley offers 'Hippolyte', and it's listed in Suzy Verrier's book. There's a photo of her on Paul Barden's website, and the bloom looks a whole lot like yours. Was yours listed as 'Red Runaround'? I think, somewhere back in memory, I remember that what passed as 'Charles de Mills' was listed as 'Red Runaround' in some places, too. How did your 'Red Runaround' do in CA?
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Poorbutroserich Susan Nashville
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I have Hippolyte from Palatine. I don't think I have a photo tho. I get it confused (at least in my mind) with Belle de Crecy. I'm all about the purples too.

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jerijen
8 years ago
"Red Runaround" is the most-widely-found rose imaginable in old CA Cemeteries. It was one of the first cemetery roses I ever saw, and it set me swooning. It is the rose Thos. Christopher writes of as 'Hyppollite' in his book, "In Search Of Old Roses," because that is what it was thought to be, back then.

That photo was taken last spring in the Sacramento City Cemetery ... here it is again, 2 days later, in an old Sierra Foothills Cemetery:
portlandmysteryrose
Original Author
8 years ago
Susan, you're a kindred spirit! Belle de Crecy is gorgeous. I've been giving away roses right and left as I downsize the total number and then filling in with a few more historic purples. If I don't reign myself in, my whole rose garden will be purple!

Jeri, thank you for the photos and background. I have Christopher's book, too. I'll have to pull it out to read before bed tonight. It's been a long time. I wonder if "Red Runaround," "Brooks Purple," and 'Hippolyte' of commerce are one and the same. "Red Run" looks like a Gallica/China cross? Paul Barden mentions that "Brooks" may be "Red Run." I wonder if I'll get a "Red Run" or "Brooks" if I order a 'Hippolyte' from Rogue Valley Roses. I should try to locate all three and compare them!
bmanz5
8 years ago
I have 3 hippolyte and I don't like to have more then one of each rose. I like to collect. So that should tell you how much I like it.
carriehelene
8 years ago
BIG and beautiful! Gets pissed and dies on you if your husband cuts it way back every year.
mad_gallica (z5 Eastern NY)
8 years ago
Makes very yummy and gorgeous rose petal jam.
portlandmysteryrose
Original Author
8 years ago
A wonderful recommendation, bman! I feel the same about Tuscany Superb and The Prince. If one is good, more is better...even on my postage stamp lot!

Carrie Helene, big and beautiful purple is talking my language. If my husband comes near my antique roses with a pair of shears, it's grounds for divorce!

Mad Gallica, delicious! I drink rose petal black tea, too. :-)
jerijen
8 years ago

See the big plant behind Jill Perry? That is ALL 'Red Runaround,' on the First of November, in the Sierra Foothills.
portlandmysteryrose
Original Author
8 years ago
OMG, Jeri! Just look at "Red Runaround". That's nearly the size of my entire garden. :-) I'll bet I could squeeze "Honeymoon" into some corner, though. I've taken over the parking strip, and I received ten 25 gallon nursery pots for my birthday last year. (Temporary storage until I can budget smashing up half my driveway.) Thank you so much for the wonderful photos! I appreciate the full shrub shots. So often my idea of a rose's size and habit is guided by wishful thinking! The rosarians in the images not only serve to show scale, they make me smile. Kindred spirits doting on old roses. Carol

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