Favorite Pink or Pink Blend good as cut roses
BethC in 8a Forney, TX
8 years ago
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Sara-Ann Z6B OK
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoThere are so many good pinks, that's not an easy choice for me! I have several fragrant pinks and they are all good for cutting!
Tiffany
Pink Peace
Big Momma
Miss All American Beauty
Belinda's Dream
The McCartney Rose (unfortunately it died)
Francis Meilland
Bewitched
Beverly
Memorial Day
Perfume Delight
Right now, of the ones I have I would choose Memorial Day and Tiffany.
Memorial Day
Tiffany
Any of the above would be good choices. Just thinking about all the ones I don't have, there are so many good ones out there!
ozmelodye
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Comments (52)I'm going to put a twist on this. You have Double Delight (my mother's favorite and mine is gorgeous). You want a pink to put with it. OK. There are just so many wonderful pink roses out there the decision could be difficult at best. So, let me see... Double Delight even at it's very best is about 4 feet tall. At least mine doesn't seem to want to get much larger. I see a lot of folks offering Tiffany which in intself is gorgeous! However, Tiffany in my garden had a tendency to get to be at least 7 feet tall. The same with Touch of Class, Heritage and a number of these beautiful pinks including the wonderful Gemini. It appears to me, from the way you describe this, that you would like Double Delight to be the focal rose of this garden. May I suggest Fragrant Cloud? I don't have any pictures, but you can find one here http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/pics.php?l=2.1785&nr=56470. There are really a lot of pink roses that would be wonderful with Double Delight. How about a floribunda, Our Lady of Guadloupe? It has a tendency to be probably a little smaller than Double Delight, but being a floribunda, it may not have the cutting quality you are looking for. There is always Chicago Peace, a gorgeous sport of the Peace rose and a very lovely shade of dusty pink. http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/pl.php?n=1147 I absolutely love the color of this rose. It too, should get about the same size as DD. To the person who sent the picture of Classy Carol...can you tell me more about this rose? I have plans on getting two next year, one for me and one for my SIL, Carol. It looks beautiful. Thanks tons. Here is a link that might be useful: Gardening and Other Stuff...See MoreEndless quest for pink blend/yellow blend/pink-yellow blend
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Comments (25)Mbluetyphoon, I'm so very sorry if I offended you. I had a sinking feeling as soon as I sent off the post that my comment was very much out of line. I hope you can overlook it. Diane-nj, I think I probably would like your garden. When you have very many roses with different colors close together the look becomes that of a rich tapestry, which I find very appealing. When I tried to picture in my mind just five roses of vastly different colors from the warm and cool sides of the color spectrum it was difficult for me. But it wasn't my place to comment on that, no matter how good my intentions. Ingrid...See More
fragrancenutter
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoI would vote for Memorial Day and Frederic Mistral. Both will produce large amounts of cut blooms on long stems with few thorns and both smell divine!
Frederic Mistral
fragrancenutter
8 years agoIf you like the quartered form then Sonia Rykiel
This one has thorns though
diane_nj 6b/7a
8 years agoBethC in 8a Forney, TX
8 years ago
romogen
8 years agoSara-Ann Z6B OK
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoKen (N.E.GA.mts) 7a/b
8 years agoromogen
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoSara-Ann Z6B OK
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoI planted Beverly last year, I'm not sure yet how much I'm going to like the blooms, but I do think they will be very attractive, I'm anxious to see what it does this year. It is one healthy rose bush and I believe it is going to be prolific, and it is very fragrant! Mine is on multiflora.
Beverly is the light pink one in the middle.
fragrancenutter
8 years agoBeverly has low thorn count as well so easy to handle as a cut rose.
Another one with little thorns is Nahema, but this is a climber:
Sara-Ann Z6B OK
8 years ago
rosecanadian
8 years agoi have beverly too as a young untried rose. i'll have to see further what it does. i have a beverly picture for you.
i agree about The McCartney Rose.
carol
BethC in 8a Forney, TX
8 years ago
ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
suncoastflowers
8 years agorosecanadian
8 years agoSara-Ann Z6B OK
8 years ago
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