Harlow Carr - Purple Undertones or Sport?
I bought Harlow Carr about two weeks ago (after looking at photos for more than a year but never seeing it in real life) . We are currently in the midst of a heat wave and today is the first time that I've been able to look at its newly opened blooms. What bugs me is that the new blooms have strong shades of purple on some of the petals intermingled with the more pinkish petals. According to Ludwig's Catalogue it's colour is described as 'the purest of rose pink." Does Harlow Carr do that, or do you think it might be a sport? It is currently still in its original bag in a semi-shaded area My apologies for the wilted bloom in the photo,Everything in my garden is totally fried in this heat combined with drought conditions and water restrictions.
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petalique
7 years agoI have 'Harlow Carr' and it is definitely pink. It has many petals and lots of small prickles. Here is a photo, but not one of my bests. It was experiencing a lot of hot dry weather. I'll try to locate better images of mine later, but for now:
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7 years agoThank you all for your interesting comments. This is today's photos, which makes me think that the blooms might possibly be deformed by the heat or otherwise it might be the plant's age:
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I did not initially intend to purchase Harlow Carr but my eye caught the purple tones amongst the other new roses for the season and I was quite astonished that all the plants were labled as Harlow Carr as I expected a 'pure pink' rose (which is why I did not buy it initially). All the specimens had similar lavender /purple undertones (which I loved) and none of the open flowers were clear pink. I then decided to try one and see what happens. Then I happened upon that mixed bud...
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