The mysterious colour class! Dark poiple roses are incredible and the precious metal-kissed lavenders ethereal.

Heirloom:

Sterling Silver:

Midnight Blue:

Reine des Violettes is on my list..

Steven

Forgot two.

Distant Drums

Incogneto

Baby Koko loco

Fragrant Plum

Vineyard Song - Close up

I love roses in this colour range - they're so exotic! I've already shared the following pictures on this site, but since all my roses are dormant, it's what I have.

Blue Moon

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Bering Renaissance aka Eleanor

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Blue Bajou

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Blue Parfum

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Blackberry Nip (& Muffin the python)

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Big Purple

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I also acquired The Scotsman and Love Song after this season ended, and I'm very much looking forward to seeing how they measure up!

Wow, thanks to everybody for posting these heavenly blooms in my favorite colors!

Blackberry Nip...I think I need this one eventually. Wowza!

Blackberry Nip is perhaps the most richly saturated magenta in my collection. It blooms more generously than Big Purple and is very fragrant. Mine suffered a spider mite attack in the greenhouse (where it stayed for a few weeks because of bad weather), but I don't have enough experience with it to say with certainty that it is particularly vulnerable.

I bought some cut florist's roses in perhaps the bluest shade of lilac I have ever seen in a rose. I suspect that it's Ocean Song, but they were unnamed. I've tried to root some cuttings, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

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Here is Olivia Rose miniature. I wanted to show you that it is blooming in February. I have no other roses blooming right now. The bud withstood several days of rain. Once the sepals were down, I cut the stem, so the bloom could open indoors:

I caved and ordered MAMY BLUE. Man, I'm obsessed with these lilac/mauve roses! Does anyone here grow it, and if so, do you have any photos or experiences to share? Is it a tender rose? I actually had to order it from Germany, and I'm in Denmark. I haven't seen it locally, so I have no idea what to expect in terms of performance.

I would love to have Mamy Blue but have not found a place in US that sells it yet. The listed vendors on HMF do not help much.

I went through the photos section, and one grower from Dallas, Texas, has uploaded a photo of Mamy Blue - so at one point it has crossed the Atlantic! ;) One of my favourite lilac/mauves is Bering Renaissance aka Eleanor - healthy plant overall, wonderful fragrance, gorgeous colour (at least I think so), and decent bloom size:

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Oh lauriescreams!!! - that is so antique looking, yet in a glorious color!!! Stunning!!

Carol

Thanks, Carol. I did a search here to see what others thought of Bering, and one UK grower referred to it as the dodgiest of the Renaissance collection - a line she seemed very unimpressed with. I haven't had the issues with BS she has, though the flowers do ball in wet weather (as one would expect - the petals aren't leathery at all, but big, soft, and delicate). It's funny how the same rose performs differently for different growers.

I got MAMY BLUE from Hortico many yrs ago. She hasn't done very well over the yrs. The bed she's in is overrun with this awful grass that I can't seem to eradicate. I plan on mulching her and fertilizing this spring to try and get her to do something more. She grows about 3ft high. Hasn't branched out much. Seems to be fairly disease resistant.

MAMY BLUE 2009

2010

2015

BERING RENAISSANCE 2006

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on and photos of Mamy Blue - it looks downright beautiful, especially in the first two photos (third photo does have her looking a bit depressed).

I don't grow Sandra, but based on photographic evidence, it is quite similar to Bering. Sandra isn't reportedly as fragrant as Bering, but if it's a more generous bloomer, it's a sideways trade.

lauriescreams - Based on your photo, Bering would be a great rose to get!! Wowzers!

Beth - love your roses - especially Mamy Blue 2009!!!!! Another swoon-worthy rose!

Carol

Eleanor Renaissance (Bering) is one of those hopeless quest roses for me. I've had her on my HMF wishlist for year, not to be found in the US. I keep checking Hortico too. Sigh...

I only have one in bloom.

Angel Face

I hope you gals/guys don't mind me resurrecting this thread? Hoping to catch a few of those who contributed. ;)

bethnorcal, I'm really interested in Sandra. Would you say that it's healthy rose? Do the flowers ball in the rain like Bering's?

modestgoddess, Sara-Ann, et al: I've seen pictures of Poseidon that are a soft fresh, lilac and others which are a chalky, dirty pink. Does this in your experience reflect how the flower ages? Or does it hold the colour well? I've seen the Tantau rose Lavender Ice in person, and to my eyes, it has that dirty, chalky pink colour as opposed to the more crisp lilac of, say, Blue Moon. The shape of the bloom is very neat and pretty, though, but I decided that it didn't have place in my lilac-mauve parade.

Laurie, right now my Poseidon has quite a few buds on it and is looking pretty vigorous at the beginning of its third season, so this will be the first time I will experience that many blooms at once. However, last year the few blooms I had at one time seemed to hold that lilac or lavender color well. I recall how pretty they looked on the bush, and they stayed that way for several days.

Veilchenblau

 Lavender Lassie on the right

 Reine des Violetts

 Gerbe Rose

Oh boy oh boy oh boy!!! Erasmus I love your PURPLE LODGE!! OMG I got it from Wes in my big Ludwigs/Agave order! Now I can't wait to see that puppy bloom!!!! Dang.. come on spring! I'm sick of this rain!!!

Erasmus WOW!

So many beautiful roses. Keep them coming! lol

Beth, Purple Lodge did really well last year in its big pot. Rebloomed several times with increasingly pretty blooms, and the canes were healthy and green. I planted it in the ground in what I thought was a prime spot but it is just sitting there this spring. I'll dig it up and repot it if it doesn't seem to like the spot. Seems like a very nice rose to me. Thanks, Lavenderlace.

Here's Love Potion, which people describe as a good plant. Mine is pretty new:

And Shi-Un, which is a good bloomer and healthy:

Chartreuse de Parme, which is also a good bloomer and has good vigor. Can be purpler in cooler weather. Blooms are very long lasting and fragrant.

Ooh la la, so gorgeous

I planted an Ebb Tide and a Fragrant Plum last year. Only have pics of the FP, and since its not mature yet the blooms are still more pinkish than lavender. I thought I might have lost it over the winter as the exposed canes were dead and black but I started pulling away the mulch and gaver it a VERY heavy pruning and its putting out new growth. And yes, the smellis incredible and very different than my others.

Brytanica, my FP has much more fragrance than ET so quite happy with it. Yours looks great!

My Ebb Tide is still pretty tiny. It was a just a tiny band when I got it, and it went into the ground late in the season, either end of July or Early August, then my lawn guy mowed it on accident and there was just one little bitty thin leafless cane about 3 inches long left.

But somehow it made it and even managed to produce a flower before frost. Its a tough rose. Especially compared to ones like my Zepherine Droughin, which if I look at too hard, screams and defoliates instantly.

ET is super vigorous here in Z8 so I think that you'll be very happy with it. I did make a mistake by buying too many as there are so many blooms that the deadheading time required is getting ridiculous! I wish some of my others had a fraction as many blooms.

I was just considering ZD though for an area where I needed size and toughness. Is it really thornless? Defoliating would defeat the purpose though as I want it to cover something.

After looking at this post I realize I need more purple roses! There are some beauties shown here. I only have a couple so far. Would like more of the deep purple like twilight zone.

Burgundy iceberg 1st year

Intrigue

Othello - magenta with a purple outer edge.

Love Othello, love Purple Lodge and so many more.

Lovely pictures Hallo and Sam!

Angel Face

Levensen-Gowers. She's pink but these were a little more purple to me.

Moonlight Magic. I only got one bloon and he looked like this. I fertilized him. Here's hoping....

Those are beautiful. sorry about the thrips on MM. : ((

Love seeing the older posts pop up. I have added a few more purples since then.

Who are these beauties? I've added a purple too ...Christian J.

Don'te know if I have posted in this thread, but here are some.

Burgundian Rose

Ferndale Red China. This rose was either red, purplish or pink depending on the temps.

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Veilchenblau

Glory of Edzell

Mountain Mignonette

Nightmoss. Terrible picture of a beautiful rose.

Vaporvac- Thank you and yeah - it was terribly disappointing in my ONE blossom. It helped knowing it was otherwise so perfect.

Halloblondie - what are #'s 1, 4 and 6?

Suncoastflowers, where did you get 'Moonlight Magic'? I only ever find it as a body bag ( and only ever late in our bareroot season) and my most recent try shows no sign of breaking dormancy. I think I need to stick to potted plants!

In 2016 I had no purples. Now, though:

And

I will hopefully get Lavender Crystal. Burling said she should have some by the summer.

it took me some time to wrap my thick head around purple roses, but now I get it.

My first time seeing Burgundian Rose, l love the color variations

AC91Z6 - It's a body bag rose. I think I have had it about 5 years. It's so weak it's *maybe* a foot tall and is a 1 cane wonder. I am hoping a little TLC will beef him up a bit.

Modestgoddess it is a great rose, a Centifola with TINY foliage.