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Lilyfinch z9a Murrieta Ca

7 years ago

Well I swear I am almost done with all my questions! Haha is this Rose worth growing ? It sure looks pretty but I do have a lot of pink roses .. I have st Cecilia, Huntington Rose , scepter d isle coming already so if it's too similar let me know .

I was telling my mom I wish I void sign up for a Tennessee Rose trial in my yard ! Send me the roses and I'll write reviews ! Because I really want so many . :)

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oldrosarian

7 years ago

I grow Guy de Maupassant. If someone wanted a pink rose bush, I wouldn't get all excited and tell them they had to have Guy. I like hm because he stays reasonable small around 3 feet. The shape is unusual in that the flowers look at if someone cut them across. It gives the blooms a fat, squat look. The spreading type of growth looks good in a pot.

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Lilyfinch z9a Murrieta Ca
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7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
Well that looks beautiful to me ! Is it the spreading growth you don't like ? Does it repeat well ?
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Prettypetals_GA_7-8
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
That looks gorgeous!!' Who has it for sale Lilyfinch??
Lilyfinch z9a Murrieta Ca
Original Author
7 years ago
Oh northland .. lol

I am really struggling to choose one more Rose ! I already am planning on marie curie . I like the idea of the fragrance of Frederic mistral but I don't care for hybrid teas in my own garden.. then I like johann Strauss but it's really not speaking to me like it was a day ago . I'm just torn !
Prettypetals_GA_7-8
7 years ago
Oh ok. Thanks a bunch!!
oldrosarian
7 years ago
If you like the unusual shape of Guy then he is certainly worth growing. Here are a couple of photos by Imagination Rose from Helpmefind, to show you what I mean by half cut flowers. That is what doesn't appeal to me. But I still have him in a pot in my garden and won't get rid of him because he causes no problems such as BS, and repeats well.
Prettypetals_GA_7-8
7 years ago
Good gravy it's gorgeous. I know I ordered one under the name of Seduction but it must have died. Grrrrr. That's just beautiful to me. Judy
Lilyfinch z9a Murrieta Ca
Original Author
7 years ago
Old rosarian those photos definitely don't push me away ! I really like it ! I'm going to order it and after that never visit northlands website again so I don't have anymore indecision! :)
oldrosarian
7 years ago
Hortico has it on their website this year.
flowersaremusic z5 Eastern WA
7 years ago
Oldrosarian, what's not to like about those blooms? How can this frilly, frothy, fluffy rose have a male name?? Like Lilyfinch, hybrid tea form doesn't do it for me. The old fashioned, quartered, cupped and flat blooms are the ones that make my heart beat faster. GdM has been unavailable the years I've tried to get it. I rarely order since I live so close to Northland. If they don't have what I want, I just wait until they do.
Prettypetals_GA_7-8
7 years ago
I added it to Hortico bc I have an order coming already from them.
summersrhythm_z6a
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
I bought 1 last year from Hortico, it's a pretty rose indeed. Everyone should grow 1! :-)
Lilyfinch z9a Murrieta Ca
Original Author
7 years ago
I ordered it and marie curie ! I am so excited to see them bloom in person . They were my two bonus roses that I wasn't really planning on but I am so glad to get ! :)

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