Susan Louise rose
jacqueline9CA
5 years ago
Here are some pictures of Susan Louise, which I understand is a re-blooming seedling of Belle Portugaise. Mine is on its third "flush" since it started blooming in March. It is classed as a HT, but it has lovely traits directly from Belle Portugaise which I love - the delicate, translucent, large, semi-double blooms, and elegant buds. Not quite as gorgeous as Belle Portugaise, but then I don't think anything could be. I have both, so am happy. I don't think they know who the other parent was, so this rose was not hybridized on purpose, but by Mother Nature.
Here are pictures of mine (got from Vintage Gardens years ago) I took today. First is a whole bush shot, then buds, then a mostly open blooms showing the two color contrast, then a fully open and a blown bloom.
Jackie
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Plumeria Girl (Florida ,9b)
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Comments (14)I've been unpacking my rose library and thought some might enjoy reading what Roses of Yesterday and Today had to say about Susan Louise back in 1952 (before I was born!)Kim Susan Louise. This is the truly ever-blooming form of the beautiful climber, Belle of Portugal, and in our opinion, one of the most valuable and delightful roses in existence, regardless of color, form or age. For the novice or the professional, at the beach or the desert, Susan Louise gives happily and constantly. Buds are very long-pointed, deep pink, excellent for bouquets, the open flower is semi-double, flesh-pink, charming and graceful. Robust grower to five feet or more and truly everblooming This, friends, is a ROSE! "Susan Louise, a truly everblooming beauty, still at it when a November freeze put an end to her scintillating display." --Mrs. George W. Childers, Covington, Kentucky. "Of Susan Louise, I'll say little, simply because once started, I could never quit...this much and no more, --she is one of my ten most beautiful flowers, --an unsurpassed darling...Mr. Tillotson's all-out vote for Susan Louise should assure every customer that when he says "this is it", it really is." Sarah Lakey, Tulsa, Oklahoma. ("Mr. Tillitson" blushes with becoming modesty, secretly deciding to re-check some of his other effusions, to be sure they are "it") 3 for $3.65 each $1.35...See MoreLouise Odier old rose
Comments (17)Biff, welcome, and I hope you keep on posting. This is rose lovers' home. I came to some conclusions about 'Louise Odier' this year after not pruning her over the winter, being so busy I never got around to it. I found she does need her canes shortened if she's to be grown as a shrub without support: right now her long canes and their blooms are on the ground. I think cutting them back to 4'-5' would be about right. Your way of training her looks good. LO also needs old canes cut out to encourage new ones to come along, as everybody but me probably already knew. I may do some belated pruning once spring flowering is over to remove some old canes. I don't get fall rebloom, probably because of our summer drought with no irrigation, but LO has nicely ornamental hips: orange-red and oval, with persistent black sepals, which make part of the fall show in her part of the garden. She roots easily....See MoreSusan Louise (1929)
Comments (6)Those buds are really something too - not having so many petals to hold, I suppose, makes them so elegantly long and slender. A little like Safrano, maybe, IIRC? I love the lustrous two tone pink too; I can't recall if that's a feature from BP, but I always admire that look on other roses like Le Vesuve and Emmanuella de Mouchy (or is it Irene Bonnet?)....See MoreSusan Louise, hybrid gigantica, tea rose
Comments (8)Thank you - when my DH and I first moved in here, I had a garden with 40+ roses which had survived with no care for 30+ years. I started looking at catalogues, and since I knew NOTHING, I ordered roses I liked, without understanding that most of them (old European once bloomers, etc.) would HATE my climate. So, after several tragedies of my own, I got smart and started to figure out what kinds of roses were the 40 which had survived happily in my garden, and ordered more of those kinds - instant success! I also walked around our old neighborhood and got cuttings of ancient bushes I admired which were also survivors (that's where my Belle Portugaise, and several others, came from). Moral of the story is, I think it is good to figure out what kinds of roses you can grow in your climate - look around your neighborhood, etc., and plant more of what is happy. There are wonderful roses almost everywhere, that people in other climates cannot grow - my advice is to grow the ones which will do best and be the best they can in your area, and you and the roses will be happier. Jackie...See Morejacqueline9CA
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