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Favorite non-classic-HT cutting roses?

Dillybeansown (6b in the Ozarks)

5 years ago

What are your favorite roses for cutting that are NOT your classic, high centered, tight bud HT’s? I enjoy those in their own way, looking like perfect florist roses, but sometimes they look a little too perfect, almost sterile. lol. In certain bouquets I long for the full petaled, fluffy, romantic looking roses, or the single, simple beauty of those like Dainty bess. The ones that look like (or are) OGR’s, or are HT’s with ruffly petals like Memorial Day or Augusta Louise, or the bouquets by themselves like Sally Holmes.

Share your favorites! I’m looking forward to hearing about all of your beauties. :)

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jerijen

5 years ago

Perhaps not for your climate, but in my coastal SoCal conditions:

"Grandmother's Hat"

"Jesse Hildreth"

'Prospero'

'Sombreuil, Cl.'

'The Dark Lady'

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sara_ann-z6bok
5 years ago
Here’s a few that I have, I love them all, they are all fragrant.

AUGUSTE RENOIR

ROUGE ROYALE, the two red ones

LA FRANCE

PINK PEACE

TWILIGHT ZONE
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Ken Wilkinson
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
I grow a few Austin's that make a good table setting.

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Molineux

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The Prince

The Green Rose. (OGR) I like using it to balance things out.
K S 7b Little Rock (formerly of Seattle)
5 years ago
Munstead Wood

Gertrude Jekyll

Eden

Sonia Rykiel

Marie Pavie
Vaporvac Z6-OhioRiverValley
5 years ago
Munstead wood, first crush, Falstaff Orleans Rose oh, prosperity.
Stephanie, 9b inland SoCal
5 years ago
Golden Celebration and Madame Alfred Carriere both last 5 days and smell divine. MAC showing fresh picked and same bloom a few days later.
Melissa Northern Italy zone 8
5 years ago
I don't have much luck with cutting flowers, but have been experimenting this spring. 'Mme. Alfred Carriere' lasts some days, and is extremely fragrant. 'Etoile de Lyon' is durable, and I've seen it undergo stupendous color changes as the days pass. 'Cl. Etoile de Hollande', likewise durable and very very fragrant. Some roses seem to have to be cut when almost fully open: 'Mme. Antoine Mari' and 'Mrs. B.R. Cant' are in this group.
K S 7b Little Rock (formerly of Seattle)
5 years ago
OK, I left out Abraham Darby -- and I shouldn't have. See below. Perle d'Or is also in this bouquet (another really good one for cutting).

Below: Munstead Wood

Below: Gertrude Jekyll

Below: Eden/Pierre de Ronsard -- lasts well in a vase but has no fragrance to me.
altorama Ray
5 years ago
I cannot remember, I know Sally Holmes and Eden do great in vases. Here is Eden in the green, I cannot remember who the other rose is.
FruitCat (GA 7b)
5 years ago
Gosh, to think I didn't like roses because the ones I knew were those weird pointy red florist types... what beauties!!! That Eden vase is giving me palpitations :)
caflowerluver
5 years ago

David Austin mix of Munstead Wood, Molineux, Lady Emma Hamilton and Boscobel.
Dillybeansown (6b in the Ozarks)
Original Author
4 years ago
Absolutely beautiful, everyone!! Eden is a favorite, as well as Munstead wood, Abe Darby, Evelyn, sombrieul, but some of the others I wasn’t familiar with!

Caflowerluver, what a beautiful bouquet! Boscobel is so yummy!

MAC is on my list now. Thanks for the pictures showing progression, Stephanie! It’s lovely.

sara Ann, wow! What a colorful, gorgeous bunch of flowers!

Jeri Jen, your photos are always perfect.

thank you all for contributing! It’s so good to see your gorgeous flowers and hear of your experiences.

My favorites are Windermere, Moonstone, Carefree Beauty, Teasing Georgia. My garden was fairly limited last year, so hoping to have a great many more favorites this year.
sabalmatt_tejas
4 years ago
Benny Lopez, Atmore Lamarque, Florence Bowers Pink Tea, September Morn, Devoniensis, General Gallieni
comtessedelacouche (10b S.Australia: hotdryMedclimate)
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
Mme Alfred Carriere in a huge bouquet with almond blossom - just the faintest hint of pink in the centre of each. Madame's ethereal white petals against the gnarly grey-brown stems of the almond. Sorry I don't have a picture.. :-)
ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
4 years ago
I somehow lost track of this thread and I'm so glad I've found it again. Absolutely beautiful roses and photos, every one of them. Comtesse, I can see your picture in my mind perfectly. My best roses for cutting are Souvenir de la Malmaison, Bishop's Castle, Gruss an Aachen and Aloha. None of them last long in the heat of summer, but that leaves the rest of the year to enjoy them.
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Absolutely love Munstead wood , Me.Memorial day and Gruss an Aachen .

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