Princess Alexandra of Kent and Love Song
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoLove Song (Wekstameda), a floribunda rose bred by Tom Carruth (US, before 2009) and introduced in the US (2011). The 3.25-inch high-centered cupped lavender blooms have none to mild citrus fragrance. I have this rose as a tree rose, and it's very healthy in my garden. Helen
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Princess Alexandra of Kent
Comments (12)jumbojimmy, I just watched the video of the Princess Alexandra of Kent rose (could even understand it because I am from Germany ;-)). Wow, I think it did me in. What a lovely gorgeous rose. I believe, your are right there seemed to be yellow orange in the center of the blooms, they remind me a little bit of Abraham Darby, but PAoK seems to grow much more compact, which would be great. If she is healthier in terms of rust than AD she would be a real winner. It went on my wish list. Christina Here is a link that might be useful: Organic Garden Dreams...See Morewho has grown princess alexandra of kentP
Comments (25)SJN, I have both PAK and Sharifa Asma. My temps in the summer get to be about the surface of the sun. My PAK came through like a champ. She gets full sun and is in direct line of hot afternoon sun. She also sits in front of my house which is a very creamy white. Needless to say, she gets the reflective heat off of that as well. Plus we are on water restrictions, so she only gets watered twice a week when the temps can be over 112 degrees and cools off at night to say 85 for two seconds before reaching 95 plus again. She is on her own root and this was her first year. Here are some pictures. Her flowers are gorgeous and HUGE! In cooler weather, they were bigger than my hand! She also makes a good cut flower compared to other Austins. She is one great rose! This is her in June when she was a baby. By the time December came around she was over 6 feet tall. This is a picture around Thanksgiving. Sharifa Asma is also a beauty. I do love that rose and the scent is to die for. She is not overly fond of heat however and I get about three flushes of blooms on her for the year. She doesn't produce when it is hot. I have her in full sun and I think she might enjoy a bit of afternoon shade. She stays very small and mannerly for an Austin, about three to four feet tall and about three feet wide in a well rounded bush. Let me see if I can find some pictures of her....See MorePrincess Alexandra of Kent....questions, please?
Comments (16)Dianela, I forgot to mention the deer repellent I use. I get Deer Out as a concentrate, which you mix with water, on Amazon. Once you have found out if Deer Out helps with the deer problem, it's worth it to buy the concentrate. Start with the ready to spray form--but it won't last long and it's the priciest way to buy the repellent. I've tried a number of different repellents, and Deer Out works best in this garden. All the repellents have a main ingredient of rotten eggs. Deer out also contains oil of peppermint and oil of white pepper, plus maybe one other organic ingredient. I get this stuff on me as a blow back all the time, and it is harmless--I just stink like a peppermint flavored rotten egg. A small sacrifice for the roses--ha. You'll need a simple pump sprayer for the concentrate--just a hand held plastic household sprayer. Diane...See MoreHelp me place Christopher Marlowe and Princess Alexandra of Kent
Comments (12)I dont grow CM myself, but I have seen it quite a few times at the state rose garden here- their ones look like groundcover roses; quite pretty really; they have them at the front of the bed, with bushes, then pillar roses behind them. I wonder if you could get it to drape over the edges of a pot? heres a pic..CM is the one at front, William Morris is the pillar rose. Charles Darwin is to the left, but I cant remember the others.. I didnt have PAOK for long- the first year it was lovely, then 2nd year it spent mostly covered in mildew, then it blackspotted, so I dug it up... mum saw it on its way to the bin, and insisted on "not wasting it" Will be interesting to see if she has better luck with it this year:) It did seem to want to spread out though.....See More
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