I.N.I.T.I.A.L Game...want to play?
So I was thinking that it would be a cool way to see rose pictures and to find out more about our favorite roses. So the idea is to use the initials of your real name or your avatar name to tell us which roses are your favorites in your garden, ones other members have or ones you want to get. So I'll start.
C - Chartreuse de Parme...I love this rose!!! This year it was the star of my garden!! Strong fragrance...can't remember the type...I'm not that good with describing fragrances. This rose never stopped blooming (and always had LOTS of blooms!)...it's an amazing rose!
A - Augusta Luise - Diane's pictures epitomize this rose for me!! Mine aren't there yet. But here's one of my better blooms.
I've never had an "R" rose that I love. So I'm going to use the "R" in Rose...since "Rose" is part of the name.
R - Pretty Lady Rose - This rose is just starting to wow me...and I adore the fragrance!!
O - Oklahoma
I don't grow this rose anymore, because it always dwindled to nothing after 2 years. I've tried 3 times...so I give up. But the blooms are opulent!! Fragrance is wonderful.
L - Lasting Love - I love this rose!!! Fragrance is wonderful (Damask, I think) and lots of blooms!!
Carol
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joeywyomingzone4
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoWhat a fun idea!!!
J: Just Joey! It's where my avatar name came from. My mom grew this rose when I was a kid and I finally got one this summer from the Roses Unlimited sale. I don't have any pictures of the blooms yet but hopefully next spring I will.
O: Olympiad. This is my first year growing it and I love the true-red color and the beautifully shaped bush.
E: Ebb Tide. Surprisingly cold hardy for me, delicious fragrance, and those indulgent purple blooms grab everyone's attention.
Y: Gonna have to cheat a bit and go with Harison's YELLOW. This piece came from the big one at our old house...that one was planted in the '70s from a piece that was growing at an old stage stop. When the old hotel building burned down a local rancher and his wife went and rescued the rose which hadn't burned and transplanted it to the ranch house. It had been growing at the stage stop for as long as anyone knew.
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoCarol: You are very clever !! Love this game. For my StrawChicago name, I'll start with
S: for Savannah (big pink below), amazing scent, always healthy (I don't spray)
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoT: for The Dark Lady, biggest bloom for Austin roses at 4.5" across, bouquet picked today Oct 20 at 40 F, wafting old rose scent (on right). W.S. 2000 is on left (stronger scent, violet and old rose), and pink Radio Times in the middle.
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoR: is for Radio Times, best damask scent that rivals old garden rose.
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3 years agoC: for Christopher Marlowe, amazing carnation and lemon scent (much better scent than Pretty lady rose).
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3 years agoH: For Honey Bouquet, best honey scent in a bouquet, yellow that doesn't fade:
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3 years agoI: I don't have any rose with an I, so I sub with J for James Galway, best carnation scent. They are the pink cluster blooms on left.
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3 years agoG: Gruss an Teplitz, grows wild in my garden, never water this one, very winter hardy:
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoO: for Old Port floribunda, refuses to die after 9 years as own-root, I neglect it since it has light scent:
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoHere is mine :) Helen
H - Huntington Rose - I love the cabbage look of this rose' blooms. It's very healthy in my garden. It has the habit of throwing long canes so I will need to peg it.
E - Evelyn - This is one of my perfect roses. David Austin's roses often don't last long in a vase, but this one lasts very well in a vase and on a bush.
L - Lady of Shalott - This rose is a Julia child in orange. Love it.
E - Earth Angel - I love everything about this rose. It doesn't repeat as much as some other roses, but for its beautiful blooms I don't mind the wait.
N - Neil Diamond - One of my perfect roses. It has everything one could ask for in a rose.
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3 years agoWow! Don't we all have beautiful names, lol!
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St. Patrick
Elle
Impatient
Love Song
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3 years agoAnd my first name which is Sharon
Sisters at Heart
Hot Romance
Angel Face
Rose de Rescht
Oh Happy Day
Nancy Jean
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoSo many gorgeous roses and great photography too!
I hope the third try is a charm!
M - MME ERNEST CALVAT
E - EASY DOES IT
R - ROYAL AMETHYST
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3 years agoE - Eyes for You
D - Daybreak. I don't have it yet but have it on pre-order.
H - Going to cheat here, I am choosing the whole class, one of my most favourite - Hybrid musks. And a photo of Jacqueline Humery.
E - Ebb Tide
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3 years agoL - Lavender Dream
K - cheating again, using phonetics - Clarence House
A - Alba Maxima
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3 years agoI figured out why this wasn't working. Houzz had me signed out.
A-ugusta Luise
N-ahema
N-early Wild. Photo borrowed from the internet. Mine is a baby band.
I-spahan
E-rinnerung an Brod.
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