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Lady Roberts blooms from yesterday

2 years ago

Lady Roberts (tea, discovered 1902) is a color sport of Anna Olivier. I have grown AO for decades (it was re-introduced in commerce in North America from an ancient plant in our garden when it was discovered that the cultivars circulating were really another rose - it was identified by the "tea rose ladies from Australia).

I was excited to hear from Jeri that LR existed, and had darker colors than AO. I have a bush of LR that is about 6-7 years old now, and just getting mature. It has the same growth habit as AO - will grow large, mine is 8x8 so far, and it is eyeing a plum tree it is near, thinking of climbing on it. I have read that Lady Roberts frequently sports back to AO, but I am happy to note that mine has not done so. In addition to the habit, the shapes and sizes of the buds and blooms are also identical. The colors are amazing, and like Anna Olivier, can be variable. Several pics of blooms and buds below. Note that where Anna Olivier has usually got buff colored blooms with a dark brick color on the base of the petals on the outside, Lady Roberts has that same pattern, but the color is on sterdoids!

Jackie

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K S 7b Little Rock (formerly of Seattle)
2 years ago
Gorgeous rose! Thanks for the pictures Jackie! I'm particularly impressed by how distinct the color is on the bases of the petals on the back side of the rose -- amazing!
jacqueline9CA
Original Author
2 years ago
K S - it does not always do that. A large part of the charm of Anna Olivier and also Lady Roberts is the variation in the colors. I could not resist that one bloom which had such distinct markings.

Jackie
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Here is a picture of the back of the small bloom today - I am now completely convinced that it is Lady Roberts - supposed to be a darker color sport of Anna Olivier, which is exactly what this looks like. I am looking forward to its variable blooms in the future - my AO sometimes puts out blooms that look nothing like the typical ones - tea roses keep us on our toes! I am interested in the "flower sport" issue - this bloom does not appear to have as many petals (65!) as the first few - I will be counting them when it has blown. Jeri, if you see this can you let me know how many petals your LR has, or does that vary a lot? Jackie
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I see I'm not the only one who loves HOF. It actually looks like velvet in person...just gorgeous. Maryl...LJ is a pretty little thing and it's blooms always seem to be perfect. LOL...Rick...if the little buggers would stay off my dl's they might have a fighting chance!! :) It's raining again today, but hopefully we'll have a few nice sunny days soon and I promise to do some bed shots when I hit peak bloom which should be around the 1st week or so of June. Chris..CL is new in my garden so I'll let you know how it progresses. Oh yes, I've gotten one of two blooms on Marauder so far, but they've been kind of blotchy and the scapes are abnormally short but I have hopes that it'll get much better with some time. No blooms yet on Blue Jay Way. Hopefuly these two will like it down south better than they did up north with you. LOL Jan
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Congratulations Jackie! Your Lady Roberts bloom is lovely - on my monitor it closely resembles the colour of my Safrano blooms at the moment. My Lady Roberts (purchased in May 2014) was extremely variable in colour last year - everything from verging on white to deepest pink! Rather a shock, however, here's the colour that it produced at the beginning of May 2015 - My Anna Olivier hasn't flowered yet this spring but she does have lots of buds - if she is half as beautiful as your AO bloom above, I'll be very happy. Tricia
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Blooms from today and yesterday
Q
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Thank you so much everyone! My Twilight Zone is on Dr. Huey, pretty sure it came from Edmunds. It's putting on two new basal breaks, which makes me happy. I'm pleased with it right now. Lily, hope your own root does good. I'm not a grafted vs. own root expert, I have several own root roses that are very vigorous though. Diane, Orchid Romance is one healthy rose! Yes, it is a Radler. It has been blackspot resistant, vigorous, and the blooms are fragrant, worst feature, it's thorny! Yes, I still have Madame Isaac Pereire. I think for the most part Bourbons do good here! MIP had to be cut back a lot, it is just now beginning to bloom. I do love the blooms, and their lovely fragrance. MIP puts out a few blooms after the spring flush, however, my best blooming Bourbon is Souvenir de la Malmaison, it repeats as much as a Hybrid Tea or Floribunda.
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Vaporvac Z6-OhioRiverValley
2 years ago
What in amazing rose and story! You have contributed to rose history
portlandmysteryrose
2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago
Ditto Vaporvac! Thank you, Jackie, for your thoughtful preservation efforts—AO, LR and all the other wonderful Teas, etc. in your historical garden—and your posts about these old roses. Carol
Formerly RBEHS Z10A/S17
2 years ago
On a side note, I've noticed those little grasshoppers (in your first picture) on a lot of my roses this year. I don't think I've seen them before. Do you know what they are, and why they are hanging out on roses?
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portlandmysteryrose
2 years ago
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RBEHS, it looks like a baby katydid to me. Things might be different in CA, but in my OR garden, katydids don’t show up in droves and they do very, very little if any real damage. I just let them be. They‘re actually pretty cute and seem to be attracted to our porch light. We carefully open and close the door so we don’t crush one if it’s hanging around when we’re entering/exiting. Katydids also “sing” to attract mates. :-) Carol
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Formerly RBEHS Z10A/S17
2 years ago
Thank you! I used the app on my phone to identify them, and it said "Grasshopper" which wasn't too helpful. They were as surprised to see me as I was to see them.
SylviaWW 9a Hot dry SoCal
2 years ago
That is one bright-colored tea!

Color variation is one of the best things about teas, imho
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librarian_gardner_8b_pnw
2 years ago
So beautiful! And what a great story. Thank you for sharing!
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roseseek
2 years ago
@jacqueline9CA your photos of this rose are pretty much why it was one of two Anita ventured down this way a few weeks ago to bring roses south. Thank you (and Anita!)!

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