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I recently registered a rose I bred in 2006, now named ARDenewetak (official ARS name) or 'Ivy Mike'. It came from a cross of (Sheri Anne X Out of Yesteryear) X Tradescant (aka 'Castle Bravo'). I had presumed this rose was extinct after it disappeared following the 2015 Big Freeze, but last year I discovered it still alive and blooming, hidden under a Rugosa hybrid.

Here's the first flower of 'Ivy Mike' this year.

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Today, you can see its button eye

it has some fragrance, but not especially strong

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Sheila z8a Rogue Valley OR
last year
Beautiful, Paul! Your deep colors are gorgeous. I just put Diablo Hawk in the ground here and I'll have photos down the road. Your roses are easy to love.
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catspa_zone9sunset14
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So beautiful and so glad it survived and has another chance! Looking at the photos on HMF, and though not of that class, the flowers are enchantingly structured like those of a Portland in my garden that I love to no end, 'Rose du Roi' (of commerce, ex Vintage) for, basically, the blooms alone (the shrub is certainly nothing much and not a strong grower here), but more intensely red. I love blooms like that. If 'Ivy Mike' turns out to grow and bloom well, it will be spectacular.

A photo of a 'Rose du Roi' bloom I just took, for reference:
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Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
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Paul, congratulations on bringing this beauty back.

The color is really striking !

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@Kristine LeGault 8a pnw Thanks, glad you like it. The photo does a very poor job of communicating its true color.

No, I will not be sending this to RVR for distribution, I will be doing that myself.
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That is gorgeous, Paul! What an exciting moment that discovery must’ve been for you!
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Artist-FKA-Novice Zone 7B GA
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So beautiful! I love deep, strong colors!!

As ethereal and delicate roses like Olivia Rose are (my only very light pastel), they just don't quite seem to do it for me, especially in the landscape. They just kinda sit there, to my eyes.

My neighbor across the street has a virtually abandoned rose at the mail box. It's a deep, wine color like Iv Mike. It produced a couple of barely there blooms this spring, so in theory - it's a nothing. Yet the gorgeous color of those two measly blooms doesn't fail to catch my attention each time I pass it by, more than all of Olivia Rose's bloom abundance.

She is nice at night though, for a moon garden.

So yey, for one more seducer of this kind!
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Paul, that's lovely. And I'll bet it's as disease-free as everything else you've bred.

This opened today:
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Mr. Moore often took decades so your 16 years is understandable. It's a gorgeous flower, Paul. I'm glad your garden still holds pleasant surprises for you!
bellarosa
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Well worth the wait. He's beautiful!
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Gosh, that's a beauty!! It has red and pink...incredible!! I'm so glad you rediscovered your lost rose!!
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What a stunning rose. Beautiful form and vibrant color. How wonderful that it survived the 2015 big freeze. What is the fragrance like?
jc_7a_MiddleTN
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That is incredible.

My favorite reds have that iridescent look and fade to purple rather than pink, just like Ivy Mike.

wow.
rosecanadian
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Paul - incredible!!! Clicking on your photo is so worthwhile...what a winning rose!!
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forever_a_newbie_VA8
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So beautiful
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philipatx
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And your photos of it on HMF are stunning, Paul.
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Beth Hana
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It's beautiful! I can imagine it's even more beautiful in person.
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Paul your Mel’s Heritage is the star of my garden, she brings us so much joy. I can’t wait to see how Ivy Mike does and for you to give us the opportunity to grow this beauty. For me It has been very difficult to find roses on this color range that repeat, and are very resistant to black spot. I will be dreaming with this one from now on.
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