Purple roses and those that slide into the blue red camp
Tomorrow will be true red but for today….
Orpheline de Juillet
Twilght Princess
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oursteelers 8B PNW
3 months agoPlum Perfect is a very nice rose but the lack of fragrance makes it such a disappointment
Munstead Wood is new here, can’t wait to experience its much raved about fragrance
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Comments (37)I looked at Kardinal on an image search and some of them look red, but some look pink and some look more orange. I think the camera, the culture, and the lighting conditions influence the photographs so it's hard to tell which is really true red. I used to have an American beauty growing up, I thought it was really red, but now I read it's on the pink side. It was not a hybrid tea, it was more like a big huge bush with red roses on it. It's probably good to go to rose shows and nursery to see them in person before selection a color that is the red that you want....See Morepurple/red flexible rose for chainlink fence?
Comments (26)I am sorry for your loss of your dear pet cat, it is obvious how much you love her. As for roses, for a rich re-blooming purple rose, I think you could do no better than "Reine des Violettes" it is not like most H.P.s in that it's bloom size is smaller, c. 3 inches wide, and the bloom style shows a pertness that the larger blooming Hybrid Perpetual roses which produce large "cabbage" shaped roses, don't show. It is of a rich purple color with violet-red hues, the red shows more in weeks of warm weather. It is also fragrant and smooth stemmed. R. D.V. has smooth whippy canes that are easy to train on an arbor, or peg down to the ground so that the entire cane is wreathed with roses. Of all the Old Garden Rose classes H.P.s are among the easiest to train or peg, because many of them have pliable canes. In Northern California its' canes grow to be c. 6-7 feet long, and arch over near the top. I don't know your climate zone, but I'd expect it to grow to c. 5 feet tall in summer if you must hard prune in winter. It is also a graceful plant with pretty foliage. "Renae" is a pink rose with lilac shading and mostly thornless. The fragrance is alluring when it shows up in the right weather, it reminds me of a blend of floral scents with an end scent note of watermelon. It grows to be a short climber where I live, c. 6-7 feet tall. "Renae" has a growth habit and foliage which are similar to that of a Hybrid Musk. I grow 'Lavender Dream" and it is a big bushy branching plant that can be grown against a fence, but is not a true climber. In Northern California it grows to be c. 5' feet tall in summer, if hard pruned in winter. It is about 95 % pink and 5% lilac, here but in a cooler climate the lavender hue could be a bit stronger. Best wishes in choosing a memorial rose for your beloved kitty, Luxrosa....See Moregood purple/blue rose
Comments (12)Ebb Tide survives my zone 5a winter just fine. I don't winter protect, they die back to the ground but roar back every spring. My oldest is 3 years the youngest is new this year. They are scented but not strongly thou JBs love them. They get anywhere from six to four hours of morning to early afternoon sun. Their mostly purple fading to smokey purple this year ( it's been cooler this summer ). Flowers are smallish, last about four days but I don't like the bush. I hope it does better in a few years. The hotter the weather the redder the flower. Conversely, the cooler weather brings out more purple. It's colour is very much like The Prince. Duh, just saw disease resistance. If you live where blakspot is a problem Ebb Tide needs sprayed. I think all purple roses need sprayed here anyway. Munstead Wood claims to be heathy but it's crimson not purple. Please, if you find a purple rose with all those qualities don't keep it a secret. Good luck on your hunt....See MoreLooking for a deep, true red semi-miniature (no purple undertones)
Comments (10)Rob's Love Bite is an excellent red and a true mini. It also grows symmetrically. You should be able to get it from the Violet Barn or maybe from Lyndon Lyon's. If you are only going to buy one and want to get it right on the first shot, then this is a good choice. It is a bit on the dark side, the leaves are small, graceful, pointed and dark. It Also check some of the Mac's that Su and Karin mentioned. Just Jeff, is considered to be a true red. My research is probably out of date, as many more reds have come out since I first began researching the "perfect red." The Mac series are noted for reds and minis. You can find many of them on the Lyndon Lyon's website under minis and semi-minis. Violet Barn specializes in minis, so you might find some there, also. You are correct, 4Blossoms, there is no such thing as a true red like a rose. also unusual. As Lucky has pointed out, Optimara has a lot of different reds. Sometimes you can find them in retail stores. They have both true reds and wine reds. Now that this has been "read," I edited it because there are newer reds out there I have not tried yet! Joanne...See More
Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
3 months agoI say this for every color catagory but, this is my favorite lol
Sweet Chariot
Lifes Little Pleasures
Rosemantic Fuchia
Our Anniversary
Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
3 months ago
Munstead Wood
Celstial Night
Darcy Bussel
Twilight Zones first bloom
jerijen
3 months agoMost of the really purple roses don't do well in our horribly alkaline conditions. One of the rarities that does is 'International Herald Tribune'
'Eugene de Beauharnais' edges that way.
"Benny Lopez" has that cast.
And 'Carolyn Supinger' definitely does.
Ellen Harold
3 months agojerijen
3 months agoEllen -- Yes. It's true.
If we could find someone to sell it, I'd dance a jig.
It's far too good NOT to be made available.
oursteelers 8B PNW
3 months ago
elenazone6
3 months agolast modified: 3 months agoLove them, but do not have a lot yet.
Twilight Zone
Ebb Tide
Sheila z8a Rogue Valley OR
3 months agoKristine LeGault 8a pnw
3 months agojerijen
3 months ago
Markay MD-Zone 7A (8A on new map)
3 months agoCaptaine John Ingram
Plum Perfect
Quicksilver in the foreground and Laguna behind it.
Dark Desire.
oursteelers 8B PNW
3 months ago
bart bart
3 months ago
Beth Hana
3 months agoBURGUNDY ICEBERG
EBB TIDE
EYECONIC PLUM LEMONADE
FRARANT PLUM
HUDDERSFIELD CHORAL SOCIETY
MAGENTA
MINERVA
QUICKSILVER CL
SWEET MADAME BLUE
catspa_zone9sunset14
3 months agoA sampling of 'Rose du Roi' (of commerce, ex Vintage):
One version, at least, of "Old Red Runaround", hybrid Chinas found in old cemeteries around here:
John (PNW zone 8)
3 months agolast modified: 3 months ago@catspa_zone9sunset14 Yours is the version of 'Rose du Roi' that make my eyes fall out of my head. It's so incredibly gorgeous, Louis XVIII would have probably preferred this to the real thing! I've bought several roses sold as 'Rose du Roi' or 'Mogador', and they're always the same hybrid perpetual (pictured below) that looks like 'Granny Grimmetts' to me (which I also have!) In current commerce, your 'Rose du Roi (of commerce)' seems to have been replaced by that other rose. My HP version is a lovely rose in its own right, but I'd love to see your version of 'Rose du Roi' become available again in commerce. Do let me know if you ever need to dispose of any cuttings! 😉
sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida-9a-ish)
2 months agolast modified: 2 months agoLavender Crush
Quicksilver
RdV
Plum Perfect
Munstead Wood
Laguna
Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
2 months agonoseometer...(7A, SZ10, Albuquerque)
2 months agolast modified: 2 months agosultry_jasmine_nights (Florida-9a-ish)
2 months ago
berrypiez6b
2 months agoSheila z8a Rogue Valley OR
2 months agoerasmus_gw
2 months agoI thought The Bishop and Velours Episcopal were the same but I looked it up and I was apparently wrong. I have had The Bishop quite awhile. It is a big, rangy plant in part sun. It tends to be healthy.
A few other purplish ones
Violette
Cardinal de Richelieu
Purple Skyliner
The Shell Rose - plant is big, blooms are small pompons
oursteelers 8B PNW
2 months ago
roseseek