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'Cancun ™' rose Reviews & Comments
Discussion id : 85-695
most recent 19 APR 21 SHOW ALL
 
Initial post 5 JUN 15 by goncmg
LOVE this rose! My first year maiden is hulking and huge, fat canes, tons of basals, the bloom is opening.....the color is like none-other? Liquid juicy deep intense eye-bleeding red-orange? The foliage is gorgeous! I never EVER heard of this one until a friend "scored" it as part of an auction? Released in 2000, is it a FAIL? Or was it just never widely released? Does anyone have any back story on this one? With Carruth as the hybridizer I would THINK it has some backing? The parentage makes me smile and laugh! So improbable! Yet the rose that resulted is EXACTLY what you would DREAM of getting from this pairing! A pairing that an at-home, amateur hybridizer would likely make! Reds and oranges are extremely difficult to capture in a picture. The color on this one is just something else. If anyone has any back story, PLEASE SHARE WITH ME! 3 months later..............new comments..................
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Reply #1 of 8 posted 8 JUN 15 by Kim Rupert
It looks quite interesting, Chris. Should you find yourself with extra bud wood, please keep me in mind! Thanks!
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Reply #2 of 8 posted 8 JUN 15 by Robert Neil Rippetoe
Yes, odd it doesn't seem to be patented?
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Reply #3 of 8 posted 8 JUN 15 by Kim Rupert
Not really. Many introductions of the past ten or so years weren't patented. It doesn't show up on Google Patent Search.
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Reply #4 of 8 posted 8 JUN 15 by Robert Neil Rippetoe
True, but I thought most of Carruth's were.
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Reply #5 of 8 posted 28 AUG 15 by goncmg
Well......ENJOY! The parentage is fantastic, literally and the rose itself is fantastic inasmuchas it IS both parents at generation 1 level! It is a total HT like Ingrid Bergman, never clusters. It is a lusty, strong beast of a plant like All That Jazz. It has deeper colored foliage like IB that is so glossy you need sunglasses just like ATJ...........the color is insane. It is red? It is orange? No idea.......the buds are fat and thick and juicy just like the plant would suggest.............but the HUGE FAIL is this: GOOSENECK BLOSSOMS. Never EVER (and I DO NOT EXHIBIT) have I encountered a variety that has this pretty much ugly trait. And by "gooseneck" I mean the stem is so weak the bud so heavy and the plant so lusty that with Cancun what you get is a fat bud that bends over by weight at 1/4 open and then the plant grows so much that 2 days later at 3/4 open the neck/stem is "U" shaped....at first I thought this was sort of fun, then looking at the rest of the plant and the color of the blossom I got sort of angry. No wonder, Kim, you want to try this one! Because IT IS SOOOOO CLOSE to an insanely GREAT rose! But so far away. And I am a GARDEN guy. I do not exhibit. But the gooseneck annoys and disturbs me! I am an orange-red guy. And I did NOT "back mine up" this year with Steve. It is welcome in my garden as long as this maiden survives.
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Reply #6 of 8 posted 28 AUG 15 by styrax
It certainly has an interesting color. Can you post some pics? :D
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Reply #7 of 8 posted 28 AUG 15 by goncmg
As soon as it blooms again, I will! And I will make sure to capture the U-shaped goosenecks on the blossoms.
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Reply #8 of 8 posted 19 APR 21 by Michael Garhart
I think Ena Harkness had this same issue, but I recall when I was young pruning that exact rose in people's homes as a teenager for weekend jobs. So some people put up with it, apparently.
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