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'Tahitian Sunset ™' rose Reviews & Comments
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I bought this potted from Lowe's in 2006 and planted it directly into my garden. It's first year it was a good rose and grew vigorously with very pretty and thick medium green foliage. The blooms had good petal substance, were plentiful and very colorful, and very fragrant for me. It initially seemed to survive it's first winter well, but did suffer some damage from the late spring Big Easter Freeze that occured after most everything had already broken dormancy. The plant is rebounding okay from that freeze, but will be behind all spring and summer as will all the other roses.
I will still recommend this rose to my fellow rosarians as I think it is a good rose and they will like to have it in their garden. I think it is going to develop into one of my favorites as well.
UPDATE 2010: I have now grown Tahitian Sunset for 4 years and it continues to impress me every year. It has proven to be very sturdy and dependable as it handles winter with no protection and stays free of any disease so far. I have never seen any BS or PM on it at all. The blooms are large, beautifully colored and formed, and plentiful. Big flushes and quick repeat are the norm. My bush gets about 5 1/2' tall each year very quickly and has lots of canes and stems for plenty of blooming. The fragrance is a delicious strong licorice/spice note and is strong the entire life of the bloom. I have tried propagating cuttings and it does very well and grows well on it's own roots! I am going to try it in my hybridyzing this year to see if it is fertile and passes it's good qualities to it's progeny.
This is a very good garden rose and exceptional blooms could even be exhibition blooms. I highly recommend it of the 300+ roses I have and think it will make any gardner and/or rosarian very happy to have it in their garden.
John
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#1 of 12 posted
26 OCT 12 by
Ariel7
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John, I am new to this site, but I just love your comments. They are so helpful. Thank you!
I was looking for a soft apricot rose, Tahitian Sunset sounds like a great candidate.
Your Texas neighbor Ariel :)
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#2 of 12 posted
26 SEP 15 by
cole
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Thanks for all of your info on this rose John - I'm looking to add a fragrant, healthy and hardy HT rose that has apricot coloring. When you have time, would you mind recommending your top 2-3 apricot HT roses that are fragrant? Many thanks!
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Did you ever get a response? I'm also partial to apricot roses and would love some suggestions.
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#4 of 12 posted
11 AUG 17 by
cole
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Not yet. I can share some my own favorites that I grow. I really like Ambridge Rose, it's an older David Austin rose. I also like Polka. I've just started growing the Climbing rose "Colette" and also the Climbing Hybrid Tea, "Lady Ashe". All of them are peachy/apricot in color with great fragrance. Hope this helps!
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Cole: Which one in your list has the most dangerous thorns (more likely to stab)? Thanks. Japanese Beetles are the worst this August 2017 and JB are attracted to the fruity scent of orange roses ... I often get stabbed while killing beetles. I compiled a ranking of fragrance of the 11 orange roses I grow (all are own-root, except for Sundowner), also rated them according to water and shade demand, see below link:
https://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=3.23414&tab=32
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#6 of 12 posted
14 AUG 17 by
cole
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Thanks for the info! The rose with the least amount of thorns that I mentioned is Polka.
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Cole: Thank God your message came just on time to notify Burlington nursery to take out Aloha (Lady Ashe is a sport) and put in Polka. If your message came a few minutes later, my roses would be shipped already and I could not change to Polka. So comments in HMF do help folks to choose what they will be happy with. Many thanks.
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#8 of 12 posted
15 AUG 17 by
cole
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You're so welcome, happy to help. Polka is a great rose, just be aware that it puts on a lot of green growth and gets huge. This rose will flower more if you train it laterally along a wall or fence to force more blooms. Enjoy!
By the way, I also grow Aloha and it has razor wire level thorns - so you made the right choice!
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I removed 'Polka' many years ago because of the thorns. I thought it was really vicious. The blossom is lovely.
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Thank you, Cole and Robert for the info. My zone 5a winter prunes roses to the crown, so they are quite short & less chance of poking unless it's needle-sharp. I killed Bridal Pink and Lilian Austin: both have sharp-needle thorns. My most favorite rose among my 110 varieties of own-root is Robert Rippetoe's creation, a THORNLESS child of Yves Piaget, very hardy in my zone 5a, heat & drought tolerant, and intensely fragrant, see
https://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.60483
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Thanks! I had Ambridge rose in my austin shopping cart for a long time and they didn't have it. Just added two as it's back in stock and I see that this little one loves heat! I've had a thing for Colette ever since I saw her in the Floret Farms flower book. Sadly, it seems she wouldn't be very happy here in zone 10. Glad you get to enjoy her. and thanks for the info on the other roses. Will look into those! Also, not sure if you've tried Just Joey but I grew it here for the first time and it's blooms are outrageous - I find the fragrance to be strong and fresh and the blossoms are enormous. For me it's definitely a keeper.
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I didn't grow Just Joey long enough for it to develop its scent. 1st year plant (grafted-on-Dr.Huey) had zero scent .. I suspect the scent doesn't peak unless it's hot-weather, like Chrysler Imperial. Another factor is grafted-roses can't measure up to own-roots in fragrance. Just Joey got killed by tons of acidic rain & poor drainage, so Just Joey is perfect for hot & dry climate ... blooms are large & nice color.
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Anyone experiencing with TS flower petals are easy to get sunburn? even in mild sunny condition of SF bay area.
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I have a Malibu rose (also a Zary rose) and it gets awful petal scorch. Am hoping to put a Tahitian Sunset rose next to the Malibu but wonder if I'll just deal with months of burned flowers (most of summer here in hot Pasadena zone 10).
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Hi all! I have a spot I want a climber with freagrance and this looks good. Question is, can it take some shade. Usually this spot gets full sun for a couple hours but the rest of the day is shaded, not intensely, but certainly not full on. I aplnted two compassion roses, one in shae,, (this spot I am talking about) and full sun. Shaded one is yet to bloom. Ergo, looking for a replacement. Thoughts?
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Are you sure TW is a climber? HMF lists it as a Hybrid Tea.
For similar colors, you might research 'Ginger Syllabub' from Harkness, which ought to grow well in CA.
Where you are, you could attempt 'Merechal Niel' that wicked heartbreaker.
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Do you mean Tahitian sunset? I am looking for the orange-ish type of color and extreme fragrance and cleaning capabilities I will look into the want to mention thank you! the challenge of course is that shade needs. And I live in Marin County, Northern California.
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Check out Versigny. I planted the 1st own-root in 5 hours of afternoon sun, it bloomed great. I got a 2nd Versigny (own-root) and planted in in a pot, less than 5 hours of evening sun, lots of buds. Crown princess Magareta gets less sun than Versigny and is blooming well, but CPM is 3 times bigger.
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Received rose late last season, mail order, bare root, but with a nice root system, and it grew to massive proportions. Wow nearly 6 feet first season and a good amount of blooms. The blooms change shades of apricot, but late in the season, last flush I left them on and they looked wonderful till they fell dried and fell off the stem. Nice big bush with colorful blooms. Not large blooms however very nice looking and stay on for a long time.
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