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StefanDC
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27 FEB 12 by
goncmg
A shame this rose is barely available if at all......the blooms are a little small, the plant tends to grow wider than tall, and the form is not for exhibition but the color is lovely! Always reminded me of "fruit on the bottom" yogurt in boysenberry or some sort of berry! The scent is insane, strong and hard and makes your mouth water. Grew this one for 10 years in the 80's until we moved and by then it was not easily found. Scent seems to be "in" now, again/finally and the namesake has always been well-esteemed. Maybe someday this one will re-appear. It is a nice, good rose.
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The name is hard to remember, perhaps that's the downfall.
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Maybe it could be rebranded as "Calvin Klein," or is that name also past recognition these days? It's so hard to keep up. :-)
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This appears to be another selling name for the rose listed here separately as Cat Woman. There are some identical photos posted for these online by Bierkreek in the Netherlands (as Faith, Hope, and Love(R)) and by Amore Roses in New Zealand (as Wonder(R) Cat Woman).
www.bierkreek.nl/webwinkel-bestel-roos-online-en-bezorging/faith-hope-and-love/
www.amoreroses.co.nz/store/p206/WONDER%C2%AE_Cat_Woman.html
It appears to be a hybrid with a strong R. bracteata and R. rugosa background.
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11 JUL by
jedmar
Good catch! Clearly the same rose.
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That's definitely a different mauve than usual. The photos look like Blueberry Hill and Blue Moon had a love child, resulting in an odd color, a shrubbier plant, and different bloom form.
Americans might like this one, since the closest here is the 7' bean pole, Lagerfeld.
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While it's no bean pole, mine is growing like a vigorous large-flowered climber in zone 7 on the East Coast. It's quite healthy and flowers extravagantly, so it still bests most other mauves, but those looking for a "petite" shrub in a warm zone will want to look elsewhere. The fragrance is good, although not terribly strong.
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I'm a bit disappointed by this one. The fragrance turned out to be more of a myrrh-tinged aroma, which can be good or bad, but this is on the decidedly unpleasant side to my nose. The color is nice enough, but the flowers are thin-petaled and don't always open well (and when in clusters, the buds are sometimes crammed together, which doesn't help). Although the plants started out looking healthy and flowering well earlier in the spring, they've now largely defoliated from blackspot without spray, and the wind seems to have gone out of their sails.
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