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As with many other early English Roses, this one was not widely marketed, nor widely grown. That said, it is one of the early Austin roses that stand out in my climate and my conditions. I once said, while being questioned in an interview about my rose collection, specifically about Lilac Rose"s fragrance: "It is like putting your nose in a dream!" and I will stand by that statement. We have three specimens growing in the South Okanagan of BC and it is a very, very good rose in this climate. I will state specifically, that the plants we have are at least 30 years in the ground in a public garden, so "well established" is a good term. This is an early English Rose that deserves to be more widely grown, at least in a hot dry summer climate. Cold hardy to zone 5b if not lower too.
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This rose rooted easily for me from a cutting taken in my neighborhood.
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I love 'Pink Peace'. It's another that got virused through the years. The clean ones are glorious.
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#2 of 2 posted
yesterday by
 Bug_girl
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It is Pink Peace as far as I've ID'd it correctly. The fragrance is lovely. Also, no virus so far! Got a cutting from some neighbors who had been married 74 years by the time I met them!
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According to US Patent #1,301, the parentage is (Oakington Ruby X open pollination).
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#1 of 1 posted
yesterday by
jedmar
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Pollen parent modified, thank you!
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31 DEC 12 by
goncmg
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Here's another one in my favorite color and from my favorite late mid-century time specialty.........as time pulls away from 1973 when this one took home an AARS, this one actually looks "better" now than it did then. In 1973, BIG BLOOMS and EXHIBITION FORM were the buzz words and on those terms Gypsy was a flop for the blooms are not huge and they sure are not formal. They are scalloped and the color is somewhere between Chinese Red and Oxblood Red and that color was already trending out/over-introduced by 1973. The plant is a little under-foliaged but the disease resistance is pretty good. Just so many of this color back in those days, this one, again came late and in my opinion, although "above average" should not have won the AARS in 1973 but had it been introduced even a few years earlier would have been much better received. Most assuredly is NOT the "joke" it was titled all those years ago...........and of interest to anyone who "likes" the color, or the era and/or the "sociological" aspect of rose marketing and how sometimes just being a little "ahead" gets a variety extremely far whereas being just a little "behind" deems the variety, well, a "joke" as per above............
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The rating is absurd, but most ratings are. This rose grows like a weed for an older large-flowered rose. And unlike Tropicana, it doesn't have white foliage. Go figure. It is virtually scentless here, but its so easy to grow and maintain that it really does not matter that much. Prune, water, grow, and cut for inside. A simple rose with a lot of color.
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Well, this oldie produced some nice seedlings. My friend LOVES this rose, and I told him I would germinate ANYTHING he tried. And, well, the seedlings are nice. This rose is sorely overlooked.
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25 JUL 15 by
goncmg
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I still don't have it and will try harder in 2016. May end up getting wood from Davis as Roses Unlimited never stocks it and I truly DO prefer budded. I also adore the variety and miss it sorely. Heck, I finally grow Candy Apple and have Cancun but still not Gypsy. Not since 2004 when I pulled a sad one out of a bin at Lowe's and it turned out to be the real deal (and I ended up moving out of that city, that condo, and left it). Michael: what types of seedlings did it produce? With what other parents? As Mom or Dad? I would love to know, please share!!!
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He was using Impatient, even though I told him not to, lol. He likes it. I think its a BS birds nest of prickles.
Gypsy was highly dominant in color, form, substance, stems, and prickles.
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Part of Gypsy's appeal, other than good vigor, substance, and "general health", is that there are so few large-flowered roses in this color. Most of them are miniatures, floribundas, or "flora-tea" types.
Uwe Seeler comes to mind. Fragrant Cloud is this color, but only when it is very cool out, and only for one day. Then it turns all sorts of odd tones. And then there is a very short list of others. And many of them are really mildew-prone, such as Holsteinperle, Lady Rose, and so on.
I think Uwe Seeler is the best of these, but it never became popular, probably because of the awkward name. It is mesmerizing to look at. A plant like Queen Elizabeth, but with more aesthetic foliage and bloom form.
But Gypsy is highly available, easy to grow, and the blooms are huge, sometimes 7" in the spring.
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#6 of 6 posted
2 days ago by
Bug_girl
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I rooted mine easily from a cutting I took last fall from an old rose garden that was being torn out and redone. I actually have 2. It looks like it will be a nice rose. Budwood seems rather complicated for what I am willing to do.
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