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"Hahndorf Midwife's China" rose Reviews & Comments
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most recent 23 JUL 18 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 23 JUL 18 by Margaret Furness
We think the "Hahndorf midwife's China" is the same as the "Ebenezer Cemetery Miniature China" found in two cemeteries in the Barossa Valley in South Australia, an area settled by Wends and Sorbs from 1842 onwards; some came from Prussian Silesia. The most recent grave it is on is dated 1905.
Hahndorf, further south, was settled in 1839, also by religious refugees from Silesia; they were a tight-knit community for a long time, but communicated with other German-speaking settlements. The former midwife's garden has two old plants of the mini-China, possibly from the late 19th century.
The rose has similarities to "Oakington Ruby", but that one didn't reach Australia under that name until the mid-20th century.
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Reply #1 of 3 posted 23 JUL 18 by Patricia Routley
"Oakington Ruby" was a 1933 foundling. It is possible that the "Ebenezer Cemetery Miniature China" (and syns) came into Australia under another name.
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Reply #2 of 3 posted 23 JUL 18 by Margaret Furness
I see that "Oakington Ruby" is described as being 30cm tall. Quite a bit smaller than our rose, then.
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Reply #3 of 3 posted 23 JUL 18 by Patricia Routley
In my cool wet acid garden "Ebenezer Cemetery Miniature China" grew so small, it just disappeared out in the garden. I now grow two plants in pots where it reaches, co-incidentally about 12" (30cm). I have no doubt at all that it would grow very much taller in South Australia - every rose grows well there.
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