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'Ghislaine de Féligonde' rose Reviews & Comments
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17 JUN 12 by
altora
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I'm in Boston, zone 6 I think. This rose gets NO protection from Northern winds, no dieback, and is absolutely huge. Seems to bloom non-stop too.
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Hi Alida, I finally have this rose in my collection and it has been very hardy here on Cape Cod. There are a couple of plants at the end of the road that have been there for 90years. See the photos here on HMF; they are several pages back under the photos.
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This rose is almost without prickles. Only the backside of the leaves have some and there are short bristles on the twig with the clusters of flowers.
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This Year too, a lot of leaves and buds from other roses were badly damaged by the Mottled Umber and the Wintermoth; Ghislaine de Feligonde had some leaves, wich were nibbled upon, but NO damage to the buds!!!
Maybe this rose has some kind of resistance. Next year I'll look again.
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Yes, we had a lot of damage here too. I don't think any rose has a "resistance" I think rather that some are more attractive to the worms than others.
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19 MAY 11 by
 Jay-Jay
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Thank You for Your reply and sharing Your insight/experience.
When I said badly damaged I meant really bad, like almost completely defoliated and when the word would exist, de-budded!
But Ghislaine, Starkodder and Seagull had no, or just minor damage.
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as I'm known as a beancounter...there is a reference saying that Ghislaine was 4 years old, when the plant was introduced.
I've not read the original document, but there is is written at http://www.rosesanciennesenfrance.org/fr/bulletin.htm#11 that she lived from 1914-1994, so she must have been two years old.
cheers
Bernhard
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Hi Bernhard........
Thanks for pointing this out. Your COMMENT will stay with the rose page. We can't change the REFERENCE, but the information from your post is with the rose.
Smiles,
Lyn
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