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'Orange Ruffels' rose Reviews & Comments
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18 JAN 12 by
 goncmg
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Low rated and never talked about, this is a rose that in my opinion suffered from poor marketing and inappropriate classification. It is NOT a Hybrid Tea per se...........grew in 9a Chico and 6a Columbus and it did equally well, did the same: it is a lower growing SHRUB with larger blooms............it tends to get bushy and fat and then sprawl.............the blooms are BIG and they tend to be too big for the stems thereby flopping to the ground if it rains and even if it doesn't..........it is decently hardy (again, the Brownell roses got and get so much hype as being extra hardy and that is all marketing rhetoric)..............the color is rather unusual, orange or buff with almost a red center...............this is a GOOD ROSE...............it has suffered via marketing and classification.............
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Do you know of a source for non virused Brownell roses? Apparently some of the usual outlets in the USA cannot be trusted in that regard. By usual sources, I am thinking of some of the mail order seed and nursery stock catalogues which tend to offer, for example, a half dozen Brownell "sub-zero" rose bushes for a discounted price.
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Well, someone of us are working with Brownell roses, and producing new seedlings from them. I have some promise. Others have promise too. So maybe in the future we will see that potential realized, and without virus! :]
Here is one of many Brownell seedlings.
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16 APR 15 by
goncmg
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GREAT to know that, Michael! .....and if you or anyone you know has Orange Ruffels, please let me know. And please share budwood!
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I had pollen from it, a few years ago, but not vegetative material. Its out there, though. Just rare. I mostly use Lafter, and you can see by this rose, Orange Ruffels, that its a good parent :]
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Rose Petals lists it now, so you could call and ask when they sell it again.
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5 NOV 06 by
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I very much like this rose but it seems that it never built any form in it's 4 years. It tends to spread just slightly and although the flowers are especailly beautifully colored, they are not many of them. I keep it, but I wish it could do better. |
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2 JUL 04 by
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My garden is in zone 7 in N. C., USA. Orange Ruffels is one of the toughest roses I have grown. It will live 10 years or more without spraying or other maintenance rather than weeding. It has a nice strong fragrance. It has a tough holly-like texture. It seems harder and harder to find in catalogs as it is an older introduction.
Good Gardening!
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