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'Smooth Prince' rose Reviews & Comments
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13 JAN 13 by
MikeNZ
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I have two Smooth Prince roses. The flowers seem to last a long time; I have a Blackberry Nip which has slightly darker flowers, and the petals of Blackberry Nip have already fallen off while those on Smooth Prince are still there - I'll try to time the next set of blooms for an accurate comparison.
In my opinion the flowers of Smooth Prince do have a slight fruity fragrance, but also a stronger tea fragrance, though the overall fragrance is light.
I was hoping to use Smooth Prince for cross pollinating, however according to the patent information [http://patents.justia.com/1991/PP007706.html] Smooth Prince seldom produces hips, and then only with its own pollen. I tried pollen from Aotearoa (2), Iceberg(2), Brother Cadfael(2) and its own pollen(2) - none of the flowers produced hips. The stigmas seem to remain relatively dry.
Edit: June 2016.
In a later cross, I did succeed in producing two seedlings from the seeds of Smooth Prince. Both are from Smooth Prince x Aotearoa. Neither have much fragrance and neither have set hips so far.
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Mike, my comment here really belongs in your rose 'My Love' bred in 2002 from Smooth Prince x Aotearoa.
At first the seed parent of My Love was said to be The Prince, and then you commented that it was Smooth Prince.
What am I missing please. Was the oft quoted date of 2002 incorrect?
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18 JUN 16 by
MikeNZ
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Hi - I think you have mistaken me with someone else? I did not breed "My Love". I am a breeder, but only amateur, and haven't listed any of my roses yet.
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Sorry MikeNZ. I thought you were Mike Athy. Two Mike's, both in New Zealand, both breeding from Smooth Prince.
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17 JUN 16 by
MikeNZ
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Following on from my last comment - Here are photos of the two roses produced from the seeds of Smooth Prince. Both are Smooth Prince x Aotearoa.
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The second one, in particular, is a nice-looking flower, but given that one of Aotearoa's drawcards is its scent it'd be a pity to lose that when crossing it with something else.
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Excellent dark Pink (light Red) rose. Vigorous both as grafted or own root. Root its own roots very easily. Resist mildew extremly well but suffer black spot when there is too much humidity. When grown as tall standards it will resist blackspot fairly well.
Flowering well but sporadically. It's not a kind of rose that will flower continuously. I would say one flush every 2-3 months then a very quite period of regrowth and recharge. The canes are thick therefore if grwon as standards, hard pruning is required every 3 months in warm climate. It hibernate early in mmid Autumn to next Spring (too early!)
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