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'Pristine ®' rose Reviews & Comments
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7 MAY 06 by
Unregistered Guest
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I live in Olympia Washington and got Pristine about 2 months ago. So far it's fully opened blooms have lasted a week even with a good breeze blowing. The rain and wind moved in last night and I did wake to find one bloom destroyed, but the other one was only slightly bent from the weight of the raindrops. It's a gorgeous rose and well worth having even if it only lasts a day or two.
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I grew it in Ferndale, WA in the 90s and it was spectacular. I want to try it in my present location but finding it hard to find a specimen. Ordered one from DA and it arrived dead. Guess I'll have to keep trying.
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The petal substance is beautiful but so heavy that once it "goes" it drops like rain.. Doesn't last long in the vase either. If you have room though it is worth having around.. The "porcelain effect" is great.
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Agreed. What is also special about Pristine in my experience is its VIGOR. There's something quite gratifying to me in seeing a rose grow with so much vigor, even if the bloom does not last long. The growth can be spectacular.
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26 JAN 18 by
 jmile
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In the description of this rose it says that it doesn't like hot weather. Our weather here in Brentwood California has many days over 100 degrees. My Pristine loves the heat. It's leaves and flowers hold up well in the heat.
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My experience matches yours jmile. 'Pristine' has been growing for many years in our garden in Perth, Western Australia, which also has very hot summers and it handles the heat extremely well.
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If it handles heat in California and in Perth, W.A., it should not carry that misleading growing statement. Deleted. Thanks to you both.
(you have made me really think about a foundling "Rhapsody Cottage" and one day I must look closer at adding more 'Pristine' references. In the meantime, I'll just add a photo)
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2 JUN 18 by
Hamanasu
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My experience seems to confirm these observations, in a different way. For what it’s worth, here it is:
I’ve had Pristine for 3 years now in the Southeast of England (cool and mild) and it’s always the slowest of my roses to get started. After buds break, leaves develop but the tiny flowerbuds go blind before they get a chance to develop at all. It is not until high summer (when other roses have already had or are having their second flush) that Pristine manages to bloom. Which makes me think that this rose, far from objecting to heat, needs it to be able to bloom at all...
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30 APR 15 by
Kit
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May as well add for those considering it, 'Pristine,' up against the west side of our house, is one of the few roses that thrive here without any morning sun, though she has full midday and generous afternoon doses, so she does get from 4 (Dec)) to 7½ (June) hours of direct sun a day. She grows to circa 8½ feet / 2½ meters after being pruned down to 5 or 6 feet yearly.
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