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'Eternal Youth' rose Reviews & Comments
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An especially luminous, glowing pink in my garden in South-East England. Delicious lemon scent, sweeter than most lemon-scented roses.
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I am glad you love this rose too. The Australian Heritage Rose group say that any rose over 75 years old is of heritage value. At 80 years old, 'Eterna Giovinezza' is to me, still utterly beautiful.
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#2 of 2 posted
6 AUG 17 by
Hamanasu
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Cut off dates are always a bit artificial I guess, but anything pre-1960 is of heritage value to me! :) I only got one bloom out of Eterna Giovinezza so far (it's new to my garden) but it was ravishing. Another one that's blowing my mind this year (for flower power, size, and perfect form, as well as a strong tea scent) is Grace de Monaco (the 1950s Meilland creation). I'd like to try Warrawee, which I imagine I might like as much as the other two, but I fear it might sulk in my climate.
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In a letter handwritten in 1936, Aicardi lists roses sent to Jackson & Perkins to be tested and introduced in USA. In fact four roses by Aicardi were patented in USA by this firm.
1936 201 Signora Piero Puricelli Aicardi
1938 304 Goria di Roma Aicardi
1939 332 Eterna Giovinezza Aicardi
1939 349 Saturnia Aicardi
Strangely, in that letter no mention of Eterna Giovinezza was done whereas a rose identified as N. 96, that had the same description and the same lineage, was highly prized. Might Eterna Giovinezza and N. 96 be synonyms?
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19 OCT 13 by
 jedmar
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In the 1939 reference 'Eterna Giovinezza' and 'Novantasei' are listed as separate roses - they may be siblings, though.
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20 OCT 13 by
Cà Berta
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It would not be the fist time that Vagliasindi listed twice (field number and name) the same rose. It did with 7 - Libia by Borgatti.
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25 FEB 04 by
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While it is listed as having 50 petals my experience has been closer to 15
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18 OCT 13 by
Cà Berta
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According to the USA patent 332:
"Number of petals under normal conditions-25."
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