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'G. Nabonnand' rose Reviews & Comments
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I've just given this one a thorough deadheading, after being slack about it for months. It will need a light overall trim soon, but so far hasn't been pruned at all. Despite this it is still maintaining a good form, and has grown to around 1.6 metres (5' 3") high and a bit wider in the 15 months since it was planted.
This is a delightfully easy shrub to work with. You can find a few thorns if you look for them, but I just deadheaded the entire bush while wearing rolled-up sleeves and no gloves. You can even deadhead it without secateurs if you want to, since the pedicels are easy to nip off with just your thumbnail and forefinger.
Even without deadheading it will happily continue to throw out flowers, albeit not quite so prolifically.
The same applies to its sport, 'Peace 1902', and to the unrelated but equally gorgeous 'Safrano'.
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To see these roses (G. Nabonnand and Safrano) following the same patterns - responding to seasons and conditions in very similar ways; sporting; setting hips readily; reveling in the cooler months in a mild climate and halving and doubling petal numbers with the seasons - I cannot help but wonder whether they are related, possibly quite closely.
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Must admit that had never occurred to me. Safrano is a lot spikier. G. Nabonnand and Peace 1902 don't seem to shatter as quickly in hot weather either.
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16 NOV 19 by
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Available from - Antique Rose Emporium
https://antiqueroseemporium.com/products/g-nabonnand?_pos=2&_sid=bfd62c45e&_ss=r
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Updated information:
Flowers aren't much chop over summer, but the bush itself still looks good and does it without needing to be fussed over. That, in my opinion, is of primary importance.
Autumn and winter flowers are drop dead gorgeous.
This one is a keeper.
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The description page says the size is 1.5 metres high by 0.9 metres wide. However, the latest reference for this rose gives the size as "massive" and "nine feet high". Chapman et al describe it as "tall and spreading", implying a width that equals or exceeds the height.
Obviously size will depend on age and growing conditions, but 1.5 x 0.9 metres does seem a bit on the skimpy side.
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Perhaps in a cold climate. But mine is almost 9 feet high so we've kept the cold climate 4 feet and added the hot climate 9 feet. I had hoped that those Administrators more intimately involved with the teas would correct these anomalies.
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I assume the sport, 1902 'Peace', would grow to similar size. I notice the description page for that one doesn't currently give a size at all.
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