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'Showtime ®' rose Reviews & Comments
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8 MAR 13 by
 Dianne's Southwest Idaho Rose Garden
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The description says this rose is semi-double, with 9-16 petals; yet all the photos show a double or very double rose with quite a few more petals than that. I looked in "Modern Roses 12" and think perhaps some of this information may have been confused with a Hybrid Musk Focus, which has 20 petals and a spreading habit. Here is what it said about the Grandiflora Focus:
"GR, op, Noack, Werner; bud rounded, orange-red; flowers salmon-orange, 8-9 cm, dbl, high-centered; recurrent; foliage dark green, very glossy; upright, bushy (70 cm) growth; int. by Noack's Rosen, 1997.
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#1 of 4 posted
8 MAR 13 by
Jay-Jay
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It's definitely a double rose (not very double), but opens wide and shows the stamens.
Focus has a very nice fragrance as a bonus.
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#2 of 4 posted
8 MAR 13 by
Dianne's Southwest Idaho Rose Garden
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Thanks for the information, Jay-Jay. Mine hasn't bloomed yet, but I'm looking forward to it.
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#3 of 4 posted
9 MAR 13 by
RoseBlush
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I have added the REFERENCE from the ARS Modern Roses 12 database and made the correction.
Smiles,
Lyn
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#4 of 4 posted
9 MAR 13 by
Jay-Jay
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When I remember it well, (the last time I saw it was in summer 2012) the flowers are varying in diameter from 3-5 inches (average 4). I thought they were big.(my wife recalls the same Ø)
The colour is striking and attracts attention from afar. In the Rosarium of Winschoten it is located at the entrance aside of the main path; a real "come on in" rose.
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7 DEC 07 by
Jeff Britt
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There seems to be some conflict in the description of this rose. It appears this is an upright growing grandiflora/large-flowered hybrid. Yet under the growing section it says" used for groundcover." Surely, both statements can't be true. Can anyone clarify this?
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#1 of 2 posted
6 DEC 09 by
Unregistered Guest
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Considering: Rosa Focus (Hybrid Tea, Noack 1997)
Semi upright growing. No real groundcover. Width can be ip to 1 m.
In our region in the Netherlands (sticky sea-clay) often used in public green.
A strong lady. I've never used one drop of chemicals for the R. Focus(40 x) in my garden.
Flower itself is well rainresistant.
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#2 of 2 posted
8 MAR 13 by
Dianne's Southwest Idaho Rose Garden
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Thanks for the information, Jay-Jay! Mine hasn't bloomed yet, but I'm looking forward to it.
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