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'2005 Better Homes & Gardens Rose' Reviews & Comments
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25 FEB 14 by
Ariel7
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I fell in love with this rose last year, Summer 2013. I planted it in a horrible spot because it was a last-minute addition and was supposed to replace a rose that had died to the ground. Well, that bush (Alec's Red) showed up and decided to grow after all, so then I had a LFR and just "found" a place for it. My husband ended up pruning it repeatedly--did I mention I planted it in a horrible place? Yeah, right next to a path. LFR grew profusely, ended up at about 4 1/2 feet tall (on its own roots), and bloomed with the most beautiful strawberry red flowers, huge, well-formed, majestic. As I said, I fell in love with it. This year I am going to move it to a place where it can grow as tall as it wants without infringing on any path. This one is a keeper! It looks great with other red roses, too, as it has a different brighter red.
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24 JUN 06 by
Warski
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It's my first year with this rose from bare root. Slow to start, it is now 4'6" and I am amazed at the beauty of bloom and foliage. Tall and graceful, medium-dark foliage, this bush puts forth perfect medium red blooms that turn to a red-magenta within days. The scent is on the light side, but sweet and lasts nearly as long as the cut flower (eight days easy). So far, blooms are not too frequent, but there always seems to be a bud growing somewhere on the plant. It's been only 4 months with this new beauty, but I know I'll have more before the LA season ends.
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Hey Warski I am glad to see your posting about LFR. It pretty much is about what I would say about this rose as well.
Have you ever tried hybridyzing with it or seen any hips set on your bush(es)???
John
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I really like this first year bush. It is the absolute slowest rose I have ever had to break dormancy, but when it finally did it has produced some outstanding fragrant blooms on a healthy, vigorous, attractive bush. I am very excited to see how it does when it matures.
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10 APR 06 by
Warski
I am glad to have read this, because I've been waiting a long time for LFR to break. It was sent to me by mistake, but I was advised to take the chance with it, that I'd be happy. Yours is the first comment I've read about LFR (other than the grower's)and I'm encouraged. Thanks. |
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22 APR 07 by
Julie
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what zone do you live in?
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I am in zone 5/6 in Northwest Missouri 50 miles north of Kansas City. Just to update my experience with LFR while I am here, I have been fairly happy with this rose, but not ecstatic. The bush grows vigorously to about 6'-7' tall by the end of the growing season. However, the foliage is a bit sparse for my taste and it does tend to get BS and defoliates heavily with it which makes it look worse than it really is. The blooms are lovely. Medium clear red, large in size, with heavy substance, sometimes outstanding exhibition form, but nearly scentless. The blooms make good cut flowers as they last a long time and seem to refrigerate well. These characteristics make it a nice bloom for the exhibitor if the foliage holds out for them. It is a bit stingy with it's blooms but has a pretty good repeat so that helps.
I have two bushes and one of them seems to really be better than the other for disease resistance and the better bush also blooms more. All in all this is a pretty nice rose but needs spraying to stay healthy, so there you go!!
By the way, I don't see any descendants listed yet so I am wondering if anyone has tried breeding with this LFR rose yet??? I might try it next year both as a seed and as a pollen parent to see what happens. I don't think I have seen any hips on my two bushes in four years, but I do deadhead all year long, so unless I miss deadheading a spent one I probably wouldn't see any hips on it anyway.
John
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