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'Lorraine Lee' rose Reviews & Comments
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I made a comment about the photo of “Lorraine Lee”(bush form). For whatever reason, the photo shown was not right, but when I went back to it, it was fine!
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3 MAY 19 by
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Photos rotate so you won't see the same ones every time you look up a plant.
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“Lorraine Lee” (the bush form). The photo for this rose is not Lorraine Lee. I don’t think it is even a photo of a rose.
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I'm guessing you're referring to the photo of a rose which has had its petals and stamens removed for pollination.
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From R.H.S. Encyclopedia of Roses by Charles and Brigid Quest-Ritson. Published for Dorling Kindersley a Penguin Company. 2003 edition.
...It blooms throughout the year, but needs a warm place to flourish, even in Melbourne. Alister Clark considered 'Lorraine Lee' better than any of his later hybrids "for its colour and habit it is, in my opinion, unsurpassed by anything I have done". The Melbourne newspaper, The Argus, used to run an annual popularity popularity poll among its readers: 'Lorraine Lee' constantly topped the list of bush roses . Lorraine Lee was a relation of Alister Clark's sister-in-law Mary (Minnie) Clark. Lorraine was born in Melbourne in 1890, moved to England as a child, lived at Frinton-on-Sea in Essex (where her rose did not survive the English winters), and died unmarried in 1974.
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Comments on the main page say that 'Lorraine Lee' is susceptible to blackspot. I have not seen any evidence of this in Tasmania, Australia, so far where it shows a greater propensity to mildew than spotting. Here it is almost evergreen.
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Simon,
Ideal feedback as knowing a plant performs differently for different site guests is particularly useful.
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The Tea Rose book documents mildew but makes no mention of black spot among Lorraine Lee's faults.
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21 JUN 10 by
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Not much spotting here.
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Agree. Black spot is not an issue. The reference to it is removed.
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