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'La Belle Espagnole' rose Reviews & Comments
Discussion id : 159-765
most recent 30 DEC HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 29 DEC by MiGreenThumb
Does anyone have real life experience with cane hardiness over winters in cold zones, spring frosts excepted?
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Reply #1 of 2 posted 30 DEC by jedmar
We have MGS since January 2006 in our Zone 7b garden. It was not affected by the severe -12 to -15 C colds over 2-3 weeks in the winter of 2012. Normal winters are not an issue, no die back.
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Reply #2 of 2 posted 30 DEC by MiGreenThumb
Thank you, jedmar for your efficient and direct response. I reside in a humid continental climate influenced by The Great Lakes with a USDA Z5b category. I'm contemplating her for the new gardens at my new home (over 2 acres now!)
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Discussion id : 125-312
most recent 28 JAN 21 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 28 JAN 21 by Margaret Furness
Alas, another good story (like Ghislaine de Feligonde's) appears to be apocryphal. I was told it was named for the wife of a boring physics lecturer, whose students used to attend his lectures in the hope of being introduced to his beautiful Spanish wife.
But from the description page: dedicated by the breeder to Emma Allgeier (1859-1941), the wife of Gregor Staechelin (1851-1929), a builder, contractor and financier in Basel, Switzerland since 1870.
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Reply #2 of 2 posted 28 JAN 21 by jedmar
I had read that Mme Gregoire Staechelin was the beautiful wife of the Swiss ambassador in Spain. Unfortunately research did not find any clue in this direction. The Swiss ambassador 1925-1932 was named Maxime de Stoutz. Gregor Staechelin was "just" a very rich patrician in Basel, also a political figure. His son Rudolf Staechelin (1881-1946) is famous for having been one of the foremost art collectors of Switzerland (Impressionists, Picasso and the like). He bought several Picassos during 1917-1923. This is the closest I came to the rose breeder Pere Dot. In 1926 Mme Gregoire Staechelin was a refined old lady (there is a photo in a biography), not a fiery Spanish beauty. I think the rose was dedicated to her against a payment to the Breeder.
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Discussion id : 112-845
most recent 1 SEP 18 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 1 SEP 18 by Andrew from Dolton
Despite the hot dry summer, with the help of a little irrigating, this rose has produced three thick and healthy shoots the tallest of which is almost 5M high now. In addition as a bonus it also produced two extra flowers.
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Discussion id : 102-291
most recent 8 JUL 17 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 8 JUL 17 by Andrew from Dolton
As I said in a previous comment this rose lost all its flowers to a sharp spring frost. It is one of my earliest roses to flower, usually the last two weeks in May and the frist two in June. This year it is having a second attempt at flowering in July. The flowers that are normally a soft light pink are much stronger and darker, more like the colour of 'Zéphirine Drouhin'.
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