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'Baby Faurax' rose Reviews & Comments
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I thought growing a few 'Baby Faurax' from seed would give me an idea of where it came from.
It doesn't. The seedlings are all different. It did give me an idea of how much work the breeders do to get a good rose though.
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Patricia, see if you can find the biography of Harry Wheatcroft. In it, he states Baby Faurax is the dwarf, repeat flowering sport of Veilchenblau.
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Thanks Kim. It is not in the index of "My Life With Roses" 1959, so I've started re-reading the book.
And thanks to you too Karl. No signs of grey so far and I took photos of the babies through last year as well. Most are not terribly healthy though.
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I'd be interested to know if any of those seedlings exhibit Veilchenblau's unfortunate habit of eventually turning a dirty grey. A version of Veilchenblau, climbing or not, without that feature would be worth having.
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I enjoyed those photos and the names! It's a very interesting and diverse range of colour and form.
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Thanks Billy.
Kim - finished my book and no mention of 'Baby Faurax'. Must have been in another book. I'll search.
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An interesting aside, the name of this rose would indicate it was to honor a small child of the Faurax family. Nearly twenty years after this rose was introduced, there was a Hybrid Tea released bearing the name Elizabeth Faurax Lilie.
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This is a cute little French rose. The blooms are small, but in clusters, so the purply-mauve color effect comes across well. The white eye adds a cheerful note, and the foliage is lime green. Baby Faurax (pron. 'fore-ax') blooms all season long, and is a fun choice for the front of a mixed border. Claire, St Louis, Zone 5/6 |
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13 JAN 06 by
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Sold by Sequoia as 'Baby Faurax' but thought to be 'Raymond Privat' at Vintage Gardens, where both are grown - - and they are different.
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