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'Primaballerina' rose Reviews & Comments
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12 days ago by
HeelinRoses
Hello everyone I'm trying to identify an HT rose similar to PB but in a slightly deeper orange-pink. At 5 feet tall, the mature, leggy plant was growing against a South-facing shed in Norfolk, UK in the year 2014. The lightweight, colourfast, almost lantern-shaped blooms were borne on 5-7 inch, very slim, green peduncles mostly singularly but also in 2s and 3s, lined up along a thick, moderately prickly stem. Only 4 inches wide by the same tall, they kept their spiralling folded and reflexed form - not flattening out into discs of wavy petals (unlike the blooms of 'Duke of Windsor' for example) and lasted 5-8 days from the cut. When placed in a vase overnight, the scent production was off the charts, of strawberry, raspberry, a hint of lime but zero spice. When I descended our stairs halfway down, the aroma greeted me - from behind a closed door and two rooms away where the pair of blooms stood upon a table in the morning sun. I invite readers to suggest what rose it might have been....?
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27 JAN by
HeelinRoses
On a website called 'thegardenoxford.co.uk' is a photo of a Prima Ballerina plant label which says that this rose got the RNRS President's Trophy in 1989 and a Gold Medal from Glasgow (but it doesn't say what year). Could readers of the RNRS Annuals look into this to confirm? If true then it ought to be added to the Awards. Also elsewhere I saw the breeder's name 'TANprall'
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27 JAN by
jedmar
According to HMF's records the 1989 PIT was won by 'Pretty Polly' of Meilland. 'Prima Ballerina' was from 1957 - 30 years after introduction seems to far for an award. Information from the Rose Annuals would be valuable.
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27 JAN by
HeelinRoses
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27 JAN by
HeelinRoses
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27 JAN by
jedmar
Tan01687 is listed on Tantau's patent and trademark list
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27 JAN by
HeelinRoses
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3 AUG 22 by
Hamanasu
Would anyone growing this rose care to describe its scent? Is it citrusy, fruity/peachy, quintessentially rose, licorice-like, tea-like, clove-like, or something else? If you could compare it to other well-scented roses you grow, that would help. This is one of Fragrant Cloud's parents and the other parent (I think) was not known for its strong scent, so chances are PB is primarily responsible for FC's fragrance. OK, it might not be that simple, I guess, but is PB's scent similar to FC's?
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HeelinRoses
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