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'Stainless Steel ™' rose Reviews & Comments
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I loved the blooms of Stainless Steel. I grew it for many years when it was new. My problem was that these 5-7" blooms were hoisted atop a sky scraper plant. Lagerfeld suffers from the identical problem, except its huge sprays on a sky scraper plant.
Shocking Blue, while not an "HT", has HT-like blooms on a 3-4' plant, fragrant, and easy to grow in the ground or in a large pot. Also, it lacks the black spot. Its the only mauve (non-purple type) to date that I have found that is an easy keeper, can be cut for indoors, is mauve, and is also fragrant. Natasha Monet came close, but it suffers from really bad mildew issues.
It is unfortunate that most mauve roses, especially the ghostly-colored ones, are so disease prone. Even the mauve Buck roses have some issues.
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I was very anxious to get this rose as the pictures and descriptions made it sound like a rose I would really like. Boy, was I ever wrong! I don't think I got more than one or two roses it entire first year starting out as a bareroot. The flowers I did get were very unattractive "crepe-paper" looking, lacked substance, and browned an awful color very quickly. The foliage was always a terrible yellowish color and seemed to be constantly down with some kind of disease that no amount or type of spray I use could control. It never produced a basal break in three years of growing. It did seem to winter okay, but it just never grew very vigorously for me at all, so after three years it got shovel-pruned. I replaced it with Lagerfeld in the exact same spot and it has proven to be a much better rose than Stainless Steel was for me. John Moody |
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Although Lagerfeld is an undeniable Classic, I would choose Stainles Steel in a second over any other lavender. The only possible drawback is it's odd beige grey, which I personally adore.The form is always perfect on EVERY bloom and there is always one or two fresh buds forming just as a flush is finishing up. The bush is so graceful and vigorous and the SCENT is A+++. I find Honey Dijon is the spitting image of this parent except for its color. Maybe SS needs a California climate.
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This is the best rose in my garden! Fantastic form and fragrance, very stout bush, surprisingly disease resistant in the soggy Northwest, and it bloomed all spring, summer, and fall! Can't wait to get some to exhibit this next year.
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14 MAY 06 by
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mine is cool looking! I live in san diego and so far its doing great |
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