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"Hahndorf Midwife's China" rose Reviews & Comments
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I jus thought of something about this rose. It has a delicious scent. It flowers on and off for most of the year. It's short.
Why did I plant it in a low terracotta pot? It would be ideally suited for a raised bed, at least 60cm high. That way it would be conveniently sniffable.
My two bushes are still at a size where they are easy to move, so I will have to think of a new location for them.
I may also try propagating more of them. It really is a nice little thing with a lot going for it.
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I agree it would be good in a raised bed. I love it raspberry lifesavers scent.
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Transferring Paul Barden's comment from another file: The photos of this plant seem to be the same as what is grown in the US as "Oakington Ruby".
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What is the tallest you have seen this Australian foundling rose? Paul Barden’s photo today of “Oakington Ruby” says 7.5 feet.
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About 4', 1.2m. Therefore I don't think it's "Oakington Ruby."
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This is one of the roses that I considered for the "Hahndorf Midwife's China"/ "Ebenezer Cemetery mini" Looking at some of the photos I am seriously considering that ID.
I would like to ask Paul Bardon if it smells like raspberry lifesavers.
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I'm really liking the foliage on this one so far. Not sure about the description page's current claim of 'elliptical' though. The leaves on my two struck cuttings are definitely more lanceolate. Not sure if they will make elliptical leaves at some point, but from checking the available photos for this rose it does seem to do lanceolate more often than not (serrate margins too, of course).
Anyway it seems to strike easily, and be well-behaved once struck.
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We think the "Hahndorf midwife's China" is the same as the "Ebenezer Cemetery Miniature China" found in two cemeteries in the Barossa Valley in South Australia, an area settled by Wends and Sorbs from 1842 onwards; some came from Prussian Silesia. The most recent grave it is on is dated 1905.
Hahndorf, further south, was settled in 1839, also by religious refugees from Silesia; they were a tight-knit community for a long time, but communicated with other German-speaking settlements. The former midwife's garden has two old plants of the mini-China, possibly from the late 19th century.
The rose has similarities to "Oakington Ruby", but that one didn't reach Australia under that name until the mid-20th century.
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"Oakington Ruby" was a 1933 foundling. It is possible that the "Ebenezer Cemetery Miniature China" (and syns) came into Australia under another name.
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I see that "Oakington Ruby" is described as being 30cm tall. Quite a bit smaller than our rose, then.
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In my cool wet acid garden "Ebenezer Cemetery Miniature China" grew so small, it just disappeared out in the garden. I now grow two plants in pots where it reaches, co-incidentally about 12" (30cm). I have no doubt at all that it would grow very much taller in South Australia - every rose grows well there.
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