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Hortico Roses
most recent 12 JAN 07  
Initial post 12 JAN 07 by ZEL

DEAR SIR:  THIS ROSE, OCEANA, OR OSIANA, IS MY DAUGHTER'S FAVORITE ROSE. SHE LIVED IN MASSACHUSETTS FOR OVER 40 YEARS BEFORE MOVING TO TEMECULA, CA. WHERE SHE MARRIED AND LIVES. TEMECULA IS 1/2 HOUR'S DRIVE NORTH OF SAN DIEGO AND ABOUT 1 HOUR'S DRIVE INLAND FROM LOS ANGELES, GOING TOWARDS THE DESERT. CAN SHE GROW THIS BEAUTIFUL ROSE IN HER GARDEN IN TEMECULA? I WAS TOLD MANY YEARS AGO THAT OCEANA IS A FLORIST'S ROSE GROWN IN GREENHOUSES ONLY. ONCE IN A WHILE THEY WILL HAVE A LIGHT FROST THERE IN THE WINTER BUT NOT EVERY YEAR. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THIS GORGEOUS ROSE MYSELF BUT I AM IN MASSACHUSETTS AND FIGURE THAT IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO GROW IT HERE.  I HAVE SEVERAL ROSE BUSHES MYSELF. PLEASE ADVISE. I BOUGHT HER A 'JUST JOEY'  ROSE BUSH AS ANOTHER NURSE BROUGHT HER A ROSE OF THIS FROM HER GARDEN AND SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH IT. THANK YOU FOR ANY COMMENTS.