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Never mind --- I was already there --- noticed the 'private mesgs' down in the folder line.
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Well, looking at the pictures here and other places of Easy Does It really turns me off to consider ordering it.
I really dislike that raggedy looking petal form that it looks to have although the colors are very intersting. The whole bloom just looks untidy and ragged looking.
Just my two cents.
John
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When visiting the Luthy Botanical Garden in Peoria, IL in August, there were 6 of these roses blooming with very clean, healthy foliage when the rest of the roses were struggling with BS. The blossoms were huge...4-5" across and were intensely ruffled; I would not describe them as ragged at all. These roses are definitely very eye-catching; the colors are so vibrant it is hard to capture on film. This rose is definitely on my order list for 2010.
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We do not have a listing for the Luthy Botanical Garden, can you tell us more about it. Do they have a website reference you can point us to ? Thanks.
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Here's the link:
http://www.peoriaparks.org/luthy-botanical-garden
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Well John, I'm going to have to disagree with you as strongly about this rose as I did Cinco de Mayo. I've seen the beautiful ruffles on this rose and they are elegant. Since you don't like the pictures here, you probably won't like the rose. Different strokes for different folks!
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I guess I am just not a ruffled petal kind of guy. I don't care for Aberlady in my garden either as it is intenseley ruffled. Although, there are a few like Nicole Carole Miller that has a very light ruffle that I think is beautiful. The ruffle in some photos is almost non-existant to the eye while in others you can lightly see it. I can take those with no problem.
Yep, like you said, different strokes for different folks. Our differences are what make us unique. I know some rosarians who won't abide a rose with no fragrance while for me it's not such a big deal. I love a fragrant rose but I think flower and foliage beauty and disease resistance and vigor matter more to me.
John
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This rose needs no spraying at all. I live where it's very humid and have never seen bs or fungal issues. Leave her be and she'll appreciate it. Of course you should probably fertalize once in a while though.
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Pink HomeRun is one of the few roses that bloomed all through the 2011 Texas summer, which was Texas' hottest summer to date.
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