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This has to be one of the most weather sensitive and frustrating roses we have ever owned. It's growth is not exceptional but, eh, passable enough I guess. But it's blooms always seem to disappoint for one reason or another.
In rain or dampness, they sulk and fall apart without opening properly. During cool nights (nothing really chilly, 50's-60ish will do) they ball up and are never right afterward. In heat, they fry before even opening.
It's a novel color combo, but that is useless in the garden if it only looks nice in pictures elsewhere. Ah well, can't win them all.
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Rock & Roll has similar striped color & larger bloom & fantastic scent & 100% healthy for my neighbor .. hers grafted-on-Dr.Huey survived many zone 5a winters. I got Neil Diamond as own-root (Della Reese x Rock & Roll). I love Neil Diamond with glossy & dark-green foliage, red-striped-bloom with more petals & great scent & healthy in my alkaline clay, and cane-hardy in my zone 5a winter.
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In my garden 'Scentimental' is very prone to blackspot.
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Moved my post to Neil Diamond entry.
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Hmm. Thanks for the info. I didn't really think of Neil but shall keep a lookout for him, and R & R, now. Sorry for the belated reply. I'm rather bad at checking my responses in general sometimes.
Far as Scentimental goes, it's still holding it's spot (gopher attack elsewhere got most of my recent attention.) It's doing a shade better this year for whatever reason. But......eh. Even in our often cool spring, the mere happening of a cloudless sky degrades the flowers. When Pristine and Sea Pearl are holding up better, that says it all.
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Perhaps my favorite deep pink rose. ( It's borderline between that and medium imo. ) Perfume Delight is a rugged disease free plant with large smelly blooms that repeat well and stand up to heat and wind. It's also a neat rather upright grower, but does not get a case of bare knees. Pretty low on thorns too. Did/does well in both New York and Arizona for us.
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My Aunt bought one of these for the front of her shop back in the 80's. Before our part of the family ever moved out west. While both My Aunt and her business are gone, her transplanted Chicago Peace is still as big and floriferous as ever. The blooms are huge, heavy petaled, and long lasting. The leaves are large and leathery. No disease. For whatever reason, it seems this sport has more success in the high desert climate than the original Peace does.
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Despite our family growing roses since this was new and I wasn't even a thought, I don't think we ever had Granada till last year. I found it in a tube from a now closed Sam's Club. Despite attacks from the deer, it has taken off and flowered quite well during it's first two years. And the smell is everything it is cracked up to be. Fruity, but in a different way from Sutter's Gold. (With far better lasting flowers.) I bought it to fill a multi-color spot that an old Broadway had previously passed from. It's picked up the mantle well, and as an extra bonus I found a single lone Broadway at HD to plant elsewhere.
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