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This is one of my favorite roses. Several flushes of blooms in a season and covered in blooms each flush. Lovely fragrance. Dark, velvety, red blooms. A wonderful garden rose that is very vigorous. Winter hardy in zone 5 Michigan. I will always have this rose.
Sharon
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Thank you for the rating on hardiness. I'm in zone 5a, Stephen Big Purple is another vigorous one which survives many winters as own-root, while my Romanticas (Frederic Mistral and Liv Tyler) died after a few winters as own-root roses.
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This has beautiful pink single flowers with lovely stamens. Makes a very large shrub, so give it room. Winter hardy.
Sharon
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10 FEB 14 by
kysusan
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Does Flamingo set hips? No descendants since the 50s
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I don't remember any hips on Flamingo.
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11 FEB 14 by
kysusan
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Thanks. Have you ever tried to pollinate it?
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No, I never did. I no longer have my garden or I would try and let you know. I am in apartments in Florida to be close to my grandchildren. I do miss my beautiful garden. Good luck with your endeavors.
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12 FEB 14 by
kysusan
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Much as I love roses, they couldn't compare with grandchildren. In Atlanta today, we're "enjoying" what's being called a Biblical event. Catastrophic wasn't bad enough. Ha. Enjoy Florida and the Grands!
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Black Magic was a new bareroot last spring (2007) and it really took off and bloomed a lot. I love its dark velvety blooms and wish that I had gotten it a long time ago. It did not have a lot of dieback this winter (zone 5) and I'm really looking forward to seeing it bloom this summer.
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20 JUN 08 by
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Hi - I took a cutting from a rose of my mother-in-law's and I believe it is Black Magic but the original tag was lost. Does your Black Magic have streaks of white at the base of the petals in the center?
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23 JUL 10 by
Penelope
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Hello....one red rose that tends to have the white streaks you are speaking of is Veteran's Honor. I think it was previously known as Lady in Red..... could be the one you have.
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Black Magic does indeed have a white streak, similar to that of Veteran's Honor. It's visible in some of the photos of the rose.
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16 SEP 07 by
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compare this rose to sombreuil, which is better?
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16 SEP 07 by
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Jimmy, if you are referring to the large flowered climber, Sombreuil, they are quite different.
Out of Yesteryear is a shrubby grower, a very large 8 x 8 bush that would require careful training by an experienced rosarian to grow as a climber. It is massively thorny. It roots if the tips of the canes touch the ground.
Sombreuil produces long, 10 or 12 foot canes that can be trained and tied to a structure. It has been in commerce for about 50 years and is an old standard in the USA.
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'Out of Yesteryear' is a beautiful rose but lacks fragrance. It makes a large shrub, about 5' x 5' here in the low desert.
The rose often incorrectly distributed as Sombreuil is a very vigorous climber and uniquely fragrant. It gets about 10-12' in all directions here. Both are very prickly.
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Robert, I'm suprised that OoY has no fragrance for you as it has a lovely fragrance to my nose.
Sharon
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Sharon, it could be climate related since the humidity here is particularly low, or it could be I can't detect this particular rose fragrance, but I get almost nothing in terms of fragrance from 'Out of Yesteryear'. I wish I did or could.
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