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Is this OK for cutting or do the blooms fall apart readily? Does it open in cool weather? Is it disease resistant? Does rain make it blotchy?
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Excellent questions! I am looking up this rose on Help Me Find because it was getting raves for it's disease resistance, profuse bloom and fragrance, and I wanted to learn all I can about it. I have an Austin, Jude The Obscure, that's beautiful bloom until you touch one, and it shatters. Impossible to enjoy in a vase. I adore my FIRST rose, the Austin, Abraham Darby though!
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17 DEC 11 by
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Better a late reply than none - the blossoms from mine shatter in twenty to forty hours after opening, left on the plant or cut making no difference. Lovely source of perfect petals if you have a need to strew, they fall to the ground and remain in perfect condition for days on end, but not a rose for cutting if my exemplar is at all typical.
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I planted mine bare root this January. Now it is about 15 inches tall with about five buds. It is quite good for a new rose and smells nice, even when foggy. Epsom salts in Nov. helped all my roses, especially this one. Try that before dumping the plant. It bloomed a few months after planting and the bright color light up the foggy days.
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