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Winner of the ARS 2011 James Alexander Gamble award for fragrance.
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Nice. I like the sound of that. So, I went looking for more sources in Australia. Apart from Trewallyn (already listed) this one also appears to be available from Corporate Roses, Heirloom Roses and Rose Sales Online.
I would provide direct links to the relevant pages, but unfortunately HMF only allows one link per post.
(subtle hint there)
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Oh and Green E Roses has it too: http://www.greeneroses.com.au/RosePages/AlphaList.php
By the way, does anyone have an opinion on how spikey this rose is?
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I think Heirloom may not be an Australian nursery.
Both Corporate Roses and Rosesalesonline (Silkie Gardens) choose not to list their roses with HelpMeFind. (just why is completely beyond me!) If I was buying this rose, I would choose either Trewallyn or Green E Roses who do list their roses with HelpMeFind. Green E Roses has also been supporting the Heritage Roses in Australia movement for many years and I hope Australians can support them in return with their custom.
Sorry I can't help with how spikey 'Elle' is.
Patricia
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I had a similar conversation with Dickson's social media person on Facebook. They use some local UK database, that is rarely ever used. They refused to care about HMF. I have wrote to them on two occasions, asking if they would talk about lineages of some roses with missing lineages of commercial varieties, and they never responded.
I think its a missed opportunity, but one can't force the issue, so I dropped trying.
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Bolero floribunda has large blooms, but short stem. The leaves are dark green, glossy and healthy. At the rose park, Bolero is one of the best scents, nice compact bush. The blooms smell like an expensive perfume in cool weather, and waterlily scent in warm weather. Vase life is 3 to 4 days. It's always blooming, healthy - highly recommended.
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30 JUL 16 by
kysusan
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Strawchicago, did you winter-protect Bolero? Both mine died in 6b, sadly. They were potted, grafted plants.
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I had Bolero as own-root for 4 years in the ground in my zone 5a, and put a thin layer of dirt every year before winter. Roots of tree were invading that, so I moved to a new spot, it barely survive winter, so I moved it the 2nd time and killed it with too much Tomato-Tone (with chicken-manure) in the planting hole. Bolero is winter-hardy, but as glossy-foliage it's sensitive to salty fertilizer.
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28 MAY 17 by
 Plazbo
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Sounds more like you burnt the root system with chicken manure, too much nitrogen in a root system that isn't established tends to kill most things.
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Yes, FRESH chicken-manure would kill TINY own-root. But my Bolero was 4th year own-root, and the root was HUGE, many times bigger than Dr. Huey. Looking back, it died before I moved it. Many trees died that winter due to tons freezing rain & poor drainage, rather than snow. The woody & chunky root like trees & Bolero-own-root and Dr.Huey-rootstock need excellent drainage. A friend has two Bolero (grafted on Dr.Huey) and they died this past winter due to tons of rain in January & poor drainage. My maple tree also died this past mild & but wet winter.
Bought Bolero again as tiny own-root this May, I mixed 1 cup of Tomato-Tone (with COMPOSTED chicken manure), plus gypsum in the pot. No problems whatsoever.
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Heavenly strong fragrance. Has a round, puffball-type bloom. Clean, dark green foliage when a few others show a little powdery mildew. Very thorny, red new growth. The blossoms on my first year bush wilt quickly in the sun. We'll see if it improves next year or maybe it needs afternoon shade.
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Second year is a big disappointment. Sad. I think maybe this one hates heat. After the first flush, OR shed 90 percent of leaves, not from disease but from what looks like drought in spite of good watering. Eighty other roses thrive with the same care. This was planted fully leafed out from a pot. This winter she'll be dug and replanted as a bare root rose, Needs improvement else OR gets the boot.
I'm open to suggestions.......
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Glad you're giving her a 2nd chance; this sounds like air pockets within the rootball or root damage. Sounds like a great strategy. I think too often a good rose gets the shovel in its first or 2nd year when it deserves a better trial.
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2017 ARS Handbook 8.4
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