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most recent 9 AUG 15 SHOW ALL
 
Initial post 14 MAY 10 by Slugger15
So the little beauty bloomed yesterday, and I was most anxious to test its fragrance. I know that sometimes a person's mind can play tricks with them, but I swear the blooms smell like cinnamon. My husband took a whiff & said the same thing. Has anyone else noticed that Hot Cocoa's blooms carry a hint of cinnamon? It can't just be the color of the bloom playing monkey business with my brain, I hope.
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Reply #1 of 4 posted 15 MAY 10 by Unregistered Guest
It has some fragrance.
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Reply #4 of 4 posted 25 MAY 14 by Rosecandy
To me it smells more like a sweet fruit. I detected no cinnamon, but my bush isn't very old (been in the ground 5 weeks) so that may change.
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Reply #5 of 4 posted 9 AUG 15 by raingreen
I noticed cinnamon too--has a marvelous light scent of cinnamon/freesia. Right now in my garden it's an eye-catching brick-red-orange. As a landscape designer I feel the plant has an ideal shape for a small gardens--tall enough to be majestic but a narrower-than-tall v-shape. Very bushy, attractive foliage. Thorny though!!!!!
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Reply #6 of 4 posted 9 AUG 15 by Rosecandy
You aren't kidding about the thorns! I had to get rid of mine because of them!
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most recent 28 MAY 15 SHOW ALL
 
Initial post 2 JUN 14 by Rosecandy
I've ordered ten roses from Heirloom these last two years, and all my roses are doing fantastically! They arrived in excellent health and any stress they had from shipping was quickly outgrown. I have clay soil and planted them directly into unamended ground and they're doing really well. One was eaten by a rabbit the night I planted it and it has come back with vigor and even has a bud on it! Perhaps the most important part is that every time I've called or e-mailed with a question or concern they've responded quickly and thoroughly and have always been very friendly.
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Reply #1 of 1 posted 28 MAY 15 by hatsunohana
I agree. I've ordered two roses from Heirloom Roses (Crepuscule and Apothecary's) and they bloomed in their first season and are doing fabulously. These roses are very healthy and very beautiful.
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most recent 22 FEB 15 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 22 FEB 15 by Rosecandy
This is a lovely dark red rose that is unfortunately armed to the teeth! When I first received it as a band it didn't have many thorns, so when I saw the new, 1" thick cane it was putting out I was very concerned about RRV due to the sheer number of sharp thorns it had. It turns out it wasn't infected, but that this rose naturally has a ton of thorns. You have been warned!

Other than the thorns I would definitely keep this rose. It has a wonderful scent and it blooms well. My bush receives direct sunlight all day every day and the bloom color consistently remained a lovely unbleached deep red. It did get blackspot, though only for about a month and when fall arrived it dropped its remaining leaves and grew new ones which were then not affected. All in all this is a nice dark red rose that will be sure to please many people...just not people like me who can't have a rose bush with so many thorns.
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Reply #1 of 1 posted 22 FEB 15 by HMF Admin
Thanks for sharing - much appreciated by the entire HMF rose community.
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most recent 8 JUL 14 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 8 JUL 14 by Rosecandy
I'm very impressed with this rose's determination to survive and thrive! I planted the little band the day after it arrived and that night a rabbit ate all but three tiny leaves (leaves, not leaf branches) and chewed the canes down to 2". I thought "well, she's a goner", but I kept her well watered and watched and waited. One of her canes got canker and I clipped it to below the soil (the cane was so tiny it was infected to the ground before I noticed the canker). I thought for sure the rose was going to die now. Fastforward a week and litterally overnight she put out several little branches loaded with new leaves! Within a month she put out four buds and her blooms were beautiful! I've picked all her buds since then, along with my other band roses' buds, because I want them to put their energy into growing. This little girl has already caught up to a few others and continues to grow in a beautiful bushy form. She may not be as tall as some of my others, but she's certainly bushy enough to make up for it! Did I forget to mention she's already put out another cane? She also has had no issues with mildew or blackspot, but only two of my fifteen roses are having an issue with blackspot - and they aren't getting it too badly.

If I remember I'll update this in a couple years to let you know if she continues to thrive.

A little update:
It's now early fall and nearly all my roses are naked from blackspot (those that did not drop their leaves are known to be very disease resistant). Sunrise at Heirloom was also hit hard from blackspot, though it was one of the last and within a couple weeks it put out new leaves. I'm still very impressed with this rose. It seems every few weeks Sunrise is COVERED in vibrant orange blooms all over the bush and the only things I've ever fed it were a few comfrey leaves, some coffee grounds, and mulch in early summer. It had the toughest start of all my 15 roses and it's still the best bloomer and its size isn't bad especially considering how often and how much it blooms. Despite the blackspot, this rose has a lot to offer even a no-spray garden and I'm definately going to keep her. Oh! I almost forgot to mention that its blooms last in a bowl of water for almost week, if not a full week or more!
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