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At its best in the spring when the color is quite unique...coral red stripes on an apricot orange base. It seems to lose its stripes in hot weather and become a solid dark smoky orange, not very attractive to me. The plant is healthy, bushy, blooms heavily and repeats often, having ideal floribunda qualities. Alas, that summer color doesn’t look good by itself and clashes with pretty much every other rose in the garden.
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Frida has been a little fussy with blackspot at times, but oddly...the chili thrips seem to avoid her.
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Even the Chili thrips must not like that odd dull orange summer color, either!
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Ben T, I agree with your assessment of the color, same thing in Albuquerque NM... BTW, Weeks Roses Hybridizer Christian Bedard said in his August 2023 ARS webinar that this rose seemed to perform best on the west coast...
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Who is the breeder?
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29 JUN by
jedmar
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Was not disclosed. Used to be Tom Carruth or Christian Bedard in the past.
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Thank you. I planted one bareroot this spring and it has turned into a beautiful little bush. Very healthy and vigorous so far with lovely full blooms already. The white reverse on the petals is very striking.
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I asked Tom Carruth and he told me Christian Bedard is the breeder.
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The coloration is extraordinary in your photo. Is it as striking in real life?
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The color is magenta, sometimes aging to slate purple, with a white reverse. I think it’s quite nice, a bit similar to Lavender Crush
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Just wondering from anyone growing this rose, about how tall does she get?
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She was a shorty for me, under 3 ft
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Bloom is very beautiful, highly ruffled and full petaled, good size, rich yellow with some deep amber shading. It lasts very well in a vase, probably 3 times as long as Molineaux or Poets Wife and other non-florist yellow Austins. Plant is very shapely puts , especially beautiful during spring flush. There’s fragrance too, a moderate tea scent. I am still working on trying to get her to repeat better. Seems to want as much water as aquatic plant to stimulate new growth during the summer! But very rewarding in spring and fall, so definitely a keeper.
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