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The depth and richness of it's damask fragrance is unmatched. Easily better than any of the other repeat flowering old roses I grow. Here in England it doesn't throw out octopus canes and is easily manageable as a tidy shrub.
My favourite rose for colour, form and fragrance. I grow it in a pot and am considering winding it around supports like an obelisk.
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How has growing it in a pot gone? Im considering getting it for my patio but I am unsure how it would perform. Thanks
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It grows well in a large pot! I've stuck 2 metal pins in the pot and wind some canes around where its possible and I get blooms all along the length. It just has to stay well watered to thrive.
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One of the best whites in my opinion, so i'm shocked and disappointed at how underrated it is. Someone seriously needs to start marketing it more aggressively!
Here it forms a compact but majestic shrub that blooms upwards and outwards very freely throughout the summer in England. The rosette blooms are a striking, glistening white, often blushed with the lightest cream/peach and with a button eye. The contrast with the deep green foliage is beautiful. I plant this next to Olivia Rose Austin which in many ways is it's light pink twin. Disease free for me.
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Interesting "herby" fragrance. Not really sure i'd want to smell it more than once though.
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Absolutely beautiful! But in it's first year defoliated completely from blackspot. Fragrance wasn't really there either. I think this is one of those Austin's that will take it's time to show off it's best performance.
Update: It smells exactly like Ribena to my nose!
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What about G.O. after two years? I've it from less than 2 month (it was an already nicely developed plant in a decent sized container), and I believe it's one of the most powerfully and deliciously fragrant rose out there, a very strong damask/bourbon quintessential mixed with a nice dose of ripe raspberry sweet goodness. Not less powerful than Mme Isaac Pereire, Fragrant Cloud or Comte de Chambord. It can be really overpowering in freshly opened blooms.
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I've moved it after it's first year and 2 canes died so it's not quite at it's best for me to make a fair judgement. For now, it smells exactly like blackcurrants to me!
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