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Can someone tell me how to pronounce "Nacogdoches"? I can learn how to spell it, but have never heard anyone say the name of the rose or the town in Texas.
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If you can find a copy of Lucinda Williams' CD "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road", there is a song called Lake Charles and a lyric that says 'he was born in N....'. That's where I finally learned how to say it. It's sort of 'Nag a do chess', but I don't know how to correctly write out the phonetics.
Susan
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Thank you so much! I think you did a great job of writing it out phonetically, but it will also help to listen to the song to get the finer points.
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Using actual English words to illustrate pronunciation:
Nag a doe cheese Nag a doe chess is heard, too, but I think the former is more commonly heard.
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Great, thanks for the additional help! That isn't a word that's familiar to my ears, but the rose survived the winter in good shape so I'll practice saying the name every time I look at it and it will eventually sound right to me.
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28 FEB 15 by
goncmg
Hi Dianne! See the new comment I just posted. Meant to reply but oops. And already posted so there it remains.
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How is it that it is bred in 2006 and introduced in 1996? Is there time travel involved?
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Pink seems to come out during cool weather (near freezing). I encourage others to post their experience with this.
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This pretty rose is a graceful, slender, thornless shrub with shiny green stems and long, decorative calcyes that resemble its Basye's Blueberry grandparent. The flowers vary a great deal in color, starting with a red-gold bud that opens to warm rich orange flushed with pink around a golden center. Over several days the petals fade in an interesting fashion, through blush apricot to apple-blossom pink and finally pale mauve as the center turns white. The pleasantly sweet fragrance begins fruity, later becomes floral, and is strong enough to be noticed standing next to the bush. When a number of flowers are open at different stages, the effect is showy, fresh, and cheerful.
Ferdinand Jacob Lindheimer was a 19th-century German immigrant to the US with an education in botany and horticulture. He arrived in Texas the day after the Battle of San Jacinto in 1835 and later settled in New Braunfels, where he worked as a newspaper publisher and pursued research in native plants. His house is now a museum.
Update Dec 2008. After growing this rose for a year, I am still pleased with it. It came through a droughty summer of record heat still looking good, but like all my other roses, with fewer flowers during the tough weather. Cooler fall temps brought back lots of blooms. In my garden, it has shown some tendency to blackspot, but this is mainly only a cosmetic issue, certainly without the major loss of leaves that mars more susceptible varieties.
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After numerous days of soggy, wet, rainy weather, my F.J. Lindheimer (still in nursery pot) is my only rose showing significant yellowing. I don't know what this portends at this point, but I will investigate and post an update.
P.S. A couple of other roses, such as my Grandma's Yellow rose did the same thing a bit later. New flushes of healthy growth soon followed. Probably just a spring season normal cycle.
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